Desa Potato Head

Desa Life 🌴

Location: Potato Head Studios

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The Desa NYE Experience ✨

Looking back at last year’s celebration as we prepare to see out 2024 in style. We’ll be announcing the full line-up in the coming weeks, with a cutting-edge blend of international and local talents set to take to the stage. Stay tuned for updates.

First release tickets are available now: ptthead.co/nye-2024

AM/PM – escape with our latest photographer in residence, Shannon May Powell .

“When I created this series, I was thinking of windows and portals. Entry points and thresholds to other worlds.”

AM/PM is a series where we invite our creative community to express their relationship with the Desa through their own lens. The latest instalment comes from Shannon May Powell. Part of our Merasa family, the multidisciplinary artist’s practice is grounded in the body and deeply connected to the people and places they collaborate with.

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Potato Head Merchandise

Collection #001

Featuring Fa‘ Pawaka

Now available globally
🌐 https://shop.potatohead.co

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Potato Head presents: Jyoty, Jarreau Vandal, and Get the G*t

On Friday 26 July, we welcome Jyoty, Jarreau Vandal, and Get the G*t to Potato Head for a night of cutting-edge and genre-bending dancefloor sounds.

Pushing the boundaries of dance music, each DJ will bring their eclectic selections to the Beach Club, playing a diverse blend of hip hop, R&B, amapiano, and more on the shores of the Indian Ocean.

NTS x Potato Head presents: NTS One Day Bali

With Haruomi Hosono, Kiko Mizuhara, Yuka Mizuhara, John Carroll Kirby, Theo Parrish, Precious Bloom, Dewa Alit, Gamelan Salukat, and more.

This July, we’re excited to host a one-day festival experience in collaboration with NTS Radio, featuring live performances from electronic music pioneer Haruomi Hosono, celebrated singer-songwriter John Carroll Kirby, and cultural icons Kiko and Yuka Mizuhara, alongside a DJ set from respected Detroit artist Theo Parrish among the diverse lineup. Welcome to NTS One Day.

Reliving the NTS One Day experience.

The day-into-night celebration of live music saw amazing performances from Haruomi Hosono, Kiko & Yuka Mizuhara, John Carroll Kirby, Precious Bloom, Dewa Alit, Gamelan Salukat and more, alongside a closing DJ set from Theo Parrish.

Thanks to artists, crowd, and behind the scenes crew who helped make it one to remember.



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Desa Dialogues: Theo Parrish

On Thursday, 25 July, we welcome revered DJ and producer Theo Parrish for an open talk, hosted by historian and writer Marlowe Bandem .

The event will be a rare opportunity to hear an icon of contemporary dance music share his unparalleled knowledge and experience acquired over a decades-long career.

Register via link in bio.

Potato Head launches the first in a series of live shows at Klymax, welcoming London-based bar italia alongside Balinese act Gangsar for an evening of diverse musical flavours.

Programme timings for this Saturday’s NTS One Day are here.

Lock in for 12+ hours of sonic exploration with Headstream and the Beach Club, before closing out proceedings in Klymax.

Final release tickets available (link in bio). 🎟️🌴

NTS One Day is just around the corner 🎶

The one-day festival experience features music from Haruomi Hosono, Kiko & Yuka Mizuhara, John Carroll Kirby, Theo Parrish, Precious Bloom, Dewa Alit, Gamelan Salukat and more, and limited edition merch will be available to mark the event.

Join us at the Desa for a celebration of live music from daytime into night.

Book now, link in bio. 🎟️✨

Welcoming ‘The Flag Project’ by Arahmaiani to the Desa.

How do we want to live in harmony with our planet? Who will we be to each other?

Arahmaiani has sought to answer these questions throughout this career spanning work. Each flag features a woven word reflecting ideas, values, and messages of hope held at the centre of communities from across Indonesia:

‘TAKSU’ – the Balinese word for a ‘spirit or state of being in balance with human and divine qualities’.
‘GUYUB’ – is the word for ‘harmonious / unity’ in Javanese.
‘EWAKO’ – meaning ‘courage’ from Makassar and more.

The dance of these flags encourages us to contemplate the complex human experience we all share.

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Contemporary shared plates. Local ingredients. Natural wines

Dome features casual yet refined dishes made from locally sourced flavours. Chef Diego Recarte’s creative approach offers a modern take on food inspired by his time spent in South American and European kitchens. The dynamic menu highlights ingredients from organic farmers and local producers, while the wine bar focuses on consciously produced wines, including natural, organic, and biodynamic options.

