Diplo, seeing an opportunity for free publicity using the burning man name, dismissed all ten principles for his own self gain.  "Don't be a Diplo!"   is the saying that arose from the 2023 gathering in the Blackrock Desert.  During the event, Black Rock City is the second largest city in the state of Nevada.  When the rain hit, Diplo fled and left the city on foot.   He walked to the gate, leaving his RV, camp, and equipment to be cleaned-up and hauled-out of the desert by others.  Thus, the moral of the story is "Don't be a Diplo!"

The 10 Principles of Burning Man:

Radical Inclusion
Anyone may be a part of Burning Man. We welcome and respect the stranger. No prerequisites exist for participation in our community.

Gifting
Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value.

Decommodification
In order to preserve the spirit of gifting, our community seeks to create social environments that are unmediated by commercial sponsorships, transactions, or advertising. We stand ready to protect our culture from such exploitation. We resist the substitution of consumption for participatory experience.

Radical Self-reliance
Burning Man encourages the individual to discover, exercise and rely on their inner resources.

Radical Self-expression
Radical self-expression arises from the unique gifts of the individual. No one other than the individual or a collaborating group can determine its content. It is offered as a gift to others. In this spirit, the giver should respect the rights and liberties of the recipient.

Communal Effort
Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction.

Civic Responsibility
We value civil society. Community members who organize events should assume responsibility for public welfare and endeavor to communicate civic responsibilities to participants. They must also assume responsibility for conducting events in accordance with local, state and federal laws.

Leaving No Trace
Our community respects the environment. We are committed to leaving no physical trace of our activities wherever we gather. We clean up after ourselves and endeavor, whenever possible, to leave such places in a better state than when we found them.

Participation
Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart.

Immediacy
Immediate experience is, in many ways, the most important touchstone of value in our culture. We seek to overcome barriers that stand between us and a recognition of our inner selves, the reality of those around us, participation in society, and contact with a natural world exceeding human powers. No idea can substitute for this experience.

BURNING MAN 2023 - DON'T BE A DIPLO! - (Animalia Farting Rainbows)

2024 House

Big Puffy Yellow - Camp Phuckit

This 4 hour journey was recorded during the Blue Super Moon on 8/30/2023 while Burning Man is in full swing. It radiates love. I hope it helps you feel connected to the oneness that we all share throughout the cosmos.

Full Moon Deep Playa Sunrise

One Pill

Buy & Stream

VNSSA - One Pill [DIRTYBIRD]

WILL @ Nonami - Thursday - Burning Man 2023

6:45 and C -- Come for the fluids, stay for the funk.

Live at Juicy Rootz - Burning Man 2023

Here's my live set at Possible Muertos from Monday of the burn for our Native Species Only party. What a blast. Enjoy the beats and lemme know what you think!

Him Again - Melodic House • Dark Techno • Indie Dance - Burning Man 2023

Celebrating my 20th burn djing sunrise Thurday, deep playa, from my very own Golden Gate Bridge mutant vehicle. Best burn & best sunrise set of my life! For your listening pleasure:)
1	Sidney Charles	Green Tea (Original Mix)
2	Rosario Galati, Yves Murasca	Carry On (Original Mix)
3	Kyle Watson, Bruno Furlan	Marshmallows (Original Mix) (123) 9A MD END housey dirty booty great filler- no lyrics
4	Gaetano C & DePandis	Saw
5	Nacho Varela & Cruz Vittor	Kush (Extended Mix)
6	Williams & Townley	Name (Original Mix)
7	Dusky	Flo Jam
8	German Brigante, Samuel Dan	Sweet Home (Original Mix)
9	Oliver Schories	Mirada
10	D'nox & Beckers	Secret Games
11	Sebastien Leger	Stevie (Original Mix)
12	Patrick Chardronnet, Musumeci	All I Got (Musumeci Remix)
13	Greenage	La Luna Negra
14	Pentatones	Ghosts (Monkey Safari Remix)
15	Balcazar	Cucon
16	Ilias Katelanos	Freedom of Choice
17	PAAX (Tulum)	Djorolen (Themba's Herd Remix)
18	Ewan Rill & K Loveski	Broh Canville
19	Tchami	Adieu
20	Tchami	Adieu
21	Alex O'Rion	Around Us
22	Alex O'Rion & Matter	Katana
23	Betoko, Marc DePulse	Pulzing (Jiggler Remix)
24	Patrick Chardronnet, Musumeci	All I Got (Musumeci Remix)
25	Chus & Ceballos, DJ Chus, The Fog, Pablo Ceballos	Been a Long Time (Chus & Ceballos Nomadas Mix)
26	Deephope	Anguish (Original Mix)
27	HouseRiders	Good Old Days (Pion Remix)
28	Pion	Septembar (Ilias Katelanos Remix)
29	M.E.M.O.	Lo Unico
30	Jet Project	Sa Punta - Duckbeats Dub
31	Martini Bros	Towards Buleaux - Original Mix
32	Yamil & Stefano Crabuzza	Ain't No Sunshine
33	Andy Slate, Kenny Gino	Aphrodiziac feat. Kenny Gino (Get Wet Edit)
34	Sabb	Motherlove (Armonica Remix)

Burning Man 2023 Sunrise From The Golden Gate

Last Groove

From the opening track of John Hartford's voice to the floating finality of the Velvet Underground, I tried to capture the essence of a man who has touched the lives of many. Lushpod #72 is a meditation of mortality, with pulsing bass lines. DD leaves a giant hole in hearts and in our dance floors. But his laughter and presence is woven deep in our souls. LP72 features songs by DJ Seinfeld, Casimm, Moby, Sarkis Mikael, Rasmus Faber, and Alaia & Gallo.

