Layering traditional kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga’s “rock star.” With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das – known to friends, family, and fans as simply “KD” – has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling western chant artist of all time. To date, KD has released 16 well received albums, including Live Ananda (released January 2012) that was nominated for a Grammy in the Best New Age album category.

KD spent the late ’60’s traveling across the country as a student of Ram Dass, and in 1970, finally made the journey to India, where he met Ram Dass’ own beloved guru, Neem Karoli Baba, known to most as Maharaj-ji. Given the name Krishna Das, KD began to chant as part of following the path of Bhakti yoga, the yoga of devotion. After the passing of Maharaj-ji, he took solace in music, as well as finding peace and strength in his yoga chant practice. In 1994, KD started leading chant in public first in NYC, and then to an ever-growing audience of yoga students, and expanding to chant with people all around the world. In February 2013, Krishna Das performed at the Grammy awards in Los Angeles, which streamed online to millions of viewers. The award-winning film ‘One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das’ has been in over 100 US cities, over 10 countries worldwide. and is available on DVD everywhere.

KD now travels the world sharing his kirtan practice and wonderful stories of his life, of Maharaji-ji, of his life on the Path, and discusses bringing chanting into our lives through retreats and workshops. During COVID times he has chanted online every week for the worldwide satsang.

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One of the most poignant voices currently floating about… Ayla Nero is an otherworldly artist who shares the fruits of her soul
— The Huffington Post

[Ayla’s] relationship with the earth is imprinted in her music… expansive and intriguing.”
— Billboard

Ayla Nereo is as a voice for the planet, a modern bard and beacon who dances songs directly from her soul. With lyrical poetry splashing across a canvas of sound, her music has an uncanny ability to disarm and crack open the heart, as she sings for the depth of our humanness, and for the return to our pure wonder of existence. Her lucid storytelling and magical presence onstage and off creates a force field that is palpable, joyous, deep, and utterly enchanting.

With a particular joy for bridging musical styles, Ayla’s songs seem a genre unto their own, as she weaves between vocal looping, produced beats, live drumming, orchestral string arrangements, Celtic melodies, disco rhythms, electronic soundscapes, and even dashes of hip-hop wordplay. Calling us to listen deeper, her songs are elegant masterpieces of lucid storytelling, with lyrics ringing as anthems for planetary healing, human potential, beauty, and compassion.

Though you’d never know it by witnessing her perform, Ayla grew up with an intense fear of singing. In her final year of college, songs began pouring through her, and it was only through the constant urging of those around her that she began to slowly share her music. Propelled by the songs themselves, Ayla’s journey of meeting those fears and singing through them has grown her into the powerful performer she is today, touching an ever-widening global audience with the inspiring magic of her songs.

A child schooled at home in the hills of Sonoma County, Ayla was raised on Cat Stevens, Bob Dylan, opera, classical music, traditional celtic songs, and ABBA — influences which have deeply shaped her music. Touching on both the timeless and modern, she always rides the line between genres, so that her songwriting and sound ultimately cannot be compared to anyone else.
Dancing her own songs on stage as she sings them, her movement and presence gives the audience a permission to be wild, real, vulnerable, and alive. Every performance Ayla gives is its own inspired journey; an enchanting and poignant experience that holds you by the heart and doesn’t let go.

After touring 33 cities in 6 weeks with The Polish Ambassador for the first Permaculture Action Tour, she began to create her own Herbalism Action Days to connect her fanbase with their local plant-teachers and healers, to empower communities to know what medicines and foods grow around them, and support the self-reliance of individuals to reclaim their own health care and community food systems. She is excited to weave more action days into her future touring.

Ayla released her 6th solo album, the phenomenal By The Light of the Dark Moon, in the spring of 2019 via Jumpsuit Records. The album marks a distinct stepping-out into the world arena. Dancing between genres across each song, this album is a journey of finding light through darkness, connecting to what is currently happening in our world with many collective shadows rising to be seen and healed. “By the Light of the Dark Moon,” as Ayla shares, “speaks to what becomes visible when times get darker, whether it be within us, or as a culture, or out in the sky above.” This album is a beacon, illuminating hope, awareness, and a deep sense of wonder for all of Life. As the opening track calls forth, “We the shining forest… to the darkness bring song.” Ayla has also 2 albums with her project Wildlight (her collaboration with David Sugalski, aka The Polish Ambassador), and 3 collaboration albums.

