Performances by:

Nico Maldonado & Susana Pineda create improvisational soundscapes influenced by nature's beauty. With vocals, saxophone, percussion, and electronics, they create immersive musical ecosystems. Their music explores imagined worlds and subtle rhythms, like bird songs in a forest.

Michel Von Loh is a classically trained guitarist, mandolinist, saz player, arranger and composer who is equally at home in styles ranging from Post-Punk and Experimental Rock to Western European, North Indian, Persian and Arab classical music. As a native of Germany, he began his studies under Christiane Spannhof, Thomas Müller-Pering and Jürgen Rost at the University of Music "Franz Liszt" in Weimar, and later continued at California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita with Stuart Fox, Omar Torrez and Miroslav Tadić under whose mentorship he received a BFA in guitar performance in 2021. In addition to his formal studies, Michel has taken lessons and co-taught on the subject of free improvisation alongside Marcelo Moguilevsky, Richard Doust and Alan Bern, on Ashkenazi music and contemporary Jewish song with Joshua Waletzky and Ilya Shneyveys, and on Middle Eastern music with Yair Dalal, Yuval Ron and Scott Marcus. Concerts as a solo guitarist and ensemble member have taken him to various venues across Germany (including the office of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel) as well as Austria (Great Hall of the Viennese Music Association), Italy, Israel, Canada, and the US (including NYC's Carnegie Hall and LA's Walt Disney Concert Hall). Michel has been recognized at several international guitar competitions, including the "Anna Amalia Competition for Young Guitarists", and was the recipient of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Scholarship (2015-16), the Lillian Disney Scholarship (2017-21), and the Shimon Peres Prize (2018) for his work on the German-Israeli "Caravan Orchestra" musical exchange program. He currently teaches at Pasadena and Monrovia Music Academies, and regularly performs as a soloist, with his band "Orchids of Jupiter" and the choirs at First Congregational Church Los Angeles and Church of the Good Shepherd Arcadia.

Soft Future is an ephemeral music collective stewarded by Lani Trock and David Moses. The group's central intention is to transcend limits and touch spirit. Their performances are improvisational, multi-sensory journeys, activating the language of music as a transmitter of universal consciousness. Often participatory in nature, their work invites audience members to co-create together, opening portals to imaginal worlds and new dimensions.

Nourishment:

Dinner by Chef Vanessa Wolfe

Elixirs by Mysticopia

Cacao Altar by Cd’A

Location / Parking:
The address will be emailed to you a few days before the event.

It is a beautiful drive in through the boulders but the roads are pretty rugged. We are about 20 minutes away from Pappy and Harriet’s in Pioneertown.
SUVS and 4x4s are ideal if you have the option.
Please carpool! There is limited parking. Please drive slowly and be very respectful of our neighbors.

What to bring:

Please bring a full bottle of drinking water. We will have filtered well water to offer if refills are needed.

This is an outdoor event. Please bring warm layers! Temperatures drop significantly when the sun sets.

Bring a blanket to sit on and an extra to wrap yourself in.

Ticket Options:

Adult ticket: includes one Elixir by Mysticopia.
Adult ticket + Dinner: includes one Elixir by Mysticopia and an organic dinner by Chef Vanessa Wolfe.

Additional delicious beverages by Mysticopia and Cacao by Cd’A available for an additional charge.

Children:

Children are welcome but parents are responsible for them if they are disrupting the performance. Please keep in mind this is a deep listening experience.
There will be a movie offered in a bell tent for those interested.

Email thecarljungle@gmail.com with any inquiries.