Ben Annand Live at Beora Oct 2014, In Memory of Matthew Parkey by Ben Annand

Like many friends, I'm missing Matthew Parkey from the physical world today.

The soul of the desert, Matthew was always friendly and inclusive. Always. At a time when I felt I was told to be playing this way or that in the desert, he allowed me to be free. At a time when I was not feeling included, he made me feel home.

His events, to me, were the first notable series of desert events outside of fmg. They were not perfectly organized by any means but they were definitely organized with love by one of the most loving people I knew, and I think that's what stuck with most of us. He was definitely a visionary, and in more recent years he spent much of his time making music.

I always deal with pain and loss with music, so this evening I will release my set from one of Matthew's events, Beora, in Oct 2014. I think it's my favorite set I played for him.

This set is a nighttime set despite the picture, one of the few sets I started with an ambient track but it's definitely techno from 2 minutes in

Rest in power Matthew Parkey, I wlll be looking for your light when I gaze up at the Moon and Stars <3

*Picture by Jess Monster