Keyframe Blog January 2023

New year’s greetings to you all! We hope you had a pleasant holiday season and are ready for another year of growth and exciting events!

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COMMUNITY APPRECIATION: THANK YOU!

BIG THANK YOU to all for your support of our 11th-year anniversary of Electronic Awakening! Special thanks to the Presenters, DJs, collaborators, dancers, Temple, and attendees for coming out and making it a memorable event. Check out the event photos on Facebook!

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SAVE THE DATE: MARCH 11TH – MIOLI MUSIC 13 YEAR ANNIVERSARY @SF

In Mioli’s own heartfelt words:
Calling out to our amazing dance community. What a destiny it has been dancing 13 full, beloved and pleasurable years with you! We are so grateful for the support our sweet dance community has shared over the years. All of the lessons we’ve learned and continue to, all of the amazing relationships that have developed and continue. Above all though, what a fantastic musical journey it has been! From rooftop parties in Miami to club events in Ibiza we’ve really had such an adventure with you, our Mioli Music family.

Number 13 is often misunderstood but in fact, it is a very powerful number. At Mioli Music we find it important to create our own magic and when given the chance to defy the norm that is exactly what we do, lean in. So for this event, we want to welcome you into one of the most enchanting club spaces in town- The Great Northern.

Come celebrate with us! After all, we really couldn’t do this without you, no really! 🙂 Let’s give thanks to this awesome town, our amazing club spaces, our fantastic thriving community, wild nights, new friends that become family, thoughts that become directions, businesses that become successful, and above all lessons that become valuable guidance on this wild, sacred journey.

Featuring an all-star line up with some of our favorite label producers and talented DJ friends, including: PRIZE GIVEAWAYS, FUN PROPS & DECOR, EXCLUSIVE MIOLI MERCH, VENDORS & MORE….TBA

Limited free w/ signup tickets here: fanlink.to/miolimusic13

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SAVE THE DATE: APRIL 7TH – 9TH – LUCIDITY FESTIVAL

2023 marks 10 years of Lucidity Festival! Join us on April 7-9th at Live Oak Campground outside Santa Barbara for this lineup of incredibly talented music acts! The wide variety of genres and names has something for everyone.

Lucidity Festival is more than just a festival; it’s also an immersive story that features YOU! Each festival is a chapter in a larger narrative whose story is based on a framework of theories about the expansion of consciousness, developmental psychology, and The Hero/Heroine’s Journey.

As a longtime friend and supporter, ManyNames is honored to celebrate its 10 years and to play the late night Nook Stage! Use discount code MANYNAMES for a special rate!

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MAY 5TH – 7TH – PULSE FAMILY GATHERING: LUNAR BLOOM

Pulse Family Gathering is back!
Complete with a stunning new and fresh location upon which to host a spring time phamily reunion! They’ve chosen the spring full moon which should coincide with the yearly wildflower bloom on the property to create a lush and verdant playground for us all. Of course you can expect all of the things you love Pulse for. From a proper and varied psychedelic lineup to top notch sound and immersive colorful deco. ManyNames is honored to join its lineup!

Get your tickets: https://pulse-california.ticketleap.com/pfg23/

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ARTISTIC FRIEND APPRECIATION: DEREK RYAN

Keyframe (ManyNames) is honored to have known and collaborated with DJ Derek Ryan for decades, including their most recent co-creation “Watchu Know About What.” Read on for his exciting trajectory and new music.

ABOUT DEREK RYAN: In childhood it wasn’t a book Derek Ryan kept under his covers late at night – it was a pair of headphones. Listening to the late night shows on the Santa Monica university radio station KCRW he discovered the mind expanding experiences of synthesized soundscapes, adding a whole other dialect to his second language of music. (Japanese is his third, but that’s another story.) Then, while living in France, Derek discovered the trance genre in Antiloop’s “Nowhere to Hide” and Energy 52′s “Cafe Del Mar” on a Love Parade compilation, bringing him ever closer to the melodic textures of this electronic world. One day, in Paris, guided by fate, he completed this crescendo when he accidentally stumbled upon his first outdoor rave – Derek was home. Returning to the US, Derek headed for the San Francisco club and underground scene. He bought turntables in 2003, deciding to place himself directly in the flow of the sounds he came to love in the chaos and freedom of a Parisian street rave.

Ever since, he has dedicated himself to bringing the raw emotional power of melodic dance music to dance floors and headphones from the San Francisco Bay Area to Tokyo to Black Rock City and beyond through DJ appearances and crafting cutting edge melodic dance sounds in original studio productions, remixes, and collaborations such as BluDream, Panic, and Aureal.
Derek Ryan tracks have been rocking clubs worldwide in the crates of such DJs as Markus Shulz, Kaeno, Giuseppe Ottaviani, M.I.K.E, Suzy Solar, Mike Koglin, Above & Beyond, Tempo Giusto, Imag’in, Steve Anderson and more, and have been played on top radioshows/podcasts including Trance Around The World, Global Sound System, Global DJ Broadcast, SAME, Amadeus, In Love For Trance.
Between rave-reviewed productions and live DJ sets described as “blissfully rippin”, Derek continues to live true to his motto of delivering driving melodic beats to the masses.

Julian Reyes spearheaded the Jason Knight track “Deep Forest” (Derek Ryan remix with vocals by Jiin Christou), which was selected by Paul Oakenfold to appear in the “Autumn” album: Four Seasons – Autumn (Mixed By Paul Oakenfold), track #9.

Derek’s more recent releases includes ‘Point of Control’ with Jiin and feat. Adam Ellis: https://soundcloud.com/derekryan/sets/point-of-control