This afternoon I headed over to Hype Machine looking for a little random music but got distracted almost right away by the animated banner ad at the top of the site. The words “Treasure Island” caught my eye. I wondered “what is going on on Treasure Island?” I have never actually set foot on it but I pass by there a lot (when not on bed rest, that is) on my way from Emeryville into the city. “Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland. It is connected by a small isthmus to Yerba Buena Island.” I watched the whole ad cycle through and discovered that there is a Treasure Island Music Festival coming up in September.

The line up this year is amazing! I was going through all the artists and heading over to their websites to listen to their music and check them out a bit. Wonderful, wonderful stuff! When I made it over to Amon Tobin’s site I was seduced by a song I had not hear yet: Delpher. I had visions of dancing to it (tribal bellydance with modern stylings). The snippet on the site is short and a tease. I have to have it! I also discovered a video of a dance choregraphy to his song “Rhino Jockey”. Seems others have had their own visions:

I kept exploring more of Amon Tobin’s music and discovered that my dear friend Dulcinea had the dancing visions to his music too! I recognized a song that she choreographed a beautiful dance piece for her dance troupe Gemini Project. Funny, I had thought of her right away when I was listening to Delpher and I was excited to turn her on to Amon Tobin. But she is already all over it!

Here is a clip from one of Gemini Projects performances. The first song you will hear is the Amon Tobin song I spoke of:

As far as the Treasure Island Music Festival goes, I realized that it falls on the same weekend as my other brother’s wedding in September and that we will be in South Dakota. Well, there is always next year.