About this episode

This episode features Melamanos, a DJ from Minsk, exploring the themes of the Winter Solstice through soulful downtempo music.

❄️Voice of Winter Solstice (Dong Zhi) [冬至之声] ·𖥸· ─ ·♡· ─ ·𖥸· ─ ·♡· ─ ·𖥸· ─ ·♡· ─ ·𖥸· ─ ·♡· ─ ·𖥸· ☯️The Winter Solstice: Yin reaches its zenith, Yang begins to rise. The Winter Solstice is a pivotal solar term in the Chinese lunar calendar, marking the longest night of the year. After this day, the Northern Hemisphere enters its coldest phase, with temperatures gradually dropping. Simultaneously, daylight hours begin to lengthen while nights slowly shorten. 🧘Melamanos is a DJ from Minsk, Belarus. This man is ready to sell his soul for soulful music. His tastes cover a large scale from multicultural electronica to romantic tech. A firm chillrave promoter, committed to slow dancing and meditative trances. He has been addicted to downtempo, ethnic, midtempo, organic, ketapop, tribal, folktronica, chillrave from 2018. Since then, a lot of slow rave parties in Minsk have been organized & many sets at different venues & cities played, among them Istanbul, Tbilisi, Milan, Ericeira/Lisbon, Ponta Delgada/Azores and others. In addition, he continues his virtual musical travelings to different countries, recording podcasts/mixtapes for various worldwide downtempo communities/labels…

People in this episode

Host: Autumn Equinox

Guest: Melamanos

Topics covered

• Winter Solstice
• downtempo music
• meditative trance
• cultural electronica
• chillrave

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Autumn Equinox

Places: Minsk, Belarus, Istanbul, Tbilisi, Milan, Ericeira/Lisbon, Ponta Delgada/Azores

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