See you soon ✨




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On the beach 🏝️

Meticulously crafted from root to flower 🌺🍹


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This weekend’s sounds at Desa Potato Head 💫

Friday night:

Purnama: an immersive live sound meditation centered around the full moon with Kim Herben and Fa’ Pawaka.

Potato Head presents Cakeshop and Orbitware with Xing Xing, Raissa, and Plaur for a night of eclectic dancefloor moves at the Beach Club.

Later into the night, we move into Klymax Discotheque, where one of the island’s finest selectors, Seabass, takes control of the floor all night long.

Saturday night:

We welcome South Korean selectors DJ Ffan and Kyper to Desa as they bring the energy to Klymax Discotheque!

See you under the gong and/or the disco ball. 🪩🧘🏽‍♀️

Desa Life on film 🏝️

This weekend, we welcome DJ Jnett to the Desa as she plays at Klymax Discotheque alongside our resident and local hero Gero this Saturday night.

DJ Jnett is a pioneer in Australia’s music scene, known for her extended genre-bending sets.

Friday night at Klymax Discotheque sees one of our finest residents, Archie , play all night long as he takes us on a musical journey.

Head to to learn more.
See you on the dance floor 💃🪩

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Klymax Discotheque

A nightclub at the pinnacle of the dance music experience.

Created in partnership with the legendary DJ Harvey.

In the words of DJ Harvey, Klymax was designed as a “machine that you feed music in one end and happy people come out of the other.” The legendary DJ and scene provocateur channelled over 40 years of nightclub experience in the creation of the venue.

Klymax is open every Friday and Saturday night.

Read more about the Klymax experience:
https://seminyak.potatohead.co/journal/klymax-discotheque.

Klymax Discotheque
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Our celebration of wellness continued with more insightful Merasa classes, workshops, and talks across Desa Potato Head.

On Wednesday, we pushed the boundaries of strength and flexibility with Branden Collinsworth’s Embodied Flow, sampled nesut nectar eye drops at Visionary Visions with KT The Arch Degree, and embraced the transformative element of fire via Tjok Gde Kerthyasa’s Pasepan ceremony.

Thursday saw us embrace creativity at Potato Head Waste Lab’s Natural Dye Workshop, dive into sound via NOTEP’s Vibrations of Water meditation, and surrender to inner harmony in Fa’ Pawaka and Dambi’s Tilem new moon ritual.

The 7 Days of Regeneration come to an end with a closing ceremony this Saturday, 8 June.

Tuesday at Merasa.

The 7 Days of Regeneration continued at our Desa today, with some amazing classes and talks from our wellness family.

From the conscious breathwork of Serenity Tuesday with Fa’ Pawaka and G*to Latex to the Tirta talk on the Sacred Life of Water with Tjok Gde Kerthyasa, it’s been another full day of transformative Merasa exchange.

Movement and music were key themes during today’s offerings. Pierre Zylstra led us through a session of playful moves connecting us to the ground beneath our feet, Waangenga Blanco helped us connect with body and breath via his Intuitive Movement Workshop, and Bruno Sitton and friends brought music (and a refreshing cup of tea) to the meditation in their Resonance session.

The journey continues throughout the week.

Under the Rising Sun.

Merasa continues at the Desa with this morning’s energy activation ritual. The session saw Kim Herben, Rafi Muhammad and Kevin Suwandhi guiding us towards higher vibrations to start the day in the best possible way.

Join us at Merasa, learn more at
ptthead.co/merasa2024-full-lineup.

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Soulful vibrations from Erykah Badu Live.

What an amazing night. Erykah and her band brought the house down during a soul-drenched Desa Potato Head show. Sending love and thanks to everyone who was part of it — the incredible crowd, the talented performers, and all those who worked hard to bring it to life.

Now for Merasa!

Dance with the family all night long, this Friday night as we welcome back HAAi to the Desa, alongside our resident Dita at Klymax discotheque.

See you under the disco ball 🪩

Hanging in the Desa 🐒🐒🐒

Join the family this weekend, where we will be having somewhat of a good time, somewhere …

Images ➡️

1 - Family Tree (artwork Simen Johan)
2 - Courtyard
3 - Amphitheater
4 - Kaum
5 -Desa Pool
6 - Sunset (everywhere)
7 - Sunset Park
8 - Dome
9 - Klymax
10 - Good Times, Do Good (always)

Desa Life on Film 🏝️

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AM/PM is a series where we invite our creative community to express their relationship with the Desa, through their own lens.

Introducing Michael Kusumadjaja, a self-taught photographer based in New York City. Born in Surabaya, Indonesia, and raised in Georgia, the artist is known for his boundary-pushing approach to visual storytelling. Here, he offers his visceral interpretations of the Desa, with a nod to his love for streetwear culture, captured during his stay with us in February.