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Thursday morning at sunrise at the Rebel Heart party on www.soundcloud.com/robot-heart at Burning Man


Damian Lazarus taking over from Jamie Jones and handing it over to Seth Troxler and Shaun Reeves to finish off this incredible evening.


Big Thanks to Robot Heart for hosting us once again this year


and to the artists 


Art Department
Damian Lazarus
Francesca Lombardo
Jamie Jones
Seth Troxler
Shaun Reeves



and a special thanks to all of you who came out and made this party so special.



1:00:58 is when the sun breaks the edge of the Deep Playa


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Damian Lazarus - Rebel Heart On Robot Heart - Burning Man 2013

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A career spent DJing across the globe was the catalyst for Damian Lazarus’s latest project – Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons. Masterminded by Lazarus the album brings together a wide assortment of vocalists, collaborators and players from around the world. Taking inspiration from Lazarus's Lazpod series, Get Lost events and Day Zero festival in Mexico, this is music for deserts, jungles and sunrises.

Kicking off in LA, Lazarus was joined at the production controls by James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco, Arctic Monkeys, Florence) as the album moved to London, and then final recording sessions completed in Mexico.

The resulting album, ‘Message From the Other Side’, is a revelation. It runs the gamut from the wonderful Qawwali-flavoured techno of the single ‘Lovers Eyes (Mohe Pi Ki Najariya)’ to the African-tinged house of ‘Sacred Dance of the Demon’ to the dense dark ambient of ‘Inner Core’, and a whole lot else. It’s a truly original piece of music from a DJ-producer always driven by a desire to break new ground and, as importantly, have fun with such adventures

TRACK LISTING

1. House Of The Hidden Places
2. Adventures Of The Ancient Moons
3. Vermillion
4. Amber Place
5. Lovers Eyes (Mohe Pi Ki Najariya)
6. Inner Core
7. Trouble At The Seance
8. We Will Return
9. Sacred Dance Of The Demon
10. Message From The Other Side
11. Eyes Won't Let Me Hide
12. Create The Age
13. Tangled Web
14. Vermillion (Reprise)

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Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons - Lovers' Eyes (Mohe Pi Ki Najariya)

Critics and audiences first fell in love with the Alex Smoke sound back in 2002 when his debut Soma single ‘Chica Wappa’ landed in their laps. His sensational debut album ‘Incommunicado’ – released back in 2005 on the Soma label – generated a lot of heat with scorching tracks like ‘6am’, ‘Don’t See The Point’ and the sizzling ‘Chica Wappa’. It was the result of Alex throwing a variety of genres in to a melting pot and then pouring it out to create something that was truly his own. The decision to partner up with fellow Glaswegians Soma seemed only natural and just one year later, in 2006, they released Alex’s second album ‘Paradolia’. Smoke’s unique style is a product of his background in classical music (Alex is skilled pianist and cellist), a love of electronic music and his experimental nature. He is a master of diversity and his ability to weave atmospheric soundscapes and deliver dance floor dynamics is what makes Alex stand out in the crowd as he sails through the ocean of artists that is today’s electronic music scene. Recently Alex has been touring across Europe and Japan and has also just released his third album, ‘Flux’, on his own label Hum+Haw (co-founded with Jim Hutchison).

In the first remix Detroit’s own experimental innovator Ryan Crosson goes surgical; injecting Smoke’s track with a rippling bass line that provides the main theme for the music as it sits comfortably underneath gentle synths and Alex’s mega-morphed, ghostly vocals. A percussion transfusion sees the original, intricate and glitch percussion being carved out and replaced with a more mechanical beat that compliments the bass and supports the other musical elements. Crosson stretches the track out to nine and a half minutes and maintains the song’s ambient soul while also including a driving end section, featuring percussive aspects that suggests homage to Smoke’s original rhythms.

