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Sunrise is my favorite way to describe the magic of Burning Man.

There are 365 sunrises each year, and most of us consider it a privilege to sleep through them. But during one week at Burning Man the attendance of sunrise is a must. In the desert, as a collective, we make things that are otherwise ordinary occurrences into sacred spectacles. We make costumes for the sunrise, we compose music for it, and we go through death-defying stunts to take incredible pictures of it. And so it goes with many things at Burning Man; things that we take for granted in the real world are treated differently on the playa. It is not just the rising of the sun that we elevate to mythical proportions, but human traits like kindness, patience, uncertainty and flexibility are also celebrated, tested and recharged in Black Rock City.

Through audio and video captures, these extraordinary treatments of ordinary things stand a chance to be implemented in the outside world, not just for those who were there, but also to people who never traveled to Burning Man, and who - through these captures - are reminded that certain basic things in life can hold more value if we so choose. With every unusually nice thing that someone did or said to us at Burning Man, with every unprovoked smile we received from strangers in its dust storms, we will be charged and challenged to pay that spirit forward the other 51 weeks of the year.  And every morning, the sun will faithfully show its face to remind us of this opportunity.  

So, the next time we need to set our alarm clocks because real life responsibilities demand us to be awake before dawn, let’s choose to be grateful for witnessing the sun peek over the horizon or through our concrete jungles, while most other people are sleeping through it, and let’s remember that we are ambassadors of that magical place that celebrates the beauty in ordinary things. 

Today is a good day to be awake!


@thescumfrog

Live violin by @TallulahKidd 
Cover image by Darrin Harris Frisby
Special thanks to the Wednesday morning drummers!


Tracklist:

01)	Chris Colburn – Neurotic Mother (Petter B Dub)
02)	CosMes – Naruto
03)	The Unknown Cases – Masimba Bele (snippets)
04)	Chris Rea – Josephine (outro)
05)	Pollyester – Voices (Baris K Remix) (with Tallulah Kidd)
06)	The Scumfrog – Navajo Sunrise Blessing
07)	Herb Alpert – Rise (snippet)
08)	Dino Lenny – The Magic Room (Accapella)
09)	Rampue – Untitled#2
10)	Moderat – Bad Kingdom (DJ Koze Remix)(Scumfrog edit)
11)	Gus Gus – Detention
12)	Talking Heads – Once In A Lifetime (The Reflex & The Scumfrog remix)
13)	Ten Walls – Nochnoy Dozor
14)	The Scumfrog – Send Wave
15)	Synapson ft.Victor Deme – Djon Maya Mai (Sasha Braemer Remix)
16)	Ole Biege & Martin Waslewski – Adsbodskins (Hanne & Lore & The Scumfrog Remix)
17)	Pacha – One Kiss (FOS Remix)
18)	The Scumfrog – Dionysian (accapella)
19)	Radio Slave – Koma Koma
20)	Tim Andresen – Lonely House
21)	Kolsh ft.Gregor Schwellenbach – Cassiopeia (with Tallulah Kidd)
22)	Roland Clark – Resist (accapella)
23)	Jamey Johnson – You Are My Sunshine (The Scumfrog & Loosebird Remix)
24)	Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt – Place Of Love
25)	Timo Maas – Subtellite
26)	The Dead Rose Music Company – Just A Bitter Love
27)	Mari- Free (Ray Mang Instrumental)
28)	Nina Simone – Plain Gold Ring (Nana K Edit)


The Scumfrog - Robot Heart - Burning Man 2014

It's difficult to describe the feeling that I had when I first saw the Robot and the Heart floating in the desert, peacefully united under the rising red sun. Hopefully my recording captured some magic from the Playa for you, which felt more like Mars than Earth. My set was from 8-10am on Wednesday morning, big thanks to Robot Heart for inviting me to play and much love to the astronauts, gypsies and spirit animals that joined me on the trip ....... it was an amazing and unforgettable experience <3


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Track list:

1) Fantango - Matthew Dekay
2) Night Drive - Lake People
3) 9th Configuration - Martin Buttrich, Audiofly
4) Running To The Sea - Pachanga Boys Remix - Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør
5) Fire It Out feat. Ruede Hagelstein (Tiefschwarz Extended) - Tiefschwarz
6) Groove Me (Matthew Dekay & Lee Burridge Remix) - Ian Pooley
7) Freakin' Sex - Makam
8) Space Knights - Adriatique 
9) Who Am I - Robert Dietz
10) Flash (Pachanga Boys Hippie Dance) - Slove
11) Illumination - Daniel Stefanik
12) All Comes (Mind Against Remix) - Christian Löffler feat. Gry
13) U Turn - Fur Coat
14) Earth Symphony - Alex Niggemann
15) Roundabout - Fur Coat
16) I Don't Need a Cure - Radioslave
17) Walking With Elephants - Ten Walls
18) Can't Do Without You (Extended Mix) - Caribou

Camea - Robot Heart - Burning Man 2014

Dear listener,
finally this year, I managed to see the man burn!
In the weeks and months before Burning Man a lot of my friends kept on telling me how amazing it was and most of them would conclude their eulogy with something like: „Burning Man changed my life“.
Well, I can not certainly say that Burning Man changed my life, but what I know for sure is that my life changed afterwards ;-)
Very glad that I made it to this far away place and I hope to return next year.
I want to thank Lio and everybody at our nice camp and of course the robots who invited me to let their hearts beat according to my pace. It has been truly amazing. 
The only thing I really had to struggle with, that Sunday morning on the Playa, was the sunlight that made it almost impossible to spot anything on the display, so please please please you geeks out there, come up with something that can work in sunlight, because we all love the sun!
Yours Acid Pauli

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Acid Pauli - Robot Heart - Burning Man 2014

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