Aaaaaaand they’re back! On March 20th, Desert Dwellers unleashed their much-anticipated album, The Great Mystery, to open ears and minds around the world. An extremely unique force in today’s electronic music scene, the Desert Dwellers carve a path that they can seriously call nothing but their own.
Deep, spiritual melodies with a 21st century vibe, it’s downright tough to find artists to compare these guys to. They sound exactly like the Desert Dwellers, and that’s about all that can be said.
The Great Mystery is awash in timbres and textures from both the electronic and natural worlds.
Raspy bass croons juxtaposed against shamanic chants, traditional hand drums transposed over meticulously crafted electronic kicks and claps, swooping synths coupled with organic cross-cultural instrumentation; it’s an otherworldly experience.
Few artists can match the energy and atmosphere that the Dwellers bring to the table.
Made for dance floors, desert parties, meditation spots, and yoga mats alike; their music holds places in both the physical and spiritual realms. Instrumental members of the festival yoga scene, the Desert Dwellers started out with the goal of creating music that inhabits both the furthest corners of human civilization and the human conscience.
Crafting melodies for a myriad of emotions, allowing them to be felt on a deeper plane.
From the beginning, Desert Dwellers blossomed from some fairly unconventional roots. The group is composed primarily of Amani Friend and Treavor Moontribe, among other contributors, first connected in the late 1990’s at the Moontribe dance collective’s events in the Southern California and New Mexico deserts.
After these initial dance rituals and gatherings, a string of full-length albums, mixes, and EP’s were born under the Desert Dwellers name with each subsequent release twisting and changing the status quo for what music can be.
Growing out from these humble roots Desert Dwellers has grown and progressed, bringing their unique blend of bass music to festivals such as Shambhala, Lightning In A Bottle, Wanderlust, Symbiosis, in addition many others.
As they continue to develop their signature sound, they’re at the forefront of the sacred bass movement.
Spearheading the development of the sound, they take the genre further with each release. The changes have already become apparent, with artists like Bluetech, Ott, Kaleidoscope Jukebox, Kaminanda, and a myriad of others following suit, expanding, growing and maturing by adding to the diverse sounds that the Dwellers first brought to the table.
As things continue to progress one can be certain that more artists, musicians, yogis, dancers, etc. will join – building and advancing the underground sacred bass movement and bringing it to a more mainstream audience.
