Friends!

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"

JOHN DILL SOCIALS
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Photo Credits:  Christian Lamb, John Dill

John Dill - Robot Heart - Free Burn 2021

Mezcal Amarás Oaxaca Experience

Blessed to be part of this amazing experience, closing the Amores weekend in Oaxaca City, Proyecto Murguia.

Thank you Debora and Nikita to invite us!

UKIYO @AMORES EXPERIENCE 2022 | OAXACA, MEXICO | 03.03.2022

I created this mix from tunes that I played over and over while making images for my art show : In Search of Sight - Chapter 1 - "beautiful…" 

“Waves are crashing, sun is transforming and all of a sudden hundreds of black dots filled the sky. That was the moment my retina decided it was going to let loose. It was quite beautiful and poetic…" 

This mix is dedicated to that moment in time and the friends who helped me bring chapter 1 - "beautiful…" to life. much love , dill

http://www.insearchofsight.com


In Search of Sight - Chapter 1 - "Beautiful…"

"¡Feliz Décimo Cumpleaños!
Friday night. Apocalypse. Here we are again.
A dance with a (dust) storm of love : full of ups and downs, light and darkness, chaos and harmony - expect the unexpected and true love will find you in the end.
Thank you to the Mayan Warrior family (and all the people who braved that nasty storm with us)!
Love you forever.
For Raver, Forever ever...
V."

Follow Viken Arman:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vikenarman
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Artwork by Kirsten Berg, Drishti.
Cover photo by Duncan Rawlinson
Cover Design by Esteban Armendariz

Viken Arman - Mayan Warrior - Burning Man 2022

Here's the recording of my daytime opening set to kick off the Summit at Sea music series in 2023. Immense gratitude to Jody, Brett and the Summit team and to all of you for turning a sleepy daytime dancefloor into an absolute rager of a boat party with me! <3

illich Mujica - Live @ Summit at Sea 2023

illich Mujica - Live @ Summit At Sea 2023

Phonobar is the room in San Francisco that celebrates vinyl above all else. A beautiful and thoughtfully put together booth, great monitoring, and a classic ARS mixer. I've gotten to know Chuck this year through Mark Slee and Gunita, and it's always been a dream of mine to have the opportunity to play there. This was a Thursday evening in April 2023, and I'm incredibly grateful to the crew that came out to dance and enjoy the experience together. Thanks to Phonobar crew for letting us run late and carry the energy through what ended up being 6 hours of vinyl.

This is a reflection of where I've been digging the past few months, and evolving sound. Also a reflection of lots of practice with vinyl, but not perfect! Listening back to it, I really enjoy the flow - hope you do too! Some new, some old, many dear friends musical efforts represented, and a broad spectrum of emotion.

I put the tracklist in the comments as it was too long to fit here.

A particularly special thanks to the artists and friends who made this music, contributed to my perspective, gifted records, exchanged ideas, and encouraged me along the way. Not exhaustive, but an effort vis a vis these particular selections: John Dill, Nico Stojan, Vivian Wang, Caleesi, Holmar Filipsson, Benjamin Alexander, Jason Swamy, Mia Maestro, Adar Zango, Gunita, Anthony Naples, Team Philomena, Jay Prouty, Jeremy Loucas, Ashu Desai, Eric Wahlforss, Atish, Mark Slee

Photo: https://www.instagram.com/harrykh_/

Justin Shaffer - [05] - All Night Vinyl Session @ Phonobar SF Apr 2023

The Virtues Of Loss is the result of profound revelations, which came along a self-healing journey into the dark.  Bringing it to life became a creative guide that helped us find a spark of light to navigate the path in trust once again. And so, we felt inspired to translate all the wisdom we learned into 5 hours of musical landscapes to spread that brightness to all those wounded hearts ready to embrace healing.   

We are ALL letting go of someone, something, or somewhere … most of the time, even letting go of an identity within ourselves. 

Let’s inspire each other by sharing our gifts as we navigate high tides. Raising the sail is not a one man’s job; we are in this together.  

Hoping you help us spread the spark.   Leave a little comment where it resonates. 

Much love.  

