The “FreeBurn” was so needed! To celebrate life - we needed to reflect, dance, laugh, cry, and let go - in the place we call home. 

I was a bit nervous playing music this year - I had not DJ'd on the bus for four years after parking myself on “a bench” because of hearing issues. So when I found out I was going to play a small “opening of the bus” set I was stoked to get reacquainted before my scheduled Friday sunrise set. I started with my favorite chill track at the moment. The rest were selected because they gave me a dusty vibe, and I wanted to hear them on the bus system. Some were given to me by close friends - So it was a dusty family affair of sorts. The last track of that set has the vocal “Fade out again” - those lyrics gave me the idea to fade the set into my sunrise set. It was unplanned that these two sets would live together. Or even work together - I only planned my bus opening track and my sunrise moment. 

This leads me to my sunrise set. Where to begin? - how to honor Geo - celebrate the sun - tip my hat to the night - take the crowd on a bit of a journey - share sounds that speak to me - spread some love. I knew I wanted to have a special moment for Geo, but it did not hit me until I was on the plane headed out west. It was sunset and the sun was hitting my eyes through the plane window - and that was the moment it clicked. I was lucky to have WiFi on the pane and searched on all our group chats for a sound bite of Geo that would make sense with the track I had in mind. It took me a few hours, but I found a video with one. It was perfect - very subtle and very Geo. I did a quick edit in Ableton and thought WOW indeed. Big thank you to Brian Cid for taking the edit to the next level and to Jean for delivering the track to me before my set. 

We designed a Geo tattoo this year - I placed one on each forearm - facing opposite directions a few hours before I was to play. Energy in, energy out - That was my “mantra” for my set. I could feel so much love around me, in front of me, and above me in the heart - then the Drone show appeared and blew my mind. Thank you Studio Drift for the beautifully concepted and executed tribute.  

It was hard to judge the sun this year -  as there was so much smoke, but in the end, all was perfect. Feeling all the emotions, I just looked directly at the sun and had a little chat with Geo, expressed gratitude and shed some tears of my own. 

One of my favorite all time sunrise Djs was to play after me - it was surreal. Looking back now, I can see Lee Burridge showing up at sunset and surprising us all was part of Geo’s doing. Geo always called me Dilly Dill. So to have a DillLeeDill morning still has me smiling. Ironically this was the ten year mark where Lee and I first truly connected on the bus with a random morning 5 hour b2b set that started our friendship :) 

Lee had to leave early and there was only going to be an hour left till we were originally scheduled to close the morning. We had asked Holmar if he wanted to play the next day after Diplo (so he could have a long set) and I would just go back on after Lee. Somehow this one hour turned into almost three hours. And I was playing music from folders that were dusty themselves. This set is a whole other story!

Thank you for listening! And to my dusty family and friends from that sunrise/morning thank you I’m still in awe ✨☀️

To the dreamers and doers who put in the extra effort to make this year happen on and off the playa and to my Robot Heart family for the continued love and support - THANK YOU ❤️

I feel blessed to have been able to express myself musically on our magical bus after such a long break. Let’s see what’s next.

PSA - wear earplugs my friends! 

Much love, 
Dill, aka "Dusty Pickle"

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John Dill - Robot Heart - Free Burn 2021

Everything evolves with contraction and expansion. This is just a wave that comes and goes. 

Set from ones of the indescribable sunrise on Burning Man in this beautiful camp name it Next Year.

I hope you enjoy.

With love Miss Javi.

MISS JAVI @ Burning Man Sunrise • 2022

It has been quite some time since the last time we gathered for a night of MBTS. I wanted to take some time after the pandemic to be quiet and see how the dance music scene would evolve, and what sounds would come out of the standstill that was Covid. Now that I have a good sense of where I want to be sonically, and what kind of energy I want to spread onto dance floors, I am ready to restart MBTS in 2023. Stay tuned for more info, and enjoy this preview of what's to come.

Much love, 
The Scumfrog

M.B.T.S. (Most Below The Surface) 2023

Isaiah Martin Feat. Snow Raven - Live Set on the PlayAlchemist outside stage for Friday morning sunrise during Burning Man 2022.

Isaiah Martin has been an integral part of programming the music for PlayAlchemist for years and is our Music Maestro for the annual Alchemist Ball. This year he invited Snow Raven to perform live with him and the magic was electric! Their set was completely unrehearsed and a pure flow state of music. Taking you back to that portal opening sunrise….