Honing her impeccable artistry and craft over the years, Ayla has developed a deeply loyal fanbase, one that has recently seen exponential growth into widening circles across the planet. After a nationwide tour supporting the album release in the spring of 2019, a full summer of notable festival appearances, a sold out appearance at Red Rocks with Nahko & Medicine for the People and Trevor Hall, a co-headlining concert with Rising Appalachia, supporting Nahko & Medicine for the People on 14 dates this past fall, and her second nationwide and European tours set for this year, Ayla’s music is reverberating from a west-coast transformational niche into larger global audiences, to inspire and uplift the hearts of humanity. Her music is currently seeing  rapid and increasing growth throughout the US, Europe, as well as Canada, Australia, and dozens of other countries.

MC YOGI is a recording artist, award winning author, and yoga teacher. He’s taught yoga and performed across the globe headlining at festivals in over 30 US cities as well as Canada, Mexico, Japan, China and Korea. His unique style of music and teaching is joy filled and
spiritually up lifting. His first three records were all #1 on the iTunes world music charts and his fifth album, Ritual Mystical, reached #1 on apple electronic music. In 2017 HarperOne published his memoir, Spiritual Graffiti which tells the story of his early years as a juvenile delinquent, living at a group home for at risk boys, to discovering yoga and launching his career as MC YOGI which would eventually lead to sharing yoga and music on the world stage including the Forbidden City in China and at the White House. When he is not on tour, MC YOGI teaches at his home studio Point Reyes Yoga, which he founded with his wife Amanda in 2001.

For more information please visit mcyogi.com

Desert Dwellers is the convergence of music producers Amani Friend and Treavor Moontribe, who honed their individual skills in the mystical deserts of New Mexico and California, long before electronic music reached the mainstream. Amani and Treavor combine the raw sounds of the natural world, wrapped in dance-floor and chill-out productions; blending deep bass, earthy percussion, etheric voices, and cross-cultural instrumentation into a sonic incense for the mind and body. Desert Dwellers’ unique global sounds are a bridge between worlds, and their label Desert Trax has become a platform to spotlight similar alchemical artists.

Brought together in the late ‘90s through the legendary Moontribe gatherings, in 2019 the duo celebrated their 20th anniversary of making music together, adding depth to their reputation as a pioneering and prolific downtempo, psybass, and tribal house act from the United States. The culmination of two decades of partnership has forged their Beatport #1 selling electronica album BREATH, out on Black Swan Sounds, which features more than 20 musicians and vocalists over a 10-track journey. In 2020, the duo released a series of three BREATH remix albums across the BPM spectrum by a whole host of major figures in the industry.

Desert Dwellers’ studio output is matched only by their extensive touring history, which juxtaposes performances at America’s most iconic venues like Red Rocks, festivals like Symbiosis, Lightning in a Bottle, Burning Man, and Coachella, with high-powered sets at the biggest trance festivals around the world; BOOM in Portugal and Rainbow Serpent in Australia. Desert Dwellers are equally at home in clubs as they are in yoga studios, and the jungles, deserts, and mountains of far-flung international festivals.

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SNOW RAVEN – SUOR was born in one of the most remote and cold inhabited places in the world – the Republic of Sakha – Yakutia (arctic Siberia). She was three years old when she started to learn the language of birds and animals. Her voice takes its breath from traditional Sakha culture and is truly an instrument. She is the OG of “arctic beatbox” – the reindeer breath and the founder of OLOX DAO: Of Many Believes Common Truth.

Sol Rising’s original soundscapes evoke feelings of inspiration and bliss through an eclectic mix of electronic music, downtempo, ambient and lo-fi.

Born in Vancouver BC, raised in Fairfield Iowa, Sol Rising began meditating at age four with a walking mantra technique. As a teenager, he became a fan of hip-hop. His rooted interest in hip-hop led him to learning the art of scratching — using turntables as musical instruments. Sol Rising soon became one of America’s top scratch DJs placing in major national competitions across the US.

