Rhythm is a vehicle for transformation. Sometimes we need a change of tempo to make the shift; sometimes we need a steady pulse to hold the changes. - sometimes we need the drums to shatter the shells of resistance and make space new for the new way.

This wave includes some of the musical gold and deep medicine that I came across in 2017 - with a tip of the hat to Brexit, slipped discs, deep community processes, and other alchemical learnings of the moment. Also a warm-up for our up-coming 5Rhythms ImmersionMixed live in the hills; over to you, dancer...If you use and appreciate the service, please consider making a donation - thank you!

01. People - Afterlife02. Father King (Catching Flies Remix) - Emancipator03. Father King - Emancipator04. El Ritmo - JaJa05. Gosh - Jamie xx06. Annapurna (Avidus & Christoph Vogel Remix) - Jeremy Liar07. The Work (Rudimental Remix) - Beating Heart08. Je Ka Jo (Drums Of Passion Mix) - Joe Claussell09. Ringo (Original) - Joris Voorn10. Compañeros - Rainer Scheurenbrand11. Ashe (demo version) - Alex Forster12. First Harp Songs of the Road of Birth and Creation - Bwiti harpist & singers13. Maya Lila - Lucid Picnic14. Part 4 - Stephan Micus

01. Anahata Either - Sound Ambassador02. Pachamama - Kaya Project03. Come Closer - Salma Agha04. Taoist Tale - Blackanized05. Let the Rhythm Just (feat. Mr. Lif & Ayla Nereo) - The Polish Ambassador06. Body In Motion (Akufen Remix) - Mathew Jonson07. They Make Us All Want To Hate Each Other Don't Do It - DJ Olive08. Breathe (Banzai Republic's X-H) - Tèlèpopmusic09. Earth Elixir - David Michael & Christopher Of The Wolves10. Bamboo Flute Blues - Yusef Lateef

01. Call of The Forest - Baka Voices02. Earth - Ya'Acov & Susannah Darling Khan & Friends 03. God (unreleased edit) - 1 Giant Leap 04. Guinean Hunters’ Chant - Tiganá Santana 05. Udu's Dance - Rishi & Harshil 06. Untitled - Ortal Pelleg 07. Desert Stroll - Alex Forster & Jamie Catto08. African Drug - Bob Holroyd 09. Waterfall (Cachoeira) - Edgar Silva, Carioca E Chandra 10. Doldrums - Ame 11. Air - Ya'Acov & Susannah Darling Khan & Friends 12. Dance of the Wind - Brinda Roy ChoudhuriSongs of the birds, various fires, streams, rivers & winds - recorded in south Devon and elsewhere

Postcards from Babylon - a rough guide to liberation is a book of photography and writing by Christian de Sousa. WhereasPfB - the soundtrack is a compilation akin to a film soundtrack, this mix is an invitation to move through your own journey of urban alchemy as described and invoked in the book.It's an invitation to bring embodied movement to the intense energy of the cities and the world that we live in, to move through shadow and light, oppression and freedom, all the while finding the ways that transformation moves and lives in the body, the breath and the rhythm.

Needs a strong space. Probably best for dancing at night. Oh, and consider not listening to it before dancing to it - let yourself take the journey as a dancer, it will be more effective.To find out more about the book, come to www.postcardsfrombabylon.net

01. Intro - (urban street recording)02. Mass Transit Railway - Monolake03. Architecture - Inner Zone Orchestra04. Reach For The Dead - Boards of Canada05. Who Am I - Peace Orchestra06. Future Traffic Song - Ashtrax07. Hard Time Pressure In A Babylon - Iration Steppas08. El Capitalismo Foråneo (Antipop Consortium remix) - Gotan Project09. No Justice - Smith & Mighty Feat. Rudy Lee10. These Are The Days - Red Seal11. Back From Exile - Breitbannt12. Phase Drums - Joe Claussell, Jerome Sydenham13. Erosion - Vibrasphere14. Transition (acapella) - Underground Resistance15. Sandcastles (Afterlife mix) - Jerome Sydenham, Dennis Ferrer16. Pleureuse - Gabon People17. Happiness - Aaron Andreas Gantenbein18. Calm Upon You - Ravid19. Heal - Aaron Andreas Gantenbein20. Fading Sun - Terje Isungset

I have no idea, but the times we live in are unprecedented however you look at it. The situation is a ripe fruit for dancing… So this wave holds an intention to bring embodied journeying, to open hearts and to raise the vibration of our dreaming - to fuse the digital and the organic in order to create connection with the voices of peoples & lands the world over - ultimately to create space where the gold of the highest possibilities may shine forth. Like the Jain temple with a thousand pillars of which one is wonky, it's not perfect (sadly only God is perfect…), but I trust it can support some dancers to move into this new, possibly momentous year with light, love and healing in the heart.

