Ayme Kantz
AURALVILLE, CA
I may be old, but I'm still WOKE AF! Unapologetically (iz too a wurd) party positive.
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Shake Your Butte Auralville! I am creating a series of sets for this year's Burning Man 2024: Curiouser and Curiouser. The first you already know. The second, entitled "Pig And Pepper" continues the dream and the dance. Look for its release on May 1, 2024!
And be sure to Dance and Dream On with TRANZDREAMTIMEZ. Always a Free desktop download mes amis!
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I was forced to hide who I was for 33 years. Fear will consume you, unless you face it. Face it clearly, openly and visibly, with courage and conviction. Do yourself the honor and privilege of living your life with dignity and grace. It's hard. It's difficult. It's messy. It's dangerous. But everyone owes it to themselves to be themselves. Declare your existence. You matter. I matter. Continue the fight for equal protection and justice under the law. You are not alone. The waiting is over. The time is now.
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A dear friend told me my sets felt like you never knew where you're going, but were always happy when you got there. As a Groove Guardian, I could not ask for higher praise.
Music is a special language I have experienced, practiced and absorbed my entire life. And now in my "Golden Years", I practice this complex craft using the simplest of tools and as little FX as possible. Less is so much more. I avoid artificially contrived tension and release, and prefer to let music express what is already inherent; if it works, don't fix it.
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My Dad was a Choir and Music Director. I grew up listening to him playing the piano every day. He started me singing at age 7 (1963). By 1968, I was collecting first-issue releases from the Turtles and the Beatles. I graduated High School in 1974, and was programming house party mix tapes on cassette tape. Of course it was very linear, but even then I was thinking outside the box. With the advent of DAW’s, it’s a whole new world!
Today, it’s about inspiring and uplifting people through music's universal language. It’s about feelings and passion using an eclectic mix of genres and styles, new, old, obscure and popular. I want to set free your heart, your mind and your body. Burning Man and Sweets Ballroom have irrevocably altered my musical DNA. The new, expanding universe of Ecstatic Dance journeys feels like a natural fit, and I incorporate its tenants into every set I create.
Bookings: MissAyme@aol.com.
CREDITS:
2024:
* Curiouser And Curiouser
2023:
* TranzDreamTimez
* Black Top City 23 (SF Burning Man Decompression)
* Boolean Logic
* Burning Man SF PreCom (Silent Disco)
* Wheybach MaSheen
* Dubbit Hole (Purim Goddess Mix)
* Slithy Toves
2022:
* Firth of Fourth
2021
*Bümr Skül
I. Curriculum
II. Celebro
III. Calere
*VXNZ:
Bois Drühl
Grlz Rühl
*Muertos 2021 - Halloween Dance
*Reindeer Games - a Christmas Dance Party and a Cool Yule to all!
2020
* THE MULTIVERSE: Get Up or Get Down
* Oakland Museum Of California: Sounds From the Playa
* SF Burnal Equinox (Silent Disco) - unfortunately cancelled
2019
* METAMORPHOSES: The Temple Of Harmonics
* Camp Gender Blender Fundraisers in March, and November (FistGiving)
* SF Burnal Equinox
2018
• Burning Man I Robot:
o eDance @ Playa Choir Dome
o Camp Gender Blender Party
o Dubbit Hole Set recorded in PC Dome
• SF DeCompression: Silent Disco
• Gender Blender Private Fundraisers
2017
• Burning Man Radical Ritual:
o eDance @ Playa Choir Dome
o Camp Gender Blender Party
o eDance Set @ The Firehouse (Camp Do More Now)
• SF PreCompression Outdoor Stage
• Gender Blender Private Fundraisers
2016
• Burning Man Carnival Of Mirrors:
o eDance @ Playa Choir Camp
o Camp Gender Blender Party
• SF DeCompression: 22nd St. Stage
• Ecstatic Dance - Luminous Mystery in East Oakland, and Richmond, CA
• Gender Blender Private Fundraisers
2015
• Burning Man Da Vinci's Workshop:
o eDance @ Playa Choir Dome;
o Camp Fuego Set
o Camp Gender Blender Party
• SF DeCompression: 19th Street Stage
• Gender Blender Private Fundraisers
• Hella Gay Queer Dance Party
• Earth Day Dance @ Mariposas Lodge, Twain Harte, CA
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