Albums - Released as Sets

I imagined the set and setting I wish I could play right now, and this was the result. I sincerely miss playing, and while quarantined realized how much of my creative energy is derived from that outlet.   I hope to see you out there soon.

Art: www.gillbustamante.com

Wish We Were Here

To all the raver generals gathered in their masses 

SC: @jason_douglas @nachoisa
IG: instagram.com/jasondouglas___/  instagram.com/nachoisa/
Set mastered with https://density.one/

Jason Douglas & Nacho Isa - Pineapple Submarine - Burning Man 2023

This set is made up of my own unreleased music, and I think of it as an album.

In 2019, I released another album/set. https://soundcloud.com/robot-heart/jason-douglas-robot-heart-burning-man-2019. People have shared that it has been the soundtrack for deaths, births, first steps, ceremonies, and the beginning moments of every morning. 

This Dust is the follow-up, and I hope it lives as full of a life as the first one. As with many sophomore attempts, it was hard to push it out into the world.

It was written as a love letter to the burn during the insular months of the pandemic.  I was with my closest friends and family, traveling to a new town on the East Coast each month while writing this. I wrote until I tapped the well dry, something I didn’t know was possible. It turns out that making electronic music when there is nobody to play it for will eventually lead to writer’s block.

If you’re reading this, I discovered that your energy is more in my music than I realized. An “audience” doesn’t exist in electronic music in the traditional sense. Both the musician and the crowd are on equal footing. There is no social contract that you must listen politely to my set and clap.  You dance if it’s good. You listen if it’s good, and you are under no obligations if it’s not.  We both need to show up, or the thing doesn’t happen. It’s co-creation, and I learned that without the co-creators, my creativity has a limit.

It was a titanic effort to finish this, and an even harder one for me to release it. It was filled with obstacles and doubt. It contains my heartbreak, grief, sadness, and a hope for when I would see my way to the other side of that.

The ethereal, melodic, and at times, cinematic themes I’ve played with here and in my 2019 set feel explored. Something new is coming through that I have been experimenting with. I don’t have it yet, but I’m finding its edges. For now, I’m glad to have this out.

Thank you for your support along the way and for being my co-creator.

Tracklist:
Mixed together using my other baby https://density.one/

Beck - Turn Away (Jason Douglas Edit)
Jason Douglas - Stradivarius (Dedicated to Geo)
Jason Douglas - This Dust
Jason Douglas - Brain Damage feat. Carsten Gerlitz & The Happy Disharmonists
Jason Douglas - ID
Jason Douglas - The Answer
Jason Douglas - Dissociation
Jason Douglas - 2020 Reset
Jason Douglas - Wakl
Jason Douglas - Act 3
Underworld - Born Slippy (Jason Douglas Edit)

Production Credit: https://www.instagram.com/nenahalenainsta/
Photo: https://www.instagram.com/gru.dii/
Sculpture: https://www.instagram.com/alexandermilov

This Dust - Burning Man 2024

Deep Escape (Vocal Edit feat. Aylin Ryan)

Deep melody for a happy more joyful style of dancing

To My Friends With Love

Sinai Assignment

On a beautiful summer day in Brooklyn, we gathered together on a rooftop overlooking the East River.  We were in search of an escape from dark rooms and tough music.  A group of friends came together to create Warmth, a daytime rooftop dance party.  This is my set.

Warmth

A mix based off the tracks I played at Burning Man 2017.  Each moment is inspired by one of the many wonderful people I shared the week with, and the lessons along the way.  If you're wondering if I mean you, the answer is yes. You're in here :)

Home from Home

A set for me is about building a world. Rich timbers carefully crafted to dwell in for a brief time. 

Art credit: https://www.gillbustamante.com/

The Silence

Tuesday Night, Burning Man 2018
Two camps, Floasis & Pineapple Motel
Two brothers in music, Jason Douglas & @isabcn
Two thousand of our closest friends
To everyone who made this moment

Jason Douglas & Isa - Floasis x Pineapple Motel - Burning Man 2018

Floasis x Pineapple Motel - Burning Man 2018

The last few months have been dark. I've struggled with a sense of myself, and whether it's ok to authentically be me.  Can I be who I am, or is a suppressed version the only one that's palatable?

As I struggled with this, a beautiful member of my community's time with us ended.  The bravery and serenity with which she handled this was an inspiration, and helped pull me towards the dawn.

When it became clear that she would not be returning from the hospital, I finalized this set to get it to her.  It remains as a celebration of our finite time on this planet.

Music so viscerally exists, and yet is completely intangible.  We can't touch music, it can only be felt. It exists in pure presence during the moment it's played. A human soul shares this property.  It plays through our bodies in the now, leaving it's essence behind. 

It's my hope that this music acts as a lantern, bringing those back to the present while they tread through their own dark night of the soul.

Photo Credit: https://www.mikkolagerstedt.com

Dark Night of the Soul

There are only a handful of places on the planet where electronic music is treated like art.  The bus is one of them, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to share music on it.   The tracks in this set are my own original compositions or edits. I consider this to be an album release.   The music is, for the most part, tuned to 432hz in Just Intonation. This tuning follows the harmonic series, and is in harmony with the mathematics of nature.   I hope you feel it with as much love as I put in. Finally, I want to thank the Robot Heart team for working on the system through the night to get the bus out that morning. Your effort meant a great deal to me.

SoundCloud: @jason_douglas 
www.instagram.com/jasondouglas_music/
www.facebook.com/jasondouglasmusic/

Photo: Jean Sini

Jason Douglas - Robot Heart - Burning Man 2019

Jason Douglas - Pan (Extended Mix)

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