12 QUESTIONS FOR DJ KUNDALINI

Got curious about the One Space event this Saturday?

There’s definitely something special about the event!

Music. DJs. Yoga. Inspiration. Meditation. 

This man will be one of the DJs, energizing the crowd this Saturday. Helena interviews DJ Kundalini on music, career and life experiences. In this interview, DJ Kundalini spoke candidly about not only the event and his success, but also many of the emotional inspirations he gained and lessons he learned during his life.

                       

 

You’re taking part in the upcoming LOVE CACAO DANCE showcase on Saturday, hosted by One Space, what can the audience expect from this event?

I am super excited, there are some amazing elements coming together. It’s going to be a luscious event, extremely nurturing, there will be a lot of good tunes. We’ve got amazing food, organic wines, cacao products and the music is gonna be fantastic across the board. One Space is just consistently excellent, it’s going to be beautiful. 

 

You will be a support DJ for the Dessert Dwellers, why is there such a huge excitement about them in Australia?

The Dessert Dwellers play music which is inspired by sacred eastern music. They mix a lot of nature recordings with some big electronic productions. It’s beautifully mastered, very organic and makes people move, smile, as they pick a lot of positive, uplifting keys. It’s amazing music that takes you on a journey. They bring their own goodness from inside out and that is expressed musically. They are people who are very much in tune with energy, able to connect with the crowd. It’s the whole package, not only their music.

 

So Marc, regarding the particular event with the Dessert Dwellers, what sort of crowd do you expect to come along and what music do you think they enjoy there? 

 People who are very much into yoga, holistic community, who are going to lots of festivals and who are really much into connecting with other people.  Being open, looking after themselves and having an open taste. 

 

You are djing for many, many years. What makes a good DJ these days?

For a really successful DJ, I believe it’s someone who is really able to tune in the crowd, to connect with them and to play what the crowd and what the particular situation needs.

 

I came across a quote by you that I really like and it refers exactly to what you’ve just said: “To me music plays an important role – it is the soundtrack to life! A good DJ will have an open mind & be sensitive to the crowd’s needs. You’ve got to play the right piece for the right moment.”

Yeah, I think that sums it up really well. 

 

Now going back to yourself, how did you become a DJ?

While I was at university, it was the beginning of the rave era in the early 90s. I was here in Sydney and had the opportunity to produce the university campus dance music/party club back in the day and that build to the point where people started offering me work. So I started working as a DJ which led to my full-time career, since I finished studying. 

 

I find it really interesting that your music is enriched by your live didgeridoo virtuosity. How did you learn to play this typical australian, aboriginal instrument?

It’s an amazing instrument, I have a deep respect for it. I’ve actually had a hippie festival in the early 90s and I saw a group of people lying down on the ground with someone standing, walking around them, playing didgeridoo and they were sort of meditating with an amazing blissful look on their face. So I lay down and joined them and I had this incredible experience of energy moving through my body. During that moment, I just went: “Ok great, I have to learn how to play the didgeridoo, so I can share this kind of experience with people”. 

So they inspired you and your future music career?

Oh very much inspired me, as well as performance. One of the thing that I also happened to do is didgeridoo healings on people. So yeah aside from the performing side, there’s very much a deep spiritual aspect which I respect the didgeridoo for. It helps to draw in that energy to the music as well. 

That perfectly leads me to the next question, your interested in metaphysical and shamanic work. When did you start to develop your interest in this kind of field and how did that happen?

It was round about the same time, I was going through quite a deep existential period, where I was enquiring who I am, what life is all about, exploring human potential, what I am capable of and what’s the meaning of life. And that led into a lot of metaphysical enquiries and also to shamanic work. I guess the didgeridoo as well has led me to connect with indigenous people and to deeper shamanic teaching, as well as discoveries, I made along the way. It’s an ongoing journey and I love sharing this with people, taking people on a journey. 

What have you learned through these experiences, how did they shape your life?

I must clarify, I’m still in a process discovering who I am. So I guess I learned that love, connection and experience are the most important things in life. Community is important and that we’re all in this together, we’re all part of one web of life. And even things that don’t seem alive, are also part of the creation and have consciousness in them, so all together we’re in this big ship. We need to work together to create the most beautiful feature that we can experience.

So I assume that the upcoming event is holding a bunch of inspiration as well?

Absolutely, that are moments in life that get me really excited. It brings out the best in you! 

And off to finish, if you had only one word, how would you describe the music you’re playing?

Journey.