After 6 years of creating sunrise soundtracks from atop the Robot Heart bus, it is a challenge to avoid submitting to a formulaic approach. One of the biggest perks of producing a Robot Heart sunrise is that you can take risks; explore soundscapes and dynamics, knowing that the mystical Deep Playa setting allows for pauses and quiet moments that don’t translate in loud clubs or multi-stage festivals. This year, the set was a journey starting with robots and ending with humans. I wanted the sun to come up to the sound of arguing AI robots. What you heard was a transcript from the actual negotiation between two AI bots at Facebook earlier that summer;
https://thenextweb.com/artificial-intelligence/2017/06/19/facebooks-ai-accidentally-created-its-own-language/
Other than it creating a surreal environment as the sun came up, it also proved a perfect palette cleanser to transition from night into day. The sounds of flutist Claire Chase immediately afterwards set the tone for the 90 minutes to follow. I remembered Robert Miles (we lost him this year) with a beautiful guitar version of his song "Children", and then introduced spiritual emcee and rising star Elliott LaRue. He delivered a chilling live message from the top of the bus about our challenges and responsibilities as humans. And that about summed up the Scumfrog sunrise from 2017. Enjoy the memories! 

@thescumfrog

Tracklist:

01) Duelling bots
02) Orche/Strada ft.Claire Chase - Calligraphy
03) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - Shiva Manas Puja
04) Lord Of The Isles - Weh-In
05) Rabo & Snob - Let You Know
06) &Me - Avalon
07) Basti Grub - Ko Sar Ra Di
08) Del Gado - Children (Tini Monteca VS Saffa Remix)
09) Marc Lamarche - Ethiopo (Edit)
10) Gabrielle Aplin - Run For Cover (The Scumfrog Dub)
11) Amevon - Fuchsia (Mathias Hinds & Simon Kisk Remix)
12) Dee Montero - Aeon (Reprise Mix) VS Shlomi Aber - Foolish Games
13) Elliott LaRue - Morning Sermon
14) Lizards - Frontier (The Scumfrog Remix)
15) Joe Goddard - Home (Eric Kupper Remix)

Photo: John Dill

The Scumfrog - Robot Heart - 10 Year Anniversary - Burning Man 2017

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.

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