Derek Beres
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | International Music Journalist/DJ/Yoga Instructor |
| Location | Jersey City |
| Introduction | Derek Beres is one of the leading figures in international music in America, working in numerous facets of the industry, from journalist and DJ to producer and presenter. He has written for dozens of magazines covering the traditional and digital realms of global music and has toured internationally, playing alongside some of the most important figures in the scene today. A 1997 graduate of Rutgers University with a degree in Religion, Beres entwines the mythological with the modern, showing how digital music is the first true global folk music as artists everywhere employ computers in their sonic creations. Global Beat Fusion blurs the lines between sacred and profane, highlighting today’s ritual ceremonies within club context. Beres is also a Yoga Instructor and Budokon Conditioning Teacher. He currently teaches at Equinox Fitness in NYC. |
| Favorite books | Blindness by Jose Saramago, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, American Pastoral by Philip Roth, Masks of God series by Joseph Campbell, Memories, Dreams, Reflections by Carl Jung, Myth of the Eternal Return by Mircea Eliade, The Awakening of Intelligence by J. Krishnamurti, Revisioning Psychology by James Hillman, The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan Watts, Zen Buddhism by DT Suzuki, The Labyrinth of Solitude by Octavio Paz |