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SNOW RAVEN - SUOR was born in one of the most remote and cold inhabited places in the world - the Republic of Sakha - Yakutia (arctic Siberia). She was three years old when she started to learn the language of birds and animals. Her voice takes its breath from traditional Sakha culture and is truly an instrument. She is the OG of “arctic beatbox” - the reindeer breath and the founder of OLOX, the NEOshamanic Portal to a Decentralized Humanity, Earth and Consciousness.

Cover Photo by: Peter Ruprecht

Isaiah Martin Feat. Snow Raven - Live Set - PlayAlchemist Sunrise - Friday AM 2022

Out comes one of my deepest and most melodic mixes. Inspired by my life changing experiences of Burning Man 2014. 

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Tracklist:
1. Enzo Leep, Victoria Engel - What Want
2. Dance Spirit - Late Night Early Mornings (Bedouin Remix)
3. Lake People - Night Drive
4. Sebastian Russell - Close Proximity (DoubtingThomas Remix)
5. Daron Nalbandian - Hajer
6. Sasch - Missing You (Blancah Remix)
7. Avatism, Forrest - Different Spaces (Lake People Remix)
8. Stevie R - Painkiller (Ted Alexander Remix)
9. Cumiks - Fanciful Stories (Stevie R & Ian Mckenzie Remix)
10. Hands Free - Courderoy
11. Thyladomid - The Real Thing (Adriatique Remix)
12. S.K.A.M. - Almost Human
13. Ryan Murgatroyd, Kostakis - Shamandrums
14. Bambook - Give It Up (Alex Nagshineh Remix)
15. Bedouin - Indecision
16. Stefan Z - Kneedle
17. Soul Button, Sasch - Little People (Dahu Remix)
18. Hands Free - 0.10
19. Evans - 00.9

Deep Jesus - Amidst the Dust

A small token of our b2b set at the Floasis party.

Burning Man: Isa b2b Jason Douglas @ Floasis

The first time I pressed “Play” on the playa.. I will never forget. It's somehow very special and more special than anything i have ever done while DJ’ing... there is something in that air.. maybe its the dust, maybe all those bright colorful lights shining at night, 
maybe its the sky.. 
or its just what it is.. 
pure..
playa magic.
 
with love & gratitude, recorded from the Kalliope .. 
Elektra

Gaby Endo at Kalliope -  Burning Man 2016

Öona Dahl; a channel to enter other dimensions of colored refracted dreams and soundwaves guided by the spirit she.

Also, watch the full set on Vimeo
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Enjoy

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Mayan Warrior - Burning Man - 2017

Öona Dahl - Mayan Warrior - Burning Man - 2017

Heya guys!!
Here's my set from Be Tulum on the 14th of January at Be Tulum, playing before Birds of Mind :) It started raining like crazy that day, we weren't sure if the party was gonna take place.. but as everything always happens for the best... everyone gathered under the roof of the bar and danced their heart out!! The heavy rains made it so special, bringing so much energy to the dance floor! Thannnk you for this unforgettable moment and thank you for listening!!! Made with all my love, hope you enjoy! :))

Deer Jade @Be Tulum 2019

I’m back from the Burn and the very first thing I want to share with the default world is the biggest DJ performance I’ve ever played in my life: The sunrise set at the 747 art car at Burning Man! 

This was challenging in many ways: I had had very little sleep as we were working HARD to build our 747 camp and art car, while trying to finish the 747 project in time for the Burn. 

There were also some challenges during the set, for instance: a pendant getting entangled with my headphones post head-banging, and having to pull a radical self-reliance move with my Swiss army knife to cut the pendant string off before the next mix was due.

It was epic, it was beautiful, it was emotional, it was incredible to see so many of my friends in there, it was full of chances I decided to take as a DJ in terms of track selection (trying a bit of a cosmic/rocktronica approach) and... 

On my days before the Burn I was re-reading/re-visiting the book “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran. At the very last minute I decided to bring it to the Burn to read while on the playa. It was gifted to me by one of my best DJ friends who passed away 10 years ago around the time of the Burn. In the last Farewell chapter of the book, there is a passage about sunrises and reconnecting with others in future places. When I had to reach into my DJ bag mid-performance to look for the Swiss army knife I realized the book was there with me on stage, and also that the sound engineers had provided a microphone… 

So I started fantasizing about taking advantage of the perfect breakdown/drop from any of the tracks I was about to play, in order to read a part of the book and dedicate it to Navid. I took the chance to read this poem to him in the middle of the set on playa when the breakdown to Einmusik’s “Serenade” kicked in... 