One Love

01. Currents - Aes Dana02. Jardim do Universo - Maureen Ji & Universal Symphonies03. Tukutxi Yoremuru Katohu - Marlui Miranda & Ravi04. Cloudless - Peter Gabriel05. Dreaming of T'sama - The Human Experience06. The Way to the Light - Bahramji feat. Masti07. Salt Satygraha - DJ SPooky & Abdul Smooth08. Timber - Coldcut09. The Crawling Frog Is Torn And Smiles - Surgeon10. Lamur (Henry Saiz remix) - Guy J11. Nothing Is Something Worth Doing - Shpongle12. Music 4 No Musicians - Coldcut13. Spiral - Ravid14. Alma - Ravid15. Dreaming - Butch16. Trisine - Solar Quest17. Cantos Heri Paca - unknown Yanomami singer18. Jai Me Reprise - Bhakta & DarpanSamples from unknown streams, woodlands and shorelines also included in the mix

Dedicated to the ancient Thames, which flows near and through our dancefloor in Vauxhall.

01. Beauty - Koss aka Kuniyuki02. To Let Myself Go - Ane Brun03. Le Long De La Riviere Tendre - Sébastien Tellier04. The Birdcatcher's Oath - Boom Bip & Doseone05. Dread River - Burning Spear06. Jordan River - Burning Spear07. Brenda's $20 Dilemma (Kuniyuki Dub remix) - DJ Sprinkles08. La Valse - Les Négresses Vertes09. African River (Instrumental) - John de Kadt & John Hughes10. Om Shanti - Shiuli Subaya

Part 2 is a dancing journey into the tropical forests of Africa and South America, in search of more organic forms of medicine from the drums. This wave is deeper and more gentle, exploring a range of indigenous rhythms in search of more ancient pathways into dance healing.

The Jungle Medicine waves were my first creative act using newly installed solar power in the dancingTao studio...

01. Sounds of the Australian Bush at Dawn - Namadgi02. Ritual a la Naturaleza - Alejandro Jahuanchi03. Lambrancas - Carioca04. Amazonia - Carioca, Zeca Assumpcao, Dimos Goudaroulis05. Live recording - Kajuyali Tsamani & Friends06. Ubumwe - Burundi Ensemble07. Azouke Legba - Vodou Le 08. Congo - Drummers of the Scoiété Absolument Guininnin09. Oya Y Ogun - Kodo10. Jin-Go-Lo-Ba - Babatunde Olatunji11. Waterfall (Cahoeira) - Edgar Silva, Carioca E Chandra12. Boi-Bumpa - Carioca & Fabio Freire13. Live Recording - Kajuyali Tsamani & Friends14. Blessing - Bhakta & Darpan15. Bai - Gabon People

Artwork: Tree photography by Christian de Sousa

Part 1 harnesses a selection of old-school urban beats in service of dancing as alchemy of the concrete and to release the soul... Not surprisingly this wave has a fairly strong staccato accent, featuring a selection of classic old-school hip-hop, hardcore and jungle. I'm not really a breakbeat DJ so I've kept the mixes simple... it's really all about the narrative.

The Jungle Medicine waves were my first creative act using newly installed solar power in the dancingTao studio...

01. Love Me - Timbaland & Magoo02. Blanket - Urban Species03. Strange Behaviour - Roots Manuva04. African Voodoo Queen (Drama) - Madlib05. The Frontline - Liberation) - Madlib06. Only The Strong Survive - DJ Krush & CL Smooth07. Success - DJ Cam08. Signs (Blowfelt remix) - Badmarsh & Shri09. Shot In The Dark (Gunshot mix) - DJ Hype10. Iron Mask - Morphesis11. (Unknown white label)12. Love For The World (F.O.I. mix) - Fusion13. Mutant Jazz - T.Power14. Universal Reprise - 4Hero15. Night Bus - Burial16. Disko - Ryuichi Sakamoto17. Wind Coda - Lou Reed

Artwork: 'Tokyo' by Christian de Sousa

It's a journey through many different aspects of contemporary earth consciousness, from the ancient roots of our being to the shadows of current human destruction, invoking the possibility of healing, real solutions and a human re-awakening to our interconnection with each other and the whole web of life.

Dedicated to the planet itself, and all peoples currently deep in the chaos of different kinds of change, from the Middle East and the Amazon to Japan and the Pacific.

This wave is offered for dancers willing and wanting to engage with the current state of the world. Please read the Earthdreamers callout, dance to it, and don't bother with this one if you are casually looking for music to listen to in your car.

