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From Justin:
At Burning Man, the evening of the burning of the Man is often an emotional one. Energetically diverse, with people in a variety of states of mind: contemplation, celebration, and everything in between. As the set progressed, it felt like the initial challenge was to try to merge what felt like multiple interests and energy levels on the dance floor. I remember just feeling washed in warm energy as the various strands began to intertwine and the dance floor began to move together.

When Steve reached out to ask if I’d consider playing the Man Burn, and that they wanted it to be open ended, I was really excited for the opportunity to express myself, to share music that’s been meaningful to me across a variety of energetic space and time. It’s so rare to have these windows that allow us to just play, and when that connects with the dance floor it’s just pure magic. I’m so honored that we went for as long as we did - it all just flowed.

Reflecting on it afterwards, this experience ended up being one of my absolute highlights after 12 years on the playa. I went to the burn with the primary intention to spend my personal time sharing music, and this set ultimately felt like a beautiful marker of a year spent digging, learning, traveling, feeling, and finding my voice in a what is a relatively new medium for me. 

Gratitude. As a fellow builder of art cars, it’s important to express how much this length of time in relation to such a unique and scarce resource means. Scotty and the entire Pineapple Motel crew, thank you for the effort to make it happen! Particularly special to get to play on the Funktion One that I’ve had the pleasure of tuning in New York.

Steve, Lilly, Jason, thank you for the opportunity and for your trust. What a pleasure to camp together in our little village out on the 2 o’clock side this year.  

Last fall, in an ongoing dialogue about creative mediums, my dear friend John Dill encouraged me to more seriously consider DJing. The year of ear training via vinyl has been priceless, as have all of the tips along the way from many I’ve looked up to over the years. Its been a wild ride this year, and I’m deeply grateful for the support , and a few others I’d like to call out along the way. Benjamin, Holmar, Vivian, Jason, Isaiah, Mark, Lauren, thank you! I’m planning to continue to follow my heart with this one and we’ll see where it goes from here.

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Justin Shaffer - Pineapple Submarine - Burning Man 2022

*Songs With Words* — It's been three long years since I've released a set and while I don't know what I've been waiting for, luckily something about this one felt a bit different. During a week of relentless work, this was my first moment of play. As the clock struck midnight on Tuesday evening we were in the midst of a wild ride: from Diplo and Carlita at sunset, to Unders at sunrise, I had the pleasure of bridging the night amongst a sea of friends and familiar faces. Sometimes in the land of singing computers, it's nice to hear a few songs with words.

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Steve Tam - Pineapple Submarine - Burning Man 2022

Tuesday night has become a tradition amongst our blob.  It’s the largest physical gathering of a network of incredible humans who exist around the world.  

For 6 years running, it’s been one of the most meaningful things we do as musicians.

To everyone who shows up time and again to co-create with us on the dance floor, thank you.

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