John speaks with Eli Goldstein about his upcoming Future Sound of Nature music festival and the power of art to activate environmental consciousness and connection to nature.
See HERE for festival schedule and tickets (Friday June 21 – Sunday 23)
Music:
Keep Reaching (New Radio Edit)- Soul Clap (feat. Choosy Lover, Saucy Lady & Greg Paulus)
Fog Rolls Out Rabun Gap ~ Cicada Waves - Ben Seretan
Koyaanisqatsi (Prophecies) - Philip Glass
Eli Goldstein’s career spans 20+ years on the decks and beyond. Best known as half of EFUNK purveyors SOUL CLAP, Eli wears many hats in the music universe. He runs SOUL CLAP RECORDS, one of Mixmag’s 10 most influential disco labels of the last decade. He hosts a monthly radio show on New York City’s THE LOT RADIO. He’s one of the founders of BLACK FLAMINGO, a plant based taqueria and discotheque in Brooklyn. And he spins eclectic, vinyl oriented sets throughout New York and anywhere else he can get to by train or EV. Through it all, Eli’s mission has been to share music that feels like the past, but sounds like the future. Music that makes you move your body and feel something in your soul. But music is not always enough, and Eli strives to make a positive impact on the world around him by running DJS 4 CLIMATE ACTION to support the earth and getting an M.S. in CLIMATE SCIENCE & POLICY to develop an industry-wide climate pledge, while looking beyond climate to promote social justice and fight mass incarceration with GIVE A BEAT.