01. From The Cradle - Michael Stearns02. Ec0noMiX (sound collage) - Blly Unknown03. Song Of The Disposessed - Dead Can Dance04. The Way You Dream - 1 Giant Leap feat. Michael Stipe & Asha Bhosie05. The Earth Mother - Soel06. Run Revolution A Come - Hugh Mundell & Augustus Pablo07. Amazon Secrets - Knowa Knowone08. Dub Club - Sterotyp & Soothsayer09. Get Thee Behind Me - Soma10. Aufm Klo (version) - Kalabrese11. Where We At v1 - Henrik Schwartz, Ame, Dixon12. Re-awakening The Spirits - Bob Holroyd13. Je Ka Jo - Joe Claussell & Jerome Sydenham14. Holiday (Peace) - Moodyman13. Forest Veil - Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke14. Healing Hang (live recording from ceremony) - Kajuyali Tsamani & Friends15. My Friend Of Angel Tribe - Mari Boine16. Song of Earth - NASA

Artwork: 'The Greening of The Desert' - by Derrick Greaves

01. Auntie's Harp - Flying Lotus (+BBC archive sample)02. Ride Suite Ride - Terry Callier03. Take me Higher - Fertile Ground04. In This Whole World - Gramatik05. The Conspirator (Main Theme) - The Quantic Soul Orchestra06. Mashin' On The Motorway - DJ Shadow07. Sinnerman - Nina Simone08. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield09. The Furry Whale - DJ Olive10. Going Home - Big Bang11. Bamboo Flute Blues - Yusef Lateef

Artwork: Detroit DJ, Stacey Pullen, photographed by Christian de Sousa

01. People Are Friends - Biosphere02. The Lake - Helena Ward03. Astral Traveling - Pharoah Sanders04. Trees Laugh - Hot Pink Purple05. The Eagle - DJ Spooky06. Calling Dub - Nucleus Roots07. Aurelon (Misstress Barbara Reshape) - Vince Watson08. Never-Ending Mountain (James Zabiela Re-Arrange) - Phil Keiran09. A Break In The Clouds (Ambient Version) - Holden10. Same Song - Susheela Ramon11. Under Your Mind (Live) - Cell12. Graceful Sky - Steve Roach13. La Cariocala - Nagwa

Artwork: woodblock print by Tsuchiya Koitsu

01. My Queen - Maureen Ji02. Hayling (Radio Edit) - FC Kahuna03. Going Places - Hugh Mundell04. It's The Pee Back 2 Work - Mobb Deep, Fat Joe, PMD05. Schubduse (Anthony Rother Mix) - Sven Vath06. You Are - Kenny Larkin07. This Train - The Staple Singers08. Today - Zero 709. Sweet In The Mornin' - Bobby McFerrin

Artwork: photograph by Christian de Sousa

01. Suspended Static - Snakestyle02. Chilling Moments - Shmuel Flash 03. Sit Back, Relax - Gaudium04. Hallelujah USA - Booka Shade05. Demon - Isolee06. Eargate - Anarchy, Dickster, Barker07. Tonite (featuring Ursula Rucker) - Tigerhook08. Battle Hymn for Children (Tensnake Mix) - The Faint09. Strings Outro - Culprit 110. Umbrella (Beatless Mix) - Chymera11. Kearn - James Holden

Artwork: photograph by Christian de Sousa

01. Mass Transit Railway - Monolake02. Get Misunderstood - Troublemakers03. Gridlock - Red Snapper04. Mother Nature - Fauna Fish05. It's About - Isolée06. No Justice - Smith & Mighty feat. Rudy Lee07. Galvanise - The Chemical Brothers08. Floor Control (Carl Cox's ultimate mix) - Awex09. Humanity (Ashley's Love & Compassion mix) - A Guy Called Gerald10. From Selma to Soweto - Julius Orlando11. Freedom Charter - Amandla12. Waves - The Ocean13. Beware of Fake Gurus - Deep Dive Corporation14. Sticky End - The Orb15. Universal Love - Nawang Khechog

Artwork: photograph by Christian de Sousa

01. Dawn - The Cinematic Orchestra02. Camino - Murcof03. A Large Grey Area - T-Power04. North - Monolake05. Burning Spear / Submerge - Mad Mike, The Trinity06. What God Is - A Guy Called Gerald07. Monsoon - Vibrasphere08. Drops of Light - Maneesh De Moor09. Safe Passage - Bhakta & Darpan10. No News Is Good News - Naseer Shamman And Bass Communion

Artwork: 'Floating Spiral' - nature installation and photograph by Liz McGowan

01. Dayvan Cowboy - Boards of Canada02. Arabian Dreams (Night mix) - Fouad03. Robot Replica - Jeff Mills04. Senegal-Mauritanie - Kaouding Cissoko05. Piano Intro (Live) - Tosca

Artwork: 5Rhythms logo, by Gabrielle Roth & unknown designer

01. From A Solid To A Liquid - Biosphere02. Beautiful Strange - Bedrock03. Arcadian - Link04. Where Is It? - Will Saul, Ursula Rucker05. Another Excuse (DFA Remix) - Soulwax06. Can't Let You Go (Hoxton Whores Dub) - Mack Vibe07. Neu-Neutral - Max Waves08. Blue (Reprise) - Deep Dive Corp.09. A Wonderful Life - Carl Craig10. The Last Reading - Sussan Deyhim11. Unknown

Artwork: street sign opposite St Peter's Church in Vauxhall