Fellow Glasgow native and London based producer Sei A concentrates on delivering a slightly darker and atmospheric alternative ‘Never Want To See You Again’. While Alex’s original vocals may disappeared from the mix, Sei A has manipulated short vocal samples to achieve an eerie presence, enhanced by haunting synths to give this stripped back version a whole new feel. 

The laidback yet upbeat Roof Light Re Rub dives head first in to a pool of high-energy percussion featuring shakers, cowbells and hi-hats that gives the track a subtle Latin flavour while airy synths and jazz style piano slip in and out to drive the track and pace it through zones of liveliness and tranquillity. 


Alex Smoke - Make My Day (Ryan Crosson's Morning Sorrow Remix) - Soma 313d

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Pete Tong’s ‘Essential New Tune’ last week, ‘Vermillion’ is the lead single for the forthcoming album from Damian Lazarus & the Ancient Moons.  Channelling the magic of those hazy, sunrise parties Vermillion captures the globe-trotting influences of Damian Lazarus’s new album. 

Transported to glistening new realms, the bubbling deep house rolls beneath the revelatory soul of LA singer-songwriter and guitarist Moses Sumney, is the first of two appearances from the singer on the forthcoming album ‘Message from the Other Side’. Album out May 18th available to pre-order - http://geni.us/MessageFromTheOtherS

Released on 27th April, ‘Vermillion’ lands with an inter-stellar remix package. French techno connoisseur Agoria leads us on a minimal, spaced out trip through shining synths and swift vocal echoes. Acclaimed house maverick and Hot Creations head honcho Jamie Jones has been closing his DJ sets for the last few weeks with his own remix.  Its bouncing, old school house tip bounding beneath bright gospel turns of phrase, approaching near classic status with arms aloft receptions on the dancefloor.  And finally Berlin’s Deniz Kurtel, who pulls her penchant for polyrhythmic percussion to the fore, casting sweet tribal grooves across an original surely destined to become a dancefloor anthem this summer.

“There is nothing that compares to DJing under the stars,” Lazarus explains. “In the night air or being responsible for soundtracking the rising of the sun and I wanted to create an album that reflects these beautiful moments.”

A career spent DJing across the globe was the catalyst for Lazarus’s latest project – Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons.  Co-produced by James Ford of Simian Mobile Disco, the new album brings together an assortment of vocalists, collaborators and players from around the world, all taking inspiration from his Lazpod series, Get Lost events and Day Zero festival in Mexico. 

SINGLE TRACKLISTING: Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons - Vermillion
A1 Vermillion
A2 Vermillion (Agoria Remix)
B1 Vermillion (Jamie Jones ‘Pupkit’ Remix)
B2 Vermillion (Deniz Kurtel Remix)

The Ancient Moons have confirmed the following US dates – with further festival dates to be announced soon. 

Damian Lazarus & The Ancient Moons Live:
27th April - REBELRAVE, London 
21st May - IMS Dalt Vila, Ibiza
30th May -  Forbidden Fruit Festival, Ireland

Rebel Rave London 24th April - http://bit.ly/REBELRAVE_LONDON_2015_RA


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Friends and long time collaborators Matt Van Schie and Matthew aka Mighty Mouse are the disco-tinged Du Tonc. The duo have been busy in the studio arming themselves for 2015, all the while giving listeners their fix with a series of impressive mixtapes jam-packed with straight up fun. Their latest single, Animals, has racked up almost 250,000 plays and is truly the pop-indie-disco number you’ve been waiting for. Big fans, we're pleased to welcome the pair into the mix for i-D. If aliens ever came to earth or if you stumble across one that needs a soundtrack, heres what you should play them! Enter the sound of Du Tonc. 
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Du Tonc: Music To... Play to Aliens When They Land On Earth

Hi friends, this is our tribute to Max.

