RFS DU SOL’s Sundream festival is an immersive blend of hedonism and healing – Mixmag

At one point Tyrone takes a pause between tracks to pay respects to the beautiful site and acknowledge the custodians of the land. We're bringing a bunch of people and a bunch of infrastructure and a bunch of things into this place that we are not from, and we want to be respectful of that, elaborates Jon the next day, noting that all merchandise for the event was designed and produced in Mexico. The best food stall on site is run by a group of Mayan woman who serve up spicy tacos and sweet tamarind water.

The writing process of RFS DU SOLs latest album, which features GRAMMY-nominated track Alive, was helped by developing a greater level of respect for themselves and each other. Their meteoric come-up came with parallel chaos, especially around their third album Solace. We'd been running ourselves into the ground, the way we wwere writing music was staying up till 6:AM every night, not taking care of our bodies, not taking care of our relationships, shares James. The pandemic brought an opportunity to reset and refocus.

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While completing Surrender, they took a six week studio trip to Joshua Tree where they started each day with group meditation and intention sessions. Its made me feel a lot closer to the guys, says Tyrone. We've always been close in the studio and friends, we've worked together really well, but there's been conflict and difficulties over the course of years of being together and touring, and it all builds up. We didn't necessarily resolve a whole lot of things. Having that time and structure to expel our energy and talk about our feelings was very reparative. It felt like we were more compassionate and empathetic towards each other and probably towards ourselves.

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RFS DU SOL's Sundream festival is an immersive blend of hedonism and healing - Mixmag