Dekmantel Festival 2023 - Blawan interview

Can dance music be healing? A flashback to our Dekmantel Festival 2023 conversation with Blawan, who’s also joining our São Paulo weekend with Gop Tun on Friday the 3rd of November.
Video: Blitzkickers

[@pissonbieber1]

God finally a no bullshit interview with a DJ

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

blawan legend as producer and human, respect.

[@Instrybutor94]

true

[@JARVART94]

Damn this interview is class he speaks so much truth

[@awisecar9540]

ID for track in the background is Jabes - Ripples

[@rachel.darling]

Keep being true to yourself and those who care too much what people think are sheep not leaders.
New material is fantastic and my favorite output from him in a while. Also, the outfit he’s wearing during the interview is FIERCE!

[@Scottygthreethousand]

Refreshing honesty, ultimately your mental health is actually the most important. I think the key is to balance unstructured creativity with the stability of structure.

[@MartsMcfly]

Just saw him absolutely destroy Fold in London last weekend. Both live and a DJ set. Guy is an absolute master in both scenarios. True artistry ❤

[@stijndenouden3931]

Great guy, the mindset on the industry and the music he makes is great and the way he sounds reflects that

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

2:30 ''what you do with what you have''

[@mueta9648]

Blawan is a hero x

[@laurengibbons2182]

Great interview. What a bloke.

[@giselleane3984]

Vcs tão realizando um sonho mto antigo, trazendo ele pra SP. Mto obrigada

[@k9lyn]

great interview, loved how naturaly they got into deeper territory which even if it wasn t idk super delved into, was enough to clue us in on a famed producer's mental behind the scenes

[@yomikatamura8723]

looking forward to see him saturday with Stoor

[@AVV369]

Good interviewer, that was a nice chat to listen to. Thanks, Dekmantel! dear Jamie, I love that you mentioned intuition!
My humble 2 cents/pennies on whether techno/dance music is healing: considering the theory of chakras and kundalini energy, rhythmic and low frequency sound waves affect the root chakra to be balanced and they facilitate the opening of the kundalini energy through all chakras so it sustains a mind-body synergistic connection with the rhythm of the Universe, BUT important caveat: the listener/dancer/raver must have the awareness and intention for that to take effect. At parties, when I soberly focus on the rhythm, I feel the deep connection and synchronization between mind, body, soul dancing together, so kind of healing/grounding, but likely I'm in the minority on this. And still I agree about the dark sides mentioned.
Jamie, give yoga another chance...also for anyone reading this: Yoga, authentic yoga, as intended from 5000 years ago, is beyond the poses. It encompasses sound healing, breathwork, meditation, spiritual concepts...all in harmony and unity towards enlightenment. I have much more to say and show about that...
*love and light*

[@Funkfuzzz]

Chakras are as vague as a god.

[@AVV369]

@@Funkfuzzz Scientists have actually theorized that chakras are linked to anatomical locations of the nervous system, major nerve plexuses and endocrine glands. If you like reading and learning, here's a scientific literature on the Muladhara chakra/root chakra: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5954253/
A god can be anything and everything simultaneously. Maybe all living beings on Earth now are all gods and goddesses from different galaxies and dimensions. Who fucking knows. I know that in my perception of the Universe everything is interconnected and I am the creator of my reality. And still I can respect your reality.

[@fuckoff3366]

seen him a few times and he's absolutely fucking smashed it every time

[@lai_raw]

great little chat, ned more of this kinda vibe

[@snottylottie]

legenddddd❤

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

''I enjoy it'' and that's it.

[@themplanetz]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@robertocasaldi1642]

❤️

[@Mature]

Spot on. All these nonsense of music "heals"...heals what? What I get from music is excitement and adrenaline. See you at STOOR this Saturday pal. Gonna be a big night x

[@spency2000]

listen to some aleksi perala my g.

[@ghostofkenny]

you can get both mate. it's not one or the other.

[@darkcnotion]

He’s also cute damn

[@pedromurciano3406]

Bosssssss

[@crankk1985]

good one

[@ghostofkenny]

someone give Blawan a coat or something man is freezing

[@user-ob9zo9cr4c]

electronic/dance music is fire but too much drugs around it.

[@mnchls]

oh you mean blawan the plague raver?

[@lukerobinson2224]

when did he do this

[@GetFochD]

​@@lukerobinson2224hahahahah who didn't?

[@tq6892]

Plague raver lmaoo wtf that actually sounds hard af