For those of you who can’t (or couldn’t) understand what was read during the moment, this is what the passage of the book says. There was a crackle in the mic and I accidentally said the word "ring" instead of "sing":

“It was but yesterday we met in a dream.
You have sung to me in my aloneness,
and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky…

The noontide is upon us and our half 
waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part.

If in the twilight of memory we should
meet once more, we shall speak again together
and you shall (sing) to me a deeper song.

And if our hands should meet in another dream
we shall build another tower in the sky.”

Lastly, as always there was one last track that I really, wanted to play for all but in the overwhelming ending to it all I forgot about it, so I added it to the recording at the very end at home. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did and thank you for being inside the plane at the very end, I wasn’t aware of how many of you were still there, and it was then that I became overcome with tears of joy. (I did cry in public at the end of the DJ set, and I am ok with that, so as they say… “fuck your Burn!” hehe)  

And HUGE thank you to Gunita, Nikki and Ken of Big Imagination for providing me with this monumental stage to craft something as meaningful as our plane, you guys are family to me, this one was for you as well, love to you all!

Until the next sunrise at the Burn!
❤️

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Illich Mujica - Live Sunrise DJ set at the 747 plane @ Burning Man 2019

Illich Mujica - Live Sunrise DJ Set At The 747 Art Car @ Burning Man 2019

From the Love Story Archives. Black Rock City.
A sensual journey of sexy vibrations to share with the one you love...

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A Dirty Love Story #5 Black Rock City

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" Love is the guiding energy and a feeling of connectedness with ourselves and with the whole is what i try to pass through music... To create a meaningful experience where people can take something positive from it and leave something positive behind. “

Being born and raised in Brazil while also half Japanese, Gaby Endo isn’t shy of distinct global endeavor. With a tech and deep house blend running through her blood, the former Hong Kong residing DJ took Asia and its neighbors to another musical level, running her own branded parties and showcasing her devout record collection to dance floor enthusiasts. 2015 saw Gaby Endo highlight the anticipated ‘Events in China’ panel at the debuting IMS China, where her global knowledge of underground scenes has translated perfectly into Asia and beyond. Relishing in the culturally diverse territory, Gaby has whole heartedly embraced musically educated dance floors while also inviting newcomers to her own musical world. As co-founder of the Rewind rooftop parties in Hong Kong , there is no stopping the road ahead for Gaby, taking her signature sound to the people. Influenced by her latin roots and Brazilian background, sets are build around warm melodies, ethnic elements and rhythmics that occasionally delve into a tribal and mystical feel. Not limited to that she also explores the worlds of deep progressive, deep techno, minimal  techno and ambiance through her sets.
 Shadowing sonic influences from DJ Koze, Sasha, Christisan Loffler, NU, Acid Pauli, Guti, Axel Boman, The Orb and Nils Frahm to name a few, the soul pleasing odyssey her club sets lure are a classy affair making her downright infectious. Music has been a powerful tool for herself and societies around her, bringing together the energy and life the positive effects that sound can inspire. Traveling across the world from Brazil it is without a doubt the experiences she carries and shares with her electronic enthusiasts are memorable, as she has recently told Pulse Radio in an exclusive interview . Her bill spots at Volar Hong Kong, Jimmy’s in Monte Carlo, Project Mykonos, Provocateur in Dubai, Flashfactory NYC, Pacha Macau, Woobar - W Bali, Nomade Tulum, the Rewind Rooftop parties in Hong Kong and Warung in Brazil  are only the beginning of the musical sunrises she has devoured, leaving nothing but an extensive party calendar to come. She ended 2015 on a high note playing at the Wonderfruit festival in Thailand. 2016 was a great year, sharing stages with &ME and Eagles&Butterflies at REWIND Hong Kong, and Hot Since 82 at Dragon Fly Jakarta. And a more than special gig at Kalliope in Burning Man. 2017 has already started in an exciting way, opening sets for YokoO and Rampue and playing at WARUNG club in Brazil in February was one of her highlights. Gaby is now working on her first productions with her first release to come out soon. We can only imagine what is going to come out of her "love lab".

Gaby Endo at Kalliope - Burning Man 2016

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