Mikey Lion
SPIN First Drop: Visionaries – Mikey Lion & Desert Hearts
In our first SPIN First Drop: Visionaries Edition, we spotlight DJ and Desert Hearts co-founder, Mikey Lion. With the moniker “House, Techno, Love,” Desert Hearts, of course, features an extraordinary array of artists in house and techno. But it’s the “love” aspect that embodies Desert Hearts’ DNA. Seemingly everywhere you go, positive energy, connectivity, and overall epic high vibes permeate the air. Desert Hearts’ recent event last spring marked their 10th Anniversary celebration, but their journey through the pandemic saw them lose their venue and there was definitely a question as to whether the festival would survive. Finally landing their new venue at Lake Perris marked a new era for Desert Hearts along with a newfound musical direction, featuring the likes of Detroit’s very own Car...
Growing Pains: How Desert Hearts Festival Fared—And Progressed—In Its Expansive New Home
One of the lamentable circumstances with growth is the inevitable change that comes with it. In the case of a prospering music festival and esteemed brand, this means losing the tight-knit appeal it once had in favor of expansion for its thriving legion of followers. This is the repercussion currently being felt by organizers of this year’s Desert Hearts festival, a fallout that will ultimately benefit them going forward. Porky, Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds and Marbs. Brian Ngo The multi-day camping and arts festival is commemorating a decade since its original Mojave Desert rendezvous. Since then, the team at Desert Hearts has continuously broadened their amenities while staying true to their inclusionary standards and love for house and techno. Consequently, the brand’...
Desert Hearts to Return In 2022, Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary In New SoCal Location
After succumbing to the wrath of the global pandemic and missing out on two years of revelry, the organizers of Desert Hearts have announced the festival’s return in 2022 with a new location. Celebrating a decade of house, techno, and love, the eclectic techno and house music fest will take place April 28th to May 2nd, calling Lake Perris its new home. Situated approximately two hours outside of Los Angeles and San Diego, Lake Perris State Recreation Area is a serene lakeside oasis surrounded by the suburban landscape that is the Inland Empire. The lake is situated in a mountain-rimmed valley and offers amenities including beaches, swimming, premium campsites, bathrooms with showers, and plentiful trees and grasslands. This, of course, means that the Desert Hearts collective wi...
SPIN Sets Presents: Mikey Lion
Passion is an understatement for what Mikey Lion channels through his music. Mikey Lion is on a constant path toward finding enlightenment through music and creating one-of-a-kind experiences to inspire others to find themselves and their purpose in this world. Being both a spiritual warrior and visionary, he’s created a safe and revolutionary space known as the Desert Hearts community – where artists, creatives, and audiophiles can come together and explore free-expression and thinking within music and counter-culture. Read on to find out about Mikey’s biggest musical influences, spiritual guide encounters, his road to creating one of the biggest musical communities on twitch, and more. Be sure to also check out his latest release, “When I’m With You” here. 1. Who is Mikey Lion and what d...
