We celebrate love, art and music. This collective of visionaries believes in the power of community and creativity, of collaboration and inclusion, of fun and silliness.

Featuring Airpusher Collective Resident DJs Cptn Jay, Dancing Mandy, DJ Cue, J-Kind, Jon Barnes Queen Lisa & more!

http://www.airpushercollective.com/

Cptn Jay 
https://soundcloud.com/cptn-jay

Dancing Mandy
https://soundcloud.com/dancingmandy

J-KIND
https://soundcloud.com/jkind

Jon Barnes
https://soundcloud.com/jonbarnes

Queen Lisa
https://soundcloud.com/queen-lisa-music

\\\\////\\\\////  ~SHOWS~  \\\\////\\\\////

4/15 — YES! Records Label Launch Part @ Pyramind Studios (SF)
12/31 — New Bohemia NYE — Featured NYE Set @ The Mint (SF)
8/25 - 8/31 — Burning Man @ Black Rock City (NV)
4/22 — w/ DJ Koze + Roman Flugel @ 1015 Folsum (SF)
9/24 — Fantasy Island w/ Sven Vath @ 1015 Folsum (SF)
1/1 — Fresh Start New Year's Day Block Party w/Claud Von Stroke @ The Midway (SF)
7/28 —  Airpusher's Rooftop Landing w/ David Hohme @ Hotel Via (SF)
7/6 — The Menagerie: 5-Stage Block Party w/ Diplo @ The Midway (SF)
6/15 — Steampunk Masquerade Block Party w/ DJ Dan, The Scumfrog & Crussen @ Public Works (SF)
2/24 — Airpusher Cloud City w/Psychmagic @ Hotel Via ROOFTOP (SF)
12/31 — UNITY NYE w/ DJ T. & John Tejada @ Club 6 (SF)
10/2 — Airpuhser @ Trash Ibiza (ES)
9/8 — Modular w/ Jan Blomqvist (LIVE) @ Gray Area Art + Technology (SF)
9/7 — The Afterburn w/Monolink (LIVE), Sabo, Goldcap, DJ Three @ 1015 Folsom (SF)
8/27 — Opulent Temple @ Burning Man (BRC)
5/24 — BRC x IBZ @ Paradise Lost, Ibiza (ES)
12/31 — New Bohemia NYE w/ Simon Shackelton @ The Mint (SF) 
10/27 — LoveBoat @ Pier70 w/ Moby (SF)
3/31 — De La Playa @ Halcyon w/ Weiss & Walker & Royce (SF)
6/17 — Monarch & Airpusher Presents: GIOM w/ Giom & DJ Mes @ Monarch (SF)

\\\\////\\\\//// ~BIO~ \\\\////\\\\////

Cptn Jay has been bringing joy to dance floors in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond for over 20 years with unforgettable DJ sets, stand-out original releases, and the production of truly unique event experiences. Starting his journey in the early 90s Oakland rave scene with a handful of German techno tapes, The Captain has grown from dance music super fan to DJ to event producer to Burring Man them camp organizer to independent dance music label owner.

At his core, Cptn Jay lives to incite love and joy with his music, connect with the crowd, and take the dancefloor on a musical journey. Occupying a unique space between soaring melodies, groovey European techno, and funky deep house, Jay's music is filled with rich analog synthesis, bubbling aprs, beautiful melodies, world rhythms, wonkey baselines and good vibes; tracks that are masterfully composed and selected with a certain refinement that has gotten him noticed as one of the West Coast's top underground talents. Obsessed with putting the "dance" back into “electronic dance music" Jay’s original music and DJ sets consistently move crowds to higher places on dance floors all over the world. From the deserts of Burning Man to the island of Ibiza, Cptn Jay has shared stages many of the world's top DJ talent including Sven Vath, Carl Cox, Diplo, Claud Von Stroke, Tycho, Walker & Royce, Giome, DJ Dan, Developer,  David Hohme, Soul Button, Miyagi, and many more.

Getting his name as the one of the co-founders and captains of influential Airpusher Collective, a beloved Burning Man mutant vehicle/airship/community/sound & events collective, Jay has been able to fully realize his two decades long quest of inspiring and connecting people through art, music, and dance with Airpusher. Over the past decade his parties have become known for their perfect blend of amazing music, infectious positivity, and creative flair across the spectrum from small undergrounds to big productions like the Steampunk Masquerade.

The COVID lockdown provided Jay the time and space to dive deeply into music production through modular synthesis, learning to literally create his own sound from the ground up. The results have been incredible, with his landmark first EP “Cptn Jay - Loves You (EP)” set to come out in May. Building on this new found passion for production and bringing more beautiful music into the world, 2023 is lining up to be a landmark year for the Captain as he’s also launching the independent dance music label “YES! Records”. The label’s mission is to uplift a multiracial selection of innovative artists who set the foundation for magical experiences among dance music lovers.

Hailing from the Seattle area, Jody Ellen is gaining momentum as a Pop/Alt-Rock artist, and has been compared to the likes of Amy Lee (Evanescence), Hayley Williams (Paramore), and Adele. Jody Ellen is a full time performer, musician and singer/songwriter, and her music has touches of rock and soul, mixed with catchy pop melodies. She is currently the female singer in the Steampunk band, Abney Park.

For the unexposed, the Opulent Temple started as a Large Scale Art & Music theme camp at the annual Burning Man arts festival that takes place in the Black Rock desert of Nevada the week before Labor Day. We throw nightly parties showcasing underground, world class electronic dance music in a setting of art and creation we've made ourselves. Our community and fund raising events are based in San Francisco, and though our production is associated with the BM event, you can find us in many settings wherever there's fun to be had.

The Vision of the Opulent Temple is to gift a space for sacred dance to world class dance music. It is our intention to create the space for peak experience, community development, and inspiration that serves as a road map for what's possible in the so called 'default world.' The effort is self generated by the tribe, ie., no one gets paid to create our production. On the contrary, key members put a lot of their own time, effort, and sometimes money all year around to bring it back every year.

It's not just about partying.

It is our view that social change will not happen without individuals doing their part to elevate our collective spiritual center of gravity. Thus, it is our responsibility to nudge our own evolution to catch up with the outpaced growth of technology without the soul getting left behind. It's within this community of creative seekers that coalesces around the playa tribes that leaders must emerge to help steer this nation and this world towards a better day.

To create a space for Sacred Dance is to create a playground for connection with the Eternal, but in our case, still infused with the need for social action in the real world. Big beats and community are the launching point for insight to remind us there is a point to evolution. Transcendence, and nothing less. It might sound like hippy New Age shit, but in this case that doesn't mean it isn't true...

The Musical Vision
We're obviously firm believers in the beat, the transcending properties of mind blowing electronic dance music (EDM), both to open the heart and make the ass shake depending on one's preference and the moment. We value diversity in the range of world class artists that play our camp, as well as the camp dj's who build it so get to play what they feel. Most nights are fairly cohesive unto themselves, but day to day it can be all over the place. Our past line ups speak for themselves.

We'll see you in the sweet spot, under the stars...

The Nathaniel Johnstone Band hails from Seattle, WA, lead by multi-instrumentalist Nathaniel Johnstone (violin, viola, banjo, mandolin, and guitar). Their vibrant sound crosses boundaries and borders, resulting in a blend of European, Middle Eastern, and South American music with Jazz, Rock, Surf, Folk, Gothic, and Steampunk influences.

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