Zohar & Unders





An abundance of gratitude to Zohar, Pati, Sawyer, Jonnie, Gary, Liz, Mathilde, Tati, Ricardo, Margot, Lars, Burgs, Mooji, and many of my dear friends & extended family for being such a supportive inspiration through this profound journey these past 2 months. Big thanks to all the talented musicians and producers throughout this compilation, and a special thanks to Vinny for his artistic visions on this one.

down unders ft. zohar | the virtues of loss |

Full live replay on Youtube : https://youtu.be/khZz6vo6H1k?si=NERHpK_UWd3jKpv4

Defected Broadcasting House
London - 2023

Full Live Youtube

Viken Arman (Live from The Basement) - Defected Broadcasting House

Here is my set recorded during a splendid night at La Vibe (Los Angeles, USA) alongside the very talented @rampue .
Thank You Los Angeles, it's been a pleasure getting to know you better

Tracklist :
- Everybody's Happy (Pope Francis Maga Intro) Victor Norman
- Bufo (Original Mix) Bedouin
- Chloe (Birds Of Mind Remix Extended) Aeonix
- Yaje - Steffen Kirchhoff
- Vents del Desert (Maga Edit) Upercent
- Akasha (Maga Edit) Philip Chedid & Dubelu 
- All Alone (Maga Edit) Viken Arman
- Awana (Maga Quador Rework) Zone+ & Usif
- Defferent Path (Original Mix) Maga
- Atini El nai (Atatuk Vocal edit) (Zone+ Version) Keybe
- Cyclades (Original Mix) Maga
- Giza (Original Mix) The Soul Brothers
- Magharibi (Timujin  Remix) (Maga Edit)
- Jamundi - Nato & Samarana

Maga @La Vibe 20/11/16

This podcast was Broadcasted on Proton radio on the 17th of April @ 2am ET.
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Ali Farahani
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This 2B1 was other-worldly.  Even with being physically and mentally exhausted from building and setting up for 2 days before the event, along with folks crowding in the tipi, was able to put together a decent mix which I'm happy to release.  To everyone that was there dancing and vibing, thank you for providing such a memorable experience while I played.  Looking forward to being with you soon in July.

Element Mix Series Vol. 2 has come to an end with a wonderful FIRE mix by my good friend Nathan.  He's an incredible dj, and even better human.  Love this guy's music, and I'm so thrilled he agreed to close out this 2nd Vol, which in my opinion has been really truly special.  

Please sit back and enjoy this dope mix.  You can follow Nathan here -->  https://soundcloud.com/djnathanclement and on facebook -->  https://www.facebook.com/DJNathanClement/

Please stay tuned as Vol. 3 will be coming around very soon with a huge guest starting things off.  Thank you to everyone involved, and to all of the listeners worldwide.  

Each mix in this volume will be up for download here very soon!

Element - Vol. 2 - FIRE (πῦρ) - Nathan Clement

Hrag is back with another wonderful podcast preparing for his latest EP Mirroring Responses out soon on P&P.

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"A Tale of two cities" by Hrag Mikkel

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 
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Photo: Jean Sini

Jason Douglas - Robot Heart - Burning Man 2019

A Hotel Life / Classical Journey

Music is the Language of the Spirit. Its melody is like a playful breeze which makes the strings vibrate with love - Gibran Khalil Gibran
Parham was born in Tehran and moved to the States in the late 90's, currently based in Seattle. He started playing string instruments as a child and developed a taste for New Age and World Music. 
Parham's interest in electronic music developed during the late 80's & early 90's when the genre was gaining commercial popularity. Fascinated by the legendary Jean Michel Jarre and other electronic music pioneers, Parham's speakers & headphones were dominated by the sounds pulsating from Proton Radio, which provided heavy doses of the genre by way of DJ mixes from all around the globe. Legendary radio shows, such as John Digweed's "Transitions" became a source of inspiration for Parham. 
A life long lover of music, Parham refers to Pink Floyd, The Doors, Jimmy Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, John Digweed, Nicholas Jaar & Besvendsen as his main influences.

Label :
Scenarios
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North America & South America: 
The Bullit Agency 
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Maga @La Vibe 20/11/16

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