Ritual, magic and alchemy
Ritual medicine music: bass, magic, alchemy and ceremony
The Great Medicine Show is electronic music made to be performed as a ritual. A night opens with sound bowls and gongs, moves through dance, aerial and fire, and closes with the whole cast on stage, with original bass music carrying it from the first note to the last.
What we mean by ritual
A ritual is something done on purpose, in an order, with people who chose to be there. A dance floor already has most of that. People arrive, the night builds, something peaks, and everyone leaves a little different from how they came in. The Great Medicine Show takes that shape seriously and stages it: an opening, a build, a peak and a closing, with music, movement and fire each given its moment.
"Medicine" in the name is the feeling we aim for in the room. It is artistic intent, not a health claim, and nothing here is offered as treatment for anything.
Four ways in
- Alchemy and bass music: the alchemical emblem, the Alchemical Bass Symphony, The Alchemy of Bass retreat, and a show built on the seven stages of the Great Work.
- Magic and EDM: intention, energy and release on a dance floor, and The Art of Magic, a live session with Jordan Larsen.
- Ceremony and ecstatic dance: sound bowl openings, ecstatic dance sets and ceremony nights for retreats, gatherings and solstices.
- The festival stage show: music, fire, dance, aerial and storytelling as one production of up to 12 performers.
The music underneath
The Great Medicine Show has released more than 100 songs and reached 1.20 million Spotify streams in 2025. It is bass music, dubstep, jungle, garage and house, woven with world instruments and voice: oud from Mah Ze Tar, voices like Sugar Light, and remix and revibe work for David Starfire and Liquid Bloom. Titles like Light Medicine, made with Sugar Light Rising, and The Great Medicine Show remix of Bass Ritual, featuring Mah Ze Tar on Amrita Records, say plainly what the catalogue is about. Hear it on the music and links page.
Where it has happened
- Alchemical Bass Symphony, Indra's Awarehouse, Austin, April 2024: co-billed with Axel Thesleff, Govinda and AKRIZA, with sound healing, circus arts and fire on the bill.
- Medicine for the People, Texas Music River Ranch, Webberville, Texas, 2022: co-billed with Drumspyder, with ceremony, sound healing and flow arts.
- 11:11 Ceremony and Ecstatic Dance, Indra's Awarehouse, Austin, 2021, with Equanimous and Claraty.
- New Year's Eve: Ascent, Indra's Awarehouse, Austin, 2022: top billed, with aerial, acrobatics, cirque and ceremony.
- Unison Festival, PlayThink and High Vibe Fest, each played more than once.
The full show archive lists every date with a flyer behind it.
Bring it to your gathering
Festivals, retreats, ceremonies, conscious gatherings, solstice and equinox nights, and private celebrations. Send the date, the place and what the gathering is for, and we will shape the night to it. See every way to book the show.
At a glance
| Based in | Austin, Texas. Touring the US, with shows in Mexico and Canada |
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| Cast | From 1 (a DJ set) to 12 performers (the full production) |
| Disciplines | DJ and producer, fire performers, belly dancers, sword and veil work, LED and winged dancers, aerial, roaming costumed performers, sound bowls and storytelling |
| Set lengths | A DJ set of 2 to 4 hours across the evening, with three 15 minute fire sets outdoors (shorter indoors) |
| Sound | We plug into the venue's or AV company's sound system |
| Indoors | The same show with LED poi, staffs and fans in place of live flame |
| Notice | Four weeks preferred. At least two weeks for any show with fire |
| Travel | The quote is the creative fee. Flights, lodging and ground transport are billed separately at cost |
Questions planners ask
What is ritual medicine music?
It is how we describe The Great Medicine Show: original bass and electronic music performed as a ritual, with an opening, a build, a peak and a closing, often with sound bowls, dancers, aerial and fire. Medicine is artistic intent, not a health claim.
Is The Great Medicine Show EDM?
Yes, in the broad sense. The music is electronic dance music, mostly bass music: dubstep, jungle, garage and house, woven with world instruments and voice.
Do you perform at ceremonies and retreats?
Yes. Ceremony openings with sound bowls and gongs, ecstatic dance sets and full night productions have all been part of our shows, at places like Indra's Awarehouse in Austin and Texas Music River Ranch.
Where are you based?
Austin, Texas. We travel across the US for festivals, retreats and private events, and have performed in Mexico and Canada. Travel is billed separately at cost.