Now a successful music Producer with over 20 albums released, Sol Rising has been streamed over 180 million times on music streaming platforms. Sol Rising is also an international touring DJ playing shows and festivals in the US, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia.

I just want to write and perform songs that touch the heart and help others

Letting go of genre, expectation, and boxes, Satsang has leaned into the power of songwriting to drive their forthcoming release, Flowers From The Fray (the band’s 5th album in 6 years) due out Fall 2022.

Recorded and self-produced with the help of bandmate and longtime collaborator Parker Brown, this record finds the duo tucked away in a secluded cabin in Southwest Montana digging back into the foundation on which Satsang was founded on. “These songs were all so personal to me” says Drew McManus. “Whether it was really sifting through the stage of life I had found myself in which was a kind of dark night of the soul, or leaning into the love of my wife. This record is truly me bearing my heart. I needed to seclude myself to find out where these songs wanted to go, and having Parker’s musical guidance had a big hand in that.”

This record, coupled with the band’s last release All. Right. Now. is a maturing. A growing into the songwriter and musicians that the band was destined to be. A settled and firm foundation of influences and sound that brings every external aspect in and finds it internalized and distilled into “Flowers From the Fray”.

Radhika Das is widely being considered kirtan’s next rockstar. 15 years ago, he went in search of spiritual truth and deeper happiness. The path he connected most with is “Bhakti Yoga,” the journey of love and devotion, and of the various limbs of bhakti, Radhika dedicated most of
himself to becoming absorbed in the ancient practice of Kirtan.

I’m devoting my life to helping people find spiritual fulfilment, whether it be from an existing
yoga or spiritual background or those with limited or no exposure to any practice. My aim is to
help you toward a holistic way of joyful living through mantra chanting.

A variety of spaces have been kind to include Radhika Das’s efforts, such as collaborative events with Russell Brand, yoga festivals: Wanderlust, World Yoga Festival, Soul Circus and at venues like The British Museum.

DJ Drez’s music has been moving bodies for more than two decades. His sound is an organic
blend of mystical hip-hop, reggae roots and Indian raga that has been known to instigate an
ecstatic dance party one instant, and soothe a group into a meditative savasana the next. If
you’re a fan of Drez, you’ve undoubtedly noticed the mysterious, seductive voice of Marti Nikko
gracing dozens of the albums, tracks and remixes he’s released over his prolific career. Nikko’s
innate spark illuminates. Her soul-soaked vocals dance and play in the spaces impeccably
arranged by DJ Drez, highlighting a natural chemistry developed and enhanced through years
of performing, living and loving together. The result is a beautiful, eclectic collection of music
made for all sacred movements and moods.

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Named by BBC Radio as “One of the most brilliant world-fusion producers of our time”, David Starfire is known as the pioneer of the Global Bass genre, composer of music for psychedelic therapy, plus a VR and phone app developer. Billboard summed it up best, “David Starfire brings a unique perspective to EDM.”

David has performed at prominent festivals such as Winter Music Conference, Coachella, Outside Lands, Burning Man, Eclipse, and Lightning in a Bottle. He’s opened up for Skrillex, Diplo, and collaborated with the likes of Afrika Bambaataa, Ram Dass, Sizzla, Alex Grey, William Close, Ooah (The Glitch Mob), Sidecar Tommy (Beats Antique), and the Grammy Award-nominated vocalist Chaytanya. His Ascend album reached #7 on the iTunes World Music chart and he had two #1 remixes on the Hype Machine. He’s traded remixes with CloZee, Desert Dwellers, iLL Gates, Beats Antique, and SOOHAN.

David’s signature sound has led him to work with well known companies such as Lucas films, Samsung, Sprint, Beats Audio, Google, Siemens, Nokia, HP, Symantec, Virgin Galactic, Roland, Digg, MacWorld, Best Buy, Flaunt Magazine, CAA, Red Bull, Warner Music, Atlantic Music, Industrial Light and Magic, Chobani Yogurt, Hotel W, City of San Francisco, Subpac, and many others. He’s performed around the world in exotic places such as the pyramids of Giza in Egypt, India, Thailand, Norway, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Australia and most major cities in Europe.

