Empty Spaces: an 80-minute musical meditation by dj rekluse (Corey deVos).
Featuring Alex Grey, Ken Wilber, Sally Kempton, and Alan Watts.
A soundtrack for Dark Nights.
Liberation upon hearing.
TRACK LIST
Here is a comprehensive track list for the Dark Matter mix, complete with time-codes and purchasing links. If you like anything you hear in this mix, please support the artists by PURCHASING THE ALBUMS!
Part I  (0:00) Nothing – Bill Laswell
(1:43) Thunupa – Bill Laswell
(2:35) The Nature of Thoughts - Sally Kempton
(4:34) Mantra – Material
(7:01) Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows — The Beatles
(7:29) To Know You Are God – Alan Watts
(10:14) Raghupati – Bhagavan Das and Mike D.
Part II  (0:00) Ghost Dance – Tomahawk
(1:04) Roads – Portishead
(4:32) Weathered Stone – Aphex Twin
(6:57) Who Am I – Peace Orchestra
(5:11) Integral Spiritual Experience Meditation – Sally Kempton
(10:43) Locomotion – Plastikman
(7:27) Dark Night of the Soul – David Lynch and Sparklehorse
Part III Part IV  (0:00) 10 Ghosts II — Nine Inch Nails
(2:48) Sala – Tosca
(3:34) The Ultimate Experiment – Ken Wilber
(6:59) Splitting the Atom – Massive Attack
(10:48) Banged and Blown Through – Saul Williams
(15:25) Blood on the Motorway – DJ Shadow
THE DJ MIX: AN INTEGRAL ART FORM
To some, a DJ mix might seem like little more than an iTunes playlist, a mix tape you made for your boyfriend in middle school, or the product of wedding DJs who are contractually obligated to play "Mony Mony" and "The Chicken Dance" everywhere they go. But to others, the DJ mix is something much more extraordinary. When done right, it can be a truly integrative art form—taking bits and pieces of our shared cultural reference points, and using technology as an instrument to transpose, transform, and recontextualize those pieces until something genuinely and unmistakably new emerges.
The DJ is so much more than a human jukebox who puts together a compilation of catchy tracks. It's about knowing how to fit those tracks together into greater and greater wholes—matching, manipulating, looping, and layering individual songs into a single seamless experience. At his or her best, the DJ is a musical maven, turning people on to new sounds and new genres while fighting the growing tides of cultural homogenization. It's an art of sonic ninjitsu, learning how to use turntables, MIDI players, or laptops to mix and match beats, keys, and melodies. And like any performance art, DJing can be a sort of 21st century shamanism, conjuring and shaping the states and experiences of entire groups of people by crafting the most unbelievably satisfying breakdowns, bardos, and transitions—creating a space for all of us to dance ourselves into oblivion.
Now to be perfectly clear, the DJ mix is still a subversive art form, and is often perceived as a threat to the status quo of the music industry—which, come on, kind of makes it a little bit cooler doesn't it? Although no small-time DJs like me have ever been harassed or sued for sharing their mixes for free on the internet, I have to admit the fact that this all exists in something of a grey area in copyright law. I do believe I am morally justified in sharing my art with you all, but there are some who would disagree. For more on this, check out this friendly debate I had with Ottmar Liebert a few years ago.
If you would like to connect with me on Facebook and receive updates on future mixes, here is a link to my dj rekluse fan page.
OTHER MIXES YOU MAY ENJOY:
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Dark Matter My latest DJ mix, lovingly crafted in preparation for my upcoming set with Alex Grey at this year's Integral Spiritual Experience event. This one of the more experimental mixes I've put together, playing with the tension between soothing and menacing, soft and jagged, glossy and glitchy. | | 
HeartbeatZ Featuring over three hours of love songs spanning seven decades of pop culture, this is an expanded version of the set i played on New Years Eve at the second Integral Spiritual Experience event. | | | | | | | | | | 
(r)evolutions A five-part hip hop soundtrack for evolutionaries. Sixty songs, two hours. Wake up. Rise up. | | 
Things That Go BUMP In the Night A monster mashup for all you trick or treaters, with a diabolical 66 minute 6 second running time. | | | | | | | | | | 
Whether you know it or not, you are an evolutionary artist. All of us are already participating in a great dance of creativity, each in our own unique way. Our journey as evolutionary artists touches every aspect of our lives—from the words we choose, to the beauty we create, to the love we make.
That's why we are truly delighted to invite you to Integral Spiritual Experience Year 3: Kosmic Creativity on December 28th, 2011 - January 1st, 2012, at Asilomar Retreat Center in Pacific Grove, California. Featuring some of the world's most leading-edge spiritual teachers, artists, activists, and visionaries, we will be joined by the integral evolutionary community from over 30 countries world-wide. And we want you to be a part of this extraordinary experience!
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Thanks Corey, this was great!
Posted December 7th, 2011 by Mark EvansI'm not very hip, so I'm not sure I've ever listened to a DJ mix before (though I am a fan of dance party DJ's and even did it once myself). For what ever reason (probably because I've worked hard on not being so stuffy) I downloaded it, waited for a free, rainy day, and just finished it. I loved it. I do have a question: while obviously the consumer listens any way they want, and everybody has different preferences, do you as creator, have an intention for how the piece is listened to? I needed to wash my dishes, but didn't want to ruin your mix, so I decided to listen (with headset) and wash for as long as it worked, I got the dishes washed without detriment to the piece, built a fire in my wood stove, and then sat on the couch and just listened. Then I started to bob around, which is good, since it engages my physical body (one of my weak points), and just really got into it.
I liked it so much I downloaded Dark Matter, which has "instructions," and maybe they're the same. I wouldn't have wanted to be driving for Empty Spaces, either my experience of the piece, or the car would have been wrecked.
I was sorry there were no "comments" here, so I wanted you to know someone really appreciates this and it's getting a "keep" designation in my iTunes.
Mark Evans