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

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.

Facebook: facebook.com/atishmusic
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/atish

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

AM TUNNING 35 IN DECEMBER SO I THOUGHT BY THIS TIME I WILL HAVE MONEY FOR LOBOLA TO MY WOMAN BUT ITS EASIR SAID THAN DONE. NOW I NEED MONEY FOR LOBOLO

IMALI YA MALOBOLO _ vocal mix demo

The annual Burning Man retrospective. This one is a collection of music I didn't actually have the moments to play. Contemplative nighttime tunes. Mysterious and ethereal, delicate but strong, lullabies with just enough thump.

(00:00) Life On Planets - Fork In The Path (David Marston & Dan Izco Remix) [Double Standard, 2015]
(06:40) Just Be - Just Another Late Night [Maison D'etre, 2014]
(13:52) Mark Slee - Nocturne Belle [Manjumasi, 2016]
(19:12) Dance Spirit - Arrière Coeur [Maison D'etre, 2014]
(25:36) Kiasmos - Thrown [Erased Tapes, 2012]
(32:00) Joachim Pastor - Eche [Stil Vor Talent, 2014]
(37:20) Martin Landsky, SHOW-B - Bells For Life (Asaga Remix) [Highway, 2014]
(43:28) John Tejada - The End Of It All [Palette, 2006]
(50:56) Savvas - Whisper Love [L'enfant Terrible, 2015]
(51:44) Dayton - Night Was Made For Lovin' [Kunsthandwerk, 2015]

Mark Slee - BRC: Unrealize [September 2015]

Burning Man 2015, 

What a week. What a challenge. What a breeze. What a great time. What an awful time. At times, I wished it wouldn't end. At times, I wanted to go home...REAL home.

This was my 6th burn, and what I walked away with was largely a reinforcement of what I learned the year before: Burning Man is complicated. There are lots of ups and downs. It's unpredictable.

Is this conclusion I've reached the same conclusion all experienced burners eventually come to? Or did I happen to have 2 challenging years in a row? Will I ever have an Innocent Burn just like my first one where everything was amazing all the time? I would like to.

This is my set from the Kalliope art car, recorded Wednesday night at 2am. The Kalliope crew was nice enough to let me host my own night and invite my dear friends to play on their amazing bus, which was a new and exciting thing for me to do that I'm super grateful for. One thing that was consistently awesome in my experience was the crew's unwavering positivity, enthusiasm, and humility - it was inspiring to work with them.

The night was blisteringly cold: my fingers, ears, feet, and nipples nearly froze off, so you'll hear some rawness (sloppiness) in this recording...but it does have its moments too. I suppose the ups and downs you'll hear in the recording are a metaphor for the ups and downs I experienced at the burn. So from that perspective, this is the perfect way for me to communicate my personal experience to you. I hope you enjoy it, and hope to see you in 2016.

Thanks to Emma Trim for the photo.

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Tracklist

atish - [056] - live @ burning man 2015 kalliope art car

A beautiful set by talented dream team Mira and Tara Brooks from a sunny midweek afternoon. Join us for a journey back to Wednesday at Pink Mammoth, Burning Man 2017!

Mira
https://soundcloud.com/mira_kater
https://www.facebook.com/Mira.Artist/
http://www.mira-official.de/

Tara Brooks
https://soundcloud.com/tarabrooksmusic
https://www.facebook.com/tarabrooksofficial/
http://www.tarabrooksmusic.com/

Pink Mammoth
https://soundcloud.com/pink-mammoth-official
https://www.facebook.com/PinkMammothSF
https://www.pinkmammoth.org

Pink Mammoth - Burning Man 2017

Upcoming Events

Mira & Tara Brooks - Pink Mammoth - Burning Man 2017

We had the pleasure of having Blond:ish https://soundcloud.com/blondish/ close out Ladies Night at Burning Man this year as they did for us back in 2015. These ladies really know how to get into the vibe and make it as fun as possible. Regularly releasing on Kompact Records as well as running their own label ABRACADABRA Records keeps them busy while they tour all over the world. These ladies really know how to dust it up in the desert so we hope you enjoy this mix as much as we do.


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https://www.facebook.com/Blondish/
https://www.instagram.com/blondishmusic/
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Blond:ish - Live at Disco Knights 2017 - Saturday Morning

https://shambhalamusicfestival.com/news/blog/shambhala2018-official-mix-series-20-christian/

Shambhala 2018 Mix

At the edge of what might seem like the end of the world, or maybe just the beginning of the next one... All of us. There. Together.

Thugfucker Live from Robot Heart - Burning Man 2012

Sunrise at Burning Man
It is high on the list of the things I could write a book about.

The relentless wrench that is 2020 forced us to consider and reconsider almost every aspect of our lives and routines, including Burning Man. In the quest of finding solutions for all this disruption, we all came up with some pretty cool stuff so far, and the creative forces that take the spectacle of Black Rock City to increasingly bigger heights each year went into overdrive to create and a virtual version of our beloved dust bowl. 

Comparing the virtual Burning Man to its IRL counterpart is as foolish as comparing ‘2019 Burning Man’ to the 1998 edition. Each year is different, and 2020 forced us to adapt to a new kind of different. Playing a sunrise set on the real playa is incomparable to doing one in VR, where only one out of the 24 global time-zones experiences the actual sunrise while the music unfolds; where there are no collective goosebumps, shivers and hugs, and where you can probably not feel the bass like when you’re standing in front of a battalion of dusty sub-woofers. 

However, there were elements of yesterday’s sunrise that made it uniquely special for me. The most important element was the inspiration to make a long three-hour Deep House journey again, which I had not done in months. Quarantine had made me explore different genres and moods, dismissing Deep House as something pointless that should only be played in the presence of collective energy. But even though a streaming event and a VR event are ‘cheating’ when it comes to collective energy, this one still had that feeling that the moment is being experienced by many people at once. 

I very much enjoyed the act of imagining the full extent of collective energy, even though my screen only revealed the implication of this energy. I am very proud of this musical journey and I published it for re-listening. I hope you enjoy it too, and you too can close your eyes when listening, and imagine the moment when we are all standing in front of those bass-bins again, and we can scream, shout, gaze, and hug. The power of music is an incredible force, and I am honored to be a link in its chain. 

www.dustymultiverse.com

The Scumfrog - Burning Man sunrise 2020 (multiverse VR edition)

What do we need to say about this set?  An unforgettable, magical morning on the Playa.   Here is part one of the two part set from Lee Burridge, Robot Heart, Burning Man 2012.  Take us back!

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Lee Burridge on Robot Heart, Burning Man 2012 Part One

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.