Derek Bartolacelli has cultivated a unique variety of truth-infused tapestries of music centered around conscious hip hop under his DJ moniker AwakenYaMind since 2012. Born and raised around the SF Bay Area in the 80s & 90s, he developed a love for underground hip hop, spoken word and slam poetry, which all reflect compelling, raw, refined, and passionate forms of expression. After moving to France for marriage in 2010, a crisis of consciousness, health & calls for self-improvement had him fiercely determined to go down whatever paths of awareness, which eventually led to some kundalini-type awakenings/activations on a bodily, vibratory and spiritual level that forever changed his life frequency. While still getting acclimated to all sorts of occulted (hidden) and lesser-known knowledge, he took into account many songs he knew of that referenced and confirmed such inklings and truths, which sparked the idea to portray an organized array of songs and quotes from people like Manly P Hall, narrowing in on specific topics or themes geared towards expanding awareness and motivating the hearts & minds of people. Aligned with Natural Law, Morality, and the higher sciences of spirituality, he continues learning more and cultivating better ways to express them. He's recently combined forces with Leslie Powers in creating a wonderful new platform called Dissolving The Divide, where they dive into any and all subjects which cause division in aiming to bridge the gaps in any way we can with fantastic guests.