Craig Kohland

Producer/Performer

The driving force inside Craig Kohland is the healing rhythm of the drum and the creative expression of the sacred. He is a talented multi-percussionist, performer, music and film producer, retreat facilitator and healing arts practitioner.

Shaman's Dream Music Collective is Craig’s multi-faceted musical project that, along with producers Rara Avis and Amani Friend, has produced 25 albums in the last 15 years. Music spanning in genre’s from Ambient, Downtempo, Yoga music, World groove, African, Afro Beat, Middle Eastern, East Indian, Tribal, Funk, House, Glitch, Electronica and Hip Hop.

Since 1995 Shaman’s Dream has been at the forefront of the Yoga music/ ecstatic dance scene. Craig is the musical director of the “Shaman’s Dream World Groove Ensemble” and along with yoga teacher Micheline Berry has co-facilitated over 400 ecstatic dance/ “live” world music concerts plus countless live music yoga classes and ritual retreats. 

Craig’s has also Produced, Assistant Directed and musically supervised 20 health related instructional DVD’s - ie; yoga, tai chi, chi gong, workout, etc. and production supervised over a 100 commercials and music videos.

Craig is presently located on the Big Island of Hawaii where he co-facilitates - Ecstatic Dance Big Island and rocks the dance floor as DJ Shamans Dream.

Rara Avis
Producer/Performer

Rara Avis combines over 15 years of multi-genre musical study with an intuitive understanding of modern technology.  His classical training partnered with his passion for electronic dance music, results in original lush downtempo compositions fuelled with psychedelic guitar, vocals, and a healthy dose of improvisation rooted in jazz.

His current projects include writing and performing solo music for San Francisco based label Six Degrees Records, yogic world fusion grooves with Craig Kohland & Shaman's Dream out of Los Angeles, and multi genre electronic alchemy with Desert Dwellers - a collaboration that includes Amani Friend (Santa Fe), and Treavor Moontribe (LA).
     
For more information please visit www.raraavis.cc, www.sixdegreesrecords.com - or goto the Itunes Music Store and search for Rara Avis (both in Electronic & Dance genres)

Amani Friend
Producer/Performer

Amani Friend (founding member of Desert Dwellers & Liquid Bloom) has been a musician since his fingers could reach a keyboard or percussion instrument. A graduate of the College of Santa Fe's cutting-edge Contemporary Music Program, he has nearly two decades of music production experience in jazz, blues, dub, electronica, ambient, world music, yoga, healing, and progressive dance music ...always combining the diversity of the world with the most modern production methods.

Amani produces regularly with studio partners Treavor Moontribe and Rara Avis under the name Desert Dwellers. The roots of this “virtual band" come deep from within the electronic music gatherings taking place in the deserts of the Southwest. The Desert Dwellers have remixed artists such as Deep Forrest and Karsh Kale; their music appears on White Swan Records, Six Degrees, Native State, Bedrock, System Recordings, Ritual Sounds, and their own label Desert Trax. Amani also produces under Shaman’s Dream, Liquid Bloom, Amani vs. Teapot, and Cerebral Dub.  When not making music, Amani has become known for his strong vision in graphic design and digital artwork (Global Dragon).