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dj_shanti

dj_shanti

About Me

marketing/promotions/traffic/psa/website director
of the most successful community radio stations
in the state of Arizona
www.kxci.org

producer of 'The Chill'
- on 91.3FM KXCI Community Radio-
airs every Friday night
- 6pm arizona time -
featuring an eclectic mix of downtempo tunes
ranging from jazz, world, electro, dub and rock
listen live ..!

owner/operator of litterbox music services

My Interests

music... art... indie fashion... diy (craftster.org)... working, playing, creating... audio production... mashing & remixing... guerilla marketing... graphic design... midwifery... natural birth... doulas... encouraging future generations

I'd like to meet:

genuinely interesting people without a lot of agendas

Music:

oh boy, this could get to be really long...

bands from my recent playlists on 'The Chill':
paper route, wise in time, headlights, conrad ford, heather duby, urbs, mr anonymous, daedelus, alias & tarsier, induce, michiko, feist, nuspirit helsinki, ak-momo, skye, wax tailor, vacabou, psapp, milosh, laroca, bittersweet, shrift, ancient future, brookville, camera obscura, bombay dub orchestra, eef barzelay, corrine bailey rae, thievery corporation, nightmares on wax, the merkin dream, mia doi todd, boozoo bajou, carmen rizzo, williamson, bright eyes, brazilian girls, grey area, citizen cope, boards of canada, bliss, mum, moby, zero 7, telepopmusik, nick cave, beck, flunk, ulrich schnauss, cat power, grandaddy, yo la tengo, elliott smith, dr israel, radiohead, beth orton, frou frou, the polyphonic spree, st etienne, lemon grass, delirum, ivy, petracovich, lambchop, mr scruff, bent, the funky lowlives, bebel gilberto, jazzanova, morcheeba, iron & wine, calexico, spoke, cottonbelly, sigur ros, st thomas, midival punditz, federico aubele, japancakes, azure ray, giant sand, howe gelb, m ward, the tao of groove, brazzaville, mosquitos, michael franti & spearhead, mojave 3, noiseshaper, lemon jelly, clem snide, josh rouse, the beta band, air, carla bruni, andrew bird, sufjan stevens, nick drake, the cinematic orchestra, laura viers, ben lee, inara george, lamb, ralph myers & the jack herren band, peas, emo, tosca, dub syndicate, blue states, the gotan project, groove armada, the bad plus, praful, ursula 1000, alpine stars, underworld, dub addxx, goldfrapp, space raiders, low, rjd2, les hommes, adem, lateduster, gabin, snakefarm, klement julienne, gigi, aubergine 3, bob holroyd, damien rice, transglobal underground, saul williams, dj spooky, doof, lazyboy tv, adrian sherwood, 60 channels, tj rehmi. blue six, zohar, nina nastasia, bonobo
okay ... click here to check out my playlists (be patient... it takes a few seconds)

bands i love to hear on other shows:
clap your hands and say yeah, the go team, the arcade fire, gomez, modest mouse, ben folds, william shatner, super furry animals, the postal service, chumbawamba, ike reilly assasination, the new pornographers, spoon, matisyahu, eels, brendan benson, the flaming lips, dengue fever, wilco, jack johnson, franz ferdinand, broken social scene, ryan adams, the white stripes, fiona apple, my morning jacket, speech, turin brakes, the clientele, fatboy slim, son volt, mason jennings, the album leaf, jim white, the decemberists, gorillaz, kraftwerk, manu chao, neko case, the brian jonestown massacre
click here to check out Your Morning Brew playlists

my favorite labels:
eighteenth street lounge, ninja tune, warp records, quango, unfiltered, shadow records, wonder sound, !k7, plug research, waveform, water music, propeller records, kriztal, six degrees, morr music, verve, v2, merge, matador, astralwerks, nettwerk, thrilljockey, mole listening pearls, ow om recordings, guidance recordings, wagram, emperor norton, stereo deluxe, groove gravy, sanctuary, ubiquity, spinart, mute corporation, bleep records, definite jux, blue note, sub pop, palm, triloka, transistor

if you have an album that you would like to submit for airplay send to:

KXCI Radio
220 South 4th Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85701
ATTN: dj shanti

Heroes:



Honor your Self, Worship your Self, Meditate on your Self, God dwells within you as you.

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My Blog

music video moment - giant sand

Giant Sand - Yer RopesMore music video codes at Get Music Video Codes*HINT - you may need to press stop and then play...
Posted by dj_shanti on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 12:01:00 PST

music video moment - lambchop

This is one of my all-time most favorite music videos... and bands.Lambchop - Is A WomanMore music video codes at Get Music Video CodesHINT* You may need to push stop and then play....
Posted by dj_shanti on Mon, 05 Jun 2006 09:04:00 PST

music video moment - cat power

Cat Power - Living ProofMore music video codes at Get Music Video Codes*HINT: To get it to play you may need to push stop and then play... try it... it's worth it...
Posted by dj_shanti on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 12:06:00 PST

we are all a little bit...

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Posted by dj_shanti on Thu, 25 May 2006 10:46:00 PST

power to the peaceful...

Bomb The World Please tell me the reason behind the colours that you fly please tell me the reason you want us to unify you say you're sorry you say there is no other choice but how can y...
Posted by dj_shanti on Wed, 01 Mar 2006 09:30:00 PST

our lives are being recorded... we are owned

From No Place To Hide by Robert O'Marrow "Think about your daily routine. When you wake up and sign on to the Internet and browse the Web, companies record where you go, the pages you access, anythin...
Posted by dj_shanti on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 10:02:00 PST

love is the glue that holds everything together

Now mastery of oneself is a noble and worthwhile pursuit, but it is a pursuit that takes you into the inner corridors of yourself, as it were, and really makes you look at parts of yourself that so f...
Posted by dj_shanti on Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:17:00 PST

welcome to the time-suck

Okay... so for a long time I thought it would be a waste of time to set up this whole myspace reality... until... I was so happy to discover one of my long lost best friends (thanks to myspace) and we...
Posted by dj_shanti on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:42:00 PST