DeMentha teamed up once again with Sound Garden to host a stage at Burning Man Decompression! For 2025, we had a huge indoor stage at The Loom in Oakland, with lots of lasers, lights, art installations, and massive DeMentha sound!

BM Decompression 2025 @ The Loom Oakland

Special thanks to Solkist and Lowdeka for the no broke boys track, to Mark and Soundgarden for the collaboration and to Laser Jim for those dope lasers

Oakland Decom 2025

Still buzzing from last weekend’s Burning Man Decompression at The Loom in Oakland. The amount of energy that goes into making this event happen is just incredible. All of the builders, artists and crowd brought their A-game and you could feel that energy in every corner of the space.

It was an amazing day on all fronts. The art installations were stunning, the people were glowing, and it was such a joy to walk around, see so many familiar faces, and get a little taste of the playa again after a few months. I loved seeing so many kids there too, and it was special to bring Kaya along for his second decompression.

There were so many highlights throughout the day and closing out the DeMentha x Sound Garden stage with my Irish bro Oliver was the perfect way to end it all. Huge shout out to everyone who helped create this magical day. Can’t wait for the next Burn and hopefully another decompression at The Loom because that place really had something special!

Tracklist:

1. Michael Mayer - Brainwave 2.0 (Raxon Mix)
2. German Brigante - I Will Be Your Light
3. Joeski - Lust For Me
4. Time Beyond - Old School
5. Carlo Ruetz - Proton
6. Hidden Empire - Turn It Up
7. dnaser, Giben Gless - Chuligang
8. Marc Rombo, Raphael Cerato, Saints & Sinners - Pushin’ Again
9. Hot Since 82, Kuuda - Alive (DJ Minx Remix)
10. Adana Twins, Argia - Turn around
11. Fortugno - We Just
12. Julian Wasserman - Regolith
13. Bob Sinclair, Riv Starr & Mark Broom - I Feel For You (Star B Extended Remix)
14. Depeche Mode - I Feel Loved (Danny Tenaglia’s Labor Of Love Dub Edit)
15. Amine Edge & DANCE & Pershard Owens - It Was (Dub Mix)
16. Hot Chip - Flutes (Sasha Remix)

Kohbain x OBER // Decompression 2025

Still riding the high from Burning Man Decompression 2025 at the Loom in Oakland! Having missed the burn this year, it was extra special for me to join my minty brothers and sisters and help build and host a DeMentha stage (in collaboration with Sound Garden)! Nothing beats getting up on a stage in front of hundreds of like-minded weirdos and seeing a room full of smiling faces dancing and sweating the night away!

The event itself was a total home run. The Loom was a pretty perfect venue, and all the artists and makers and builders and creative people came to do what they do best! So many incredible art pieces, lights and shiny things, big sounds, awesome art cars, and just the perfect blend of creativity, community, and unabashed debauchery! Much love to all the incredible people there, and in particular, to my DeMentha family for giving it their all <3

Tracklist:
01. Cosmosolar - El Rarito (Cycle Remix)
02. Glowal, SYNTHETIX (ofc) - Killaz (Original Mix)
03. Ubbah, Innellea - Waste It (Original Mix)
04. Rafael Cerato, Niv Ast - On My Knees (Original Mix)
05. KARPOVICH, DJVEDO - Sweet Sugar (Original Mix)
06. Hidden Empire - Turnout (Original Mix)
07. Mundo D - Alien Attack (Original Mix)
08. Darlyn Vlys - Have You Seen (Original Mix)
09. Mmyylo - Fury (Original Mix)
10. D-Formation, Nihil Young - Set You Free (Extended Mix)
11. KARPOVICH - Sex Machine (Original Mix)
12. Martin HERRS - Angel Of The Garden (Original Mix)
13. Far&High, pizzaaftersex - Grime Dust (Original Mix)
14. KARPOVICH, Bonnie Spacey, RSTQ - This Time Will Go (Landau Remix)

Yaz // Decompression 2025

Yaz is a San Francisco-based DJ who enjoys playing tech house, deep tech, minimal, and techno. He is an active member of the Burning Man community and underground house/techno community in San Francisco.

Yaz has played all over San Francisco at all the major venues, including Public Works, Mighty / The Great Northern, Monarch, Midway, and Halcyon. He was a resident DJ at the venerated Wish Lounge for 5+ years, running his monthly Wayward party right up until the pandemic caused Wish to close. Once it was safe to do so, he has taken Wayward to its new home F8 Nightclub, and has been a resident there since August 2021. 

Yaz has collaborated with many different promoters and labels, and has opened and closed for (or shared billing with) well-known artists including John Digweed, Bob Moses, The Scumfrog, Tommy Four Seven, John Monkman, Technasia, and Marques Wyatt, to name a few.

His love for Burning Man is only rivaled by his love for music. His styles go from deep tech, minimal and techno to indie dance. You can find him on the playa playing for his camp DeMentha, and everywhere else for The Janky Barge, Airpusher, and Icarus. Yaz has also participated in many fundraisers in San Francisco for the aforementioned camps, as well as DISTRIKT, Mayan Warrior, the Salty Jacks, and others.

Check out my Mixcloud link for sets prior to April 2018!