David has released 6 albums and 11 EPs in the last 15 years as well as various singles and remixes. David’s songs are featured on several TV, cable, movies and video games. Some highlights include the movie Sold (Emma Thompson as exec producer), Lie to Me (FOX), Outsourced (NBC), Live with Kelly Ripa (ABC), ESPN2, Fox Sports, MTV, MTV2, Fuse, Showtime, HBO, EA sports, and a Right Guard commercial. His songs are featured on several music compilations including Sony, Lonely Planet, Red Bull, Craig’s List, and his song “Shout it Out” was in regular rotation at Starbucks.

DJ Times “a wealth of heavy bass and world music influences…”
VIBE Magazine “L.A.-based music producer/DJ David Starfire is known best for his seamless fusion of signature bass styles with a diversity of music genres, including world and hip-hop.”
Huffington Post “His undeniable swagger of instrumentation between beats is exceptional.”
Yahoo Voices “A driving force in the tightly knit underground music community stringing from LA to SF.”

MUSIC FOR PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY David is also the head of music and sound at TRIPP VR, the #1 meditation platform in virtual reality. He has produced and performed music for psychedelic therapy at retreats with well known therapists including Sunny Strasburg, Richard Schwartz (IFS), and others. He was asked by Phil Wolfson (MAPS researcher, The Ketamine Papers) to create music for the K Dome virtual Burning Man Project. In 2020, David co-founded PsyAssist with Sunny Strasburg, a VR and Phone app that features music and guided meditation for psychedelic therapy and will be released in 2023. David helped to develop the TRIPP meditation phone app where he contributed music and was the main curator of the content that features the likes of Moby and Ram Dass.

Govind Das and Jacquline Michelle (Radha) are California-based Bhakti yogis and Kirtan
singers. They are a husband and wife team with great love and devotion for the Divine, the
dharmic path, and the gift of life itself. This is the essence that is reflected and transmitted
through their music and teachings.

Through the sacred practice of Kirtan and the practices and philosophy of the Bhakti Yoga
culture, they will guide you on a yogic adventure deep into the essence of Bhakti – the yoga
of the Heart, the yoga of Love.

Govind Das & Radha live on the coast of Los Angeles with their 2 children Malakai and Ruby.
They lead Kirtan concerts, Bhakti yoga workshops, and transformative retreats throughout
the world.

Instagram: @bhaktiyogashala @govind.das.108 @radha.ma108

Govind Das and Jacquline Michelle (Radha) are California-based Bhakti yogis and Kirtan
singers. They are a husband and wife team with great love and devotion for the Divine, the
dharmic path, and the gift of life itself. This is the essence that is reflected and transmitted
through their music and teachings.

Through the sacred practice of Kirtan and the practices and philosophy of the Bhakti Yoga
culture, they will guide you on a yogic adventure deep into the essence of Bhakti – the yoga
of the Heart, the yoga of Love.

Govind Das & Radha live on the coast of Los Angeles with their 2 children Malakai and Ruby.
They lead Kirtan concerts, Bhakti yoga workshops, and transformative retreats throughout
the world.

Instagram: @bhaktiyogashala @govind.das.108 @radha.ma108

Amritakripa has been practicing devotional music for over 25 years. With their roots in the earth of traditional bhajans, Amritakripa and her band create a fusion of rhythm and prayer that invites you to dance and dissolve.

Nina Rao learned traditional chants (bhajans) from her grandfather in a village in south India when she nine years old. The chants quietly stayed with her until she rediscovered chanting with Krishna Das in New York in 1996. For many years Nina has been Krishna Das’ business manager and accompanies him onstage. In 2007, she recorded the track ‘Nina Chalisa’ on Krishna Das’ CD Flow of Grace. She has since recorded the albums Antarayaami—Knower of All Hearts and Anubhav. Nina regularly leads kirtan, workshops, and retreats in her hometown of Brooklyn, New York and beyond.