I had the privilege of performing my first ever live set at the 8th Day of Creation (@8doc_music) at Afrikaburn 2024 between 10-12pm on the Saturday night. The theme of this years Burn was "Creation" and so it felt so fitting to play all original music at this incredible art piece. 

The stage was built by an international team from Berlin and Cape Town, and depicted a pregnant mother with the earth as her belly, a space of renewal, reconnection and rebirth.

I used Ableton Push, Novation Launch Control XL, Akai MPK Mini and Playtronica's touch sensitive midi hardware which I connected to a mushroom to trigger sound.

Thank you to 8Doc for having me as a part of your beautiful stage and thank you to all those who trekked to the far end of the playa to dance with me.

Love and blessings xx

SHMIKESSS (Live Set) - 8th Day of Creation - Afrikaburn 2024

Afrikaburn 2024 was all that I hoped for and way more! Here is a special melodic house set I did for the lovely Cymatica family on their amazing handbuild soundsystem on the Madhatters mutant vehicle right after the Clan burn on Saturday night. What a ride 😍

Mark Mywords @ Afrikaburn 2024 Melodic House set for Cymatica, Madhatters Mutant

Ahh the Dung Beetle, what a special stage. I'm very grateful to be invited back to play by David, Jeffrey, Kerry and the crew, and what a vibe it was. I wanted to bring some classic Zsa Zsa indie dance, but this time we went a little harder. I say we, because our friends on Ele-Phantom joined the party, Jan Tuna Mayo came out in force, my very own professional dancer, Flora, lit up the stage once again, and there were even two "Ga Ga for Zsa Zsa" heroes out and about.

Recorded live so there may be mistakes. Bear with me and I hope you enjoy it x

Photo by ChrisCross Photography

AfrikaBurn 2024_The Dung Beetle_Tuesday Night At the SpaceArk

Space Cowboys' own sherrif, Agent Orange and Onno lay down the law at Space Cowboys at 2am early Friday morning.

Onno v Agent Orange at Space Cowboys - Thu 2 May 2am - AfrikaBurn 2024

I discovered EDM at burn 🔥 I danced non stop for days in different sound-camps - I felt the need to create and share a vision of what I felt a dance & EDM music journey should feel like 🔥 so happy that I can give back now 🥰

Dragon Wagon Sunset Playa Friday Afrika Burn 2024

As always, it was a huge privilege to welcome DEVi back to Space Cowboys for her Friday midnight set that set things on fire, from deep house to RnB and techno - she knows what's what 🔥


DEVi: "It's always a burn highlight to drive the @youknowthespacecowboys spaceship 🗝🛸

This year I wanted to create something unique and special for this set. Where it landed was

🔥 Erotic Tendencies - The Space Cowboys Edition 🔥 

》Erotic Tendencies : my mixtape series at the intersection of eros, filthy lyrics, and a solid 4x4 beat

》Space Cowboys : The long-standing burn alien spaceship of alwaysupforit cowboys and cowgirls. 🤠

The first hour (we started slow) reads like a naughty conversation between almost lovers... whispers to make you blush, conveyed between fiery eyes, and into the nape of a neck, on a heaving steamy dancefloor. 

The second hour we segued into the pulse of the night,  which - being Friday and after midnight - was driving and hungry. 

I had fun weaving this one. 🕸
Ignore the glitches 🪁🪁and enjoy 😎 x"

https://soundcloud.com/devi_sounds

TASCAM DR-40X

DEVi at Space Cowboys - Fri 3 May midnight - AfrikaBurn 2024

https://soundcloud.com/ashton_sa

https://www.instagram.com/ashtonejam

Ashton at Space Cowboys - Fri 3 May 10pm - AfrikaBurn 2024

Zsa Zsa brought all of her incredible energy to bear at Space Cowboys on Thursday evening, buckle up for a crazy ride!

https://soundcloud.com/zsaperry
https://www.instagram.com/zsazsa.dj/

In her words: "For a theme camp to haul a huge sound system, their decor and everything else up to the desert, to tune those speakers, and have them actually work despite the dust storms, to communicate with all the DJs without signal, and to put on a stellar show like this takes a thousand little things going right.

The Space Cowboys have been doing it for years and they do it well, so it was with a full heart and a lot of honour that I got to play my version of a “Space Cowboys Set”. It’s faaaaaaaaar from perfect, but it’s 100% burn magic and it was WILD.

Special thanks to Johnno the Rhino for making a video of this whole thing, and to Ant, for fixing my wings mid-show (and being willing to do a lot more!)"

Zsa Zsa at Space Cowboys - Thurs 2 May 7pm - AfrikaBurn 2024

Words won't do justice to this amazing energy driven, fire lit, infatuated session with the dutch powerhouse DJ Bobby Maya - part of my soul remains right there in the desert. With all of YOU who danced, shouted and followed up on this incredible journey.  Here is our recording from Thursday night !

Afrika Burn 2024 thursday night B2B Bobby Maya

Afrika Burn, what an intense experience❣️ At the beginning of the year I didn't even know that I was going there and then the @mbombo_ship gave me the opportunity to move up there as an artist🙏❤️ As a result, moving up resulted in one or two hurdles, but one after the other was overcome. However, overnight accommodation was no longer possible in the Mbombo Camp and so I was very grateful that the @campwhynot took us in as really latecomers🙏❤️ My two planned performances were the opening ceremony (which was really very loving) for the Mbombo Camp and a DJ set on their truck on the closing Sunday. 
Unfortunately, the DJ set didn't happen because the truck had a technical defect that couldn't be repaired on the last day😥 Luckily, two spontaneous slots for the Why Not Camp opened up during my stay there. Although these weren't exactly prime time, I was still very grateful to be able to get playtime there as a latecomer and so at least this recording is available here🙏 The recording was made one afternoon when I spontaneously took over the decks. During the course of my set it became increasingly stormy and a real sandstorm arose, which is why it was over again after two hours for safety reasons. Welcome to the desert of Tankwa Town / South Africa🤷‍♂️🤪 
If I were to report on all of my experiences there, I would go beyond the scope of this article. That's why I'm not going to go into it any further now, but instead let you share with me at least two hours of my time there with this set and my music🎶
Once again I would like to express my gratitude to the Mbombo Ship and the Why Not Camp for this opportunity and perhaps again in 2025🙏❤️

Now have fun with my music❣️

Feedback is aprecciated like always😉

Further infos about me and my music:
www.facebook.com/markuswesen

Spontanes Wesen @ Why Not // Afrika Burn 02/05/24

Spontanes Wesen @ Why Not Camp // Afrika Burn 02/05/24

Afrikaburn 2024 | Loki the Rhino | Saturday 2pm | Afro house | Sisi Carini

We are The Space Cowboys. Bringing the best beats to Tankwa Town.

Zsa Zsa at Space Cowboys - Thurs 2 May 7pm - AfrikaBurn 2024

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