Ben Annand - Moontribe 29-Year - June 2022 Part 2 by Ben Annand

My Full Moon 29-Year Story

Alright alright I’ve got a new set for you and it’s part two of the infamous Moontribe 29-year kimono set that I previously may have made some waves about but hey, Tropical is my party, waves and kimonos for the win!

Why am I posting part two first? A few reasons, some background first. This set had many challenges. I made a great playlist for it from my entire collection, did everything except export to usb, and then my logic board failed the next day. Bye bye playlist!

So I rebuilt, as we do. But with limited time my rebuild was limited to the last year of music, as well as some brand new music. On top of that, I had convinced myself that my sets at Teleport and Moontribe were at exactly the same time - 10pm to midnight. I think I told like 30 people this too :) And of course I made my playlists - even the old one that disappeared - based on the 10-12 time frame

Sunday morning I look at the directions email and my set is listed at 6:00-8:30pm. I thought it had maybe been changed on me then checked my message thread and I’ve just totally made up the 10-12 thing :)

Point is that close to summer solstice 6:00-8:30 is a daytime set into sunrise while 10-12 is night-time ascending energy - they are drastically different energetically.

So I made another new fricken 29-Year playlist based on my music of the past year, daytime into sunset. I decided both ahead of time and on the dance floor that this Moontribe needed some trippy desert house music so that was the first hour.

I’m releasing this second half first, because it’s a little more along the lines that I had intended my set to be, and more diverse musically as it ranges from minimal to techno to tribal to broken beat and a bit progressive. It’s the more unique half and more distinct from what I already have posted on Soundcloud too.

I will release the first half next Thursday, and then they will also flow together in correct order fro my Tracks section :)

Thank you Rithers for the lovely mastering job!

I think I’ll be back at Full Moon in August, not 100% sure though - here is what I can officially announce is coming up:

July 22 Stone Junction Bar, Garberville, CA
July 24 Eudream Campout, Oakridge, OR
August 5 Dubtribe, Garth and Ben Annand, Los Angeles, CA
August 10 Dance Klassique, San Diego, CA
August 19/20 United Undivided, Denver, CO
August 22 Space Taco Tuesdays, Pomona, CA
August 26/27 Utopia Festival, Salem, OR