Lushpod

Lushpod #72 - Someday We'll Know

This is my first time spinning a set, so apoligies if it is a little rough around the edges.  Originally compiled on a Pioneer DDJ-WeGo2 and uploaded to MixCloud November 11, 2018.  It was created at the request of the Booty Momma (a.k.a.:  Domma Momma), shortly after returning from my first visit to Black Rock City, Burning Man 2018.  Thank you for setting me free.   I wish you only peace, love, and happiness.

Booty Momma Shake It 20181118

Our camp of friends was sharing a twin cabin with the "Bubbles And Babies" camp,  a spin-off from the well known Burning Man camp "Bubbles and Bass."  This time they brought their baby to the burn - literally there was a baby in our shared cabin at the burn.  (We now know why this cabin was still available to share, lol).  Anyhow, somebody was supposed to spin for the Bubbles and Babies' Sunday Morning Mimosa Happy Hours, but the DJ was a no-show.  My buddy Scott (aka.: NJTeton) was sound asleep in the cabin, having recently just gone to sleep an hour or so earlier.  That didn't deter me, I couldn't let a party go without a DJ.  Jumping into producer mode, I shook and prodded Mr. Cassidy, literally dragging him out of bed.  I cooked-up some scrambled eggs, toast, and coffee outside on my Coleman stove, and fed the man, handed him a glass of champagne and NJTeton got into the flow.  Then I continued to cook on the Coleman stove to feed anybody that was hungry, while NJTeton spun this three hour set.  Thank you Scott, and gratitude to Bubbles and Babies for throwing the party, and needing a last minute DJ!

Njteton (Scott Cassidy) - Bubbles And Babies Happy Hour..s....

NJTeton (Scott Cassidy) - Bubbles And Babies Happy Hour - PEX Summer Festival 2015

The Pain Cave is a visualization model that ultra-endurance athletes have used to push the boundaries of their physical and mental limitations. As I embark on my second marathon, I intend to go back into the pain cave. To feel the aching desire to push yourself, to see what is beyond the horizon, and to feel all waves the emotions.  LP73 is my soundtrack to the 2024 LA Marathon. Features tracks by Adam Ten, Fulltone, Qubiko, Chris Stussy, Kevin McKay, and Ole Beige.

Lushpod #73 - Pain Cave Rave

Thirty five years of professional DJing this summer! 

I have spent many past posts musing about the early days, so I will spare you words of nostalgia today. Instead, I want to hit you with the kind of set that I feel is an accumulation of my past experiences of what works on a dance floor, what I personally love, and which of those sounds I feel connect with what's happening today. 

Music has largely stopped giving us anything truly new in the past decade, but the absence of newness doesn't mean we shouldn't discover music that is new to US, and sometimes we should also remind ourselves of the great eras, genres and grooves we may have forgotten. So today, instead of giving you newness, I present to you my musical opinion on contemporary timelessness.

I would personally dance my ass off to this set. LMK if you would too.

2024; EMBRACE THE RETRO

Camp Phuckit Booty House Brunch At PEX 2018

ALTA

Snow Soul Groove Machine

This set was spun together on New Year's Day 2019, with the Philadelphia Mummer's parade in the background.  Reflecting on the past year as tears of sadness, and tears of joy, turn to dust.  Reflections of the past, prophecies of the future ... living in the present.   . . . No Rain! snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow, snow . . . Arrest The Donald!  (Donald J. Trump)

Tear Dust

For the first release we have the infamous Bumpy Nuggets live from Big Puffy Yellow Love Burn 2019. Bumpy is from NYC and he always slays the dance floor with his track selections, so get ready!

Bumpy Nuggets - 420 Party - Love Burn 2019

Our friends at Camp Big Puffy Yellow, invited the Playa Vibes Family for a dusty takeover.  literally.  Live recording w/ Dj Husky to Carlitos at 1hr.  Enjoy the journey and remember... Stay dusty my friends;)

Burning Man LIVE @ BIg Puffy Yellow: TRIFUCTA takeover DJ HUSKY & CARLITOS

Deep Winter 2020

Here is another solid "Live" set from BPY Resident Dj Nat Black from this past Love Burn 2020! Start your day off properly with some Reggae, and remember it isn't going to puff itself!

Positive Vibes and Luv!

BPY

Love Burn 2020 @ BPY Village

Reggae Set (Love Burn 2020)

Participation in PEX Summer Festival, by the Philadelphia Experiment, lead ALTA (aka: Captain Figment) to be a part of Camp Phuckit. Once a Phucker he went to Black Rock City and joined Big Puffy Yellow. ALTA currently resides in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States of America, available for international bookings. ... Architect, Engineer, Artist, Musician, DJ, Producer, and Promoter.    Email through Soundcloud for further information or booking, or go to the URL:  http;//www.altadesign.com

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