The thing I love most about Burning Man is no matter how much you think you've prepared, you still never really know what to expect. The uncertainty, the excitement, the apprehension, and sometimes even the fear of what's just around the corner is what keeps so many of us coming back every year with a renewed childlike wonder - a feeling that seems to slip away as we get older. Sometimes everything goes right, and sometimes things just go wrong. 2014 was a mixed bag for me with some high highs (spending time with amazing people, getting to DJ in the best place in the world, seeing some incredible forms of expression) and low lows (namely falling hard on my back off of a see-saw putting me in constant pain for the entire week - it even hurt to laugh!)...but at the end of the day, I got exactly what I bargained for and couldn't ask for anything more: I experienced the unexpected.

In contrast to the previous two years on the bus, this year I played first on Friday night and took a little sonic stroll around different sounds and moods to open the night before Bedouin beautifully escalated the night into proper party mode...Pardon any sloppy mixing, we can just blame that on my aching back :)

Thanks to everyone who was there early in the night to catch my set, and thanks to everyone listening at home, Robot Heart, and Dr Burridge for the continued support over the years...Having the opportunity to do what I do is such a great gift from all of you.

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Tracklist:

Timelapse - Heaven
Midas 104 - Impuls
Nick Curly - Mayas
Soukie & Windish - Hero (Canson Remix)
Jonasclean - Hu (Rhodes Mix)
Dole & Kom - Phara Oh
Midas 104 - Eos
Patrick Zigon - Ich See (Pablo Bolivar Rework)
Big Al - Fever (Deep Active Sound Remix)
Kevin Yost - A Little Too Much
Santiago Deep - Bonsoca (Mollono.Bass Remix)
Gardens Of God - Voices From The Past
Spirit Catcher, 72 Soul - Black Pitch feat. 72 Soul
Borka & The Gang - Fly (schNee Remix)
Few Nolder - Clouds (Boso Reversion)
Jonas Woehl - The Place Pt. 2 feat. Locoto
Marshall Jefferson, Noosa Heads - Mushrooms - Justin Martin Mix
David Kassi - Everybody
Renato Ratier - Miss Stereo (Ian Pooley Remix)
Gabriel Ananda - Tale Of The Oblivious Llama
BarBQ - Myself (Marc Poppcke Remix)
Edgar Peng - Barbecue Bob

Photo/image of "Eternal Return" with permission of the artist Peter Hudson, www.hudzo.com

Photo Credit: Duncan Rawlinson


Atish - Robot Heart - Burning Man 2014

Robot Heart is a collective of doers and dreamers, artists and entrepreneurs. Our home is in the desert dust of Burning Man, and the streets of New York City, Detroit, Bay Area and Hong Kong. Home is wherever the Heart is.

Robot Heart is a community and a family, and our events are an extension and celebration of that community, bound together by shared values of inclusion, giving, environmental responsibility and mutual respect.

Music is our first language, and our mission is to bring love and beats to the world. We work with and support artists, technologists and visionaries of all types in order to create incredible experiences and connected moments. To create love and beats, for you.