Track list:
1. Juho Kahilainen: Interlude (M_REC Ltd Grey Series)
2. Samuli Kemppi: Expand (M_REC Ltd)
3. Donor/Truss: Beneath (M_REC Ltd Grey Series)
4. Echologist: Geographica (M_REC Ltd Grey Series)
5. Donor/Truss: Ash 1 (M_REC Ltd Grey Series)
6. Ness: RK First Stage (M_REC Ltd Grey Series)
7. Max_M: Kidnapper Bell (Ascion remix) (M_REC Ltd)
8. Max_M: 1001A (M_REC Ltd 1001)
9. Samuli Kemppi: Water Lake (M_REC Ltd)
10. Aiken: Second Balance (Regis remix) (M_REC Ltd)
11. Ben Gibson: Florentine (M_REC Ltd)
12. Overall Severity: 1003A (M_REC Ltd 1003)
13. Juho Kahilainen: Rotko (M_REC Ltd Grey Series)
14. Max_M: Kidnapper Bell (Shifted remix) (M_REC Ltd)
15. Max_M: Exceeding Brightness (M_REC Ltd)
16. Overall Severity: Explain Pain (Key Vinyl)
17. Allen: MH370 (M_REC Ltd)
18. Tadeo: Reasons (M_REC Ltd Grey Series)
19. Asma: Birds (M_REC Ltd Grey Series)
20. Oniks: Millepora (Max_M remix) (Funk You)
21. Coefficient: Scale Invariant Spectrum (M_REC Ltd)
22. Jeroen Search: Done Deal (M_REC Ltd)
23. Fabrizio Lapiana: Dfract (Max_M remix) (Attic)
24. Wrong Assessment & Max_M: Toe Tag (Parachute)
25. Overall Severity: Vario 7288 (Attic)
26. Max_M: untitled (unreleased)



Deep Space Helsinki - 2nd June 2015: Tribute to Max

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Premiere : Deepbass - Themis [Soma Records]

Released on Monday 18th August on vinyl, and digitally on Beatport, iTunes and over 100 more online shops. 

Supported by these DJs, and more… Steve Bug, Maceo Plex, Doc Martin, Riva Starr, Andre Lodemann, Darren Emerson, DJ T, Santé, Huxley, Sidney Charles, Alex Jones, Ben Pearce, Waifs & Strays, Joyce Muniz, Okain... 


Emanuel Satie - Black Milk

Space Commander https://soundcloud.com/alejandromolinari, stationed either in low orbit, in Italy, Venezuela or Mexico on https://soundcloud.com/blindetonation and OneRpm ships, delivers another stunning ride, the 43rd time SOMETHING SPÆCIAL! Follow our new accounts:
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New spacial & special podcast by two highly mysterious Russian souls, https://soundcloud.com/st-savor - they were said to be involved in Russia's secret space program...follow them to find out more...

ST.SAVOR: SPÆCIAL MIX 49

L'espace est dans nous. Marseille's space capitan daWad https://soundcloud.com/dawad of La Dame Noir, Tici Taci and Days of Being Wild fame (and one of the amazing https://soundcloud.com/dawadandmokic) delivers a perfect soundtrack for a sunday chill out orbiting Venus. 

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Nantes' space commander https://soundcloud.com/aldaprod takes us on the 53rd trippy journey into the SOMETHING SPÆCIAL universe, vanguard electronic music influenced by Synth Wave, Acid, Post Punk, Techno, EBM and Disco.

ALDA: SPÆCIAL MIX 53

Something for your mind your body and your soul !!!

DIONIGI : IN THE MIX(APRIL 2016)

5 hr hippie dance session 15MAY16 at Le Trip, Le Hirsch, Saarbrücken! Chug, Acid, NewWaveDance, EthnoTech, DarkDisco, Outsider House, TechHouse, DiscoTech, EmoTechno hits galore.

The Robot Scientists - Vinyl Only @ Le Trip - Markus Schneider, Stefan Maurer, Stefan Kranz B2B

Steve EKMAN (Founder & Label Manager Of Rock To The Beat Records) https://soundcloud.com/stevekman delivers a truly spacial & special mix beyond many genre borders just as we love it. A great trip!

STEVE EKMAN: SPÆCIAL MIX 61

Rrose [ EAUX / Sandwell District ] USA

1.Giacinto Scelsi - Pfhat 1
2.G.H. - Ground
3.Mem1 + Jen Boyd
4.Tobias - Girts
5.Chicago Skyway - Air (95 version)
6.Factory Floor - 1-02 16-16-9-20-1-14-9-7
7.Africans With Mainframes - Djibouti
8.Shifted - Trouble
9.Mike Parker - GPH17A2
10.Terence Fixmer - Electric City (Speedy J Tool)
11.Bambounou - Chrome
12.Terrence Dixon - Minerals
13.Tr nch + Iori - Barreleye
14.Adam X - Diversion to Bangor
15.Dandy Jack - Hamlet Machine (Deadbeat remix)
16.Dungeon Acid - Damp n Warm
17.Tommy Four Seven - Track 05
18.Silent Servant - The Strange Attractor
19.Reeko - Electrical Phenomena
20.Untold - Stereo Freeze
21.Donato Dozzy + Say DJ - Tutto Negativo
22.Andrew Duke - Geisha (Terrence Dixon remix)
23.Imugem Orihasam - Breakfast At New Meg's
24.Bleaching Agent - 48ml
25.Esplendor Geometrico - Paedofile Information Exchange
26.Traktor - Traktor Artists 
27.Lucy - Superior Orders
28.Eleh - Measuring the Immeasurable
29.Franca Sacchi - Quando Mi Hanno Ucciso, Se Così Posso Dire

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Smoke Machine Podcast 069 Rrose

The mix & premiere series that feels like Andrew Weatherall, DJ Harvey, Giorgio Moroder & The Hacker spinning all night together.

600+ of the best Indie Dance, Cosmic-Balearic Disco, Italo Trance, New Wave Dance, Deep Acid House & Playa Tech mixes & premieres you can find out there with 👨‍🚀heavy Italo basslines, futuristic vibes, deep melodies, spaced-out disco fun & psychedelic oversoul grooves.

"Equal parts gothic, cosmic, spectral, dark and thrilling, this is the sound of Andrew Weatherall et al at its most widescreen and space faring" fits well if you add stylish Beach sunset, driving HiNRG and emotional Italo Disco vibes to the mix.

"Ahead of The Wave" since 2013, curated by Markus Schneider of www.soundcloud.com/therobotscientists. 

You are listening to atmospheric mixes and new tracks of some of the most talented DJs and producers and the finest music connoisseurs and record diggers out there. 
Some are rising stars, some are old legends, others are complete newcomers or even shy and deep bedroom DJs. No matter how well known they already are, they all deliver exceptional tracks and sets for you that feature the best these underground and hard to pin down genres have to offer: what you get is a mind-expanding fusion of Italo-, Space-, Magico- & Dark Disco, Indie Dance, Italo Body Music / Italo Trance, Dirty Bouncy Midtempo, Cold Wave, EBM, Psychedelic- & Chugging Acid-House. 

The series is featuring mixes by artists like Curses, Shubostar, Cabaret Nocturne, Local Suicide, Hardway Bros and +400 more. 

It is about a hypnotic journey through space, dimensions and time, a uplifting voyage through astral, etheric and magical frequencies - and above all: it is a wild, colorful, energetic, futuristic, artistic ride into human emotions, ranging from fear, sadness & rage to enthusiasm, joy & euphoria. It's all in there, so mix vibes and speeds will vary.

The series is inspired by Daniele Baldelli's Cosmic mixes, 1970s Psychedelic-, Prog- & Kraut-Rock, New Wave & Space Disco, 1980s Italo Disco, Synth-Pop, Cold Wave, Minimal Wave, Post-Punk, Early House & New Beat, 1990s Balearica, Goa & Psy Trance, Leftfield, Acid & Tribal House and 2000s Electroclash & NuDisco. 

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