At Burning Man, the music is free. That’s because someone else paid to gift that to you. What would it cost to get these DJs to your party normally? The answers are astonishing, even if DJs are under-represented in the list. Where is Davvincii?

From Priceonomics:

Bonus: here are the highest paid DJ’s in the world for 2013, according to Forbes.

1. Calvin Harris – $46 million,
2. Tiesto –  $32 million.
3. David Guetta – $30 million
4. Swedish House Mafia – $25 million
5. DeadMau5 – $21 million
6. Avicii – $20 million
7. Afrojack – $18 million
8. Armin Van Buren – $17 million
9. Skrillex – $16 million
10. Kaskade – $16 million
11. Steve Aoki – $14 million
12. Pauly D – $13 million
13. Diplo $13 million

Our estimates include earnings from live shows, endorsements, merchandise sales, recorded music sales, external business ventures and, in the case of DJ Pauly D, television (we included him on this list because, like his fellow Electronic Cash Kings, he makes at least half his cash from DJ gigs). Sources include Songkick, Pollstar, RIAA, promoters, managers, lawyers and some of the artists themselves. Earnings totals were calculated over a 12-month period from June 1, 2012 to June 1, 2013.

DJ Seth Troxler has spoken to VICE about what he really thinks of festivals, and he’s not pulling any punches. A good read, containing some real wisdom about today’s “EDM Scene”. Seth sees Burning Man as the “perfect” festival. [Thanks to Burner Erika in Norway for this one]

The current state of dance music is crazy. It’s so flooded. Everywhere you look, there’s a new festival and a new party. I lived in New York City for 4 months recently, and there were about 50 Resident Advisor parties on one weekend. I mean, what the fuck? It’s the same with festivals now, too. Everyone is going into the boutique festival game and whilst I think it’s cool that people are going out and enjoying themselves, where do we draw that line over quality?

 

In light of this craziness, here’s my take on festivals, clubbing, and not being an asshole.

 

FIRST OFF, GOING TO DANCE FESTIVALS IS NOTHING LIKE GOING CLUBBING

 

 

I was in Switzerland recently, and a promoter complained to me that there’s a big problem in the country’s club scene because of how many festivals happen around Switzerland. He said that in the summer, it’s hard to get people to come to your club. People would rather spend their money going to festivals abroad, than going to clubs in their home cities. 

 

But that dude missed something: dance festivals and dance clubs are not the same. At all. This new generation care much more for the festival experience than the club experience. Kids who like dance music now have grown up with no first hand experience of original club culture; techno, house, even rave in the 90s. Festivals are their “dance music experience” now.  Festivals are fucking holidays. 

 

EDM FESTIVALS SPOON-FEED US BULLSHIT – AND WE CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF IT

 

 

When I get booked to play these massive festivals in the US, I often walk around them to see what they’re all about – and 90% of the time, it’s fucking horrible. We’re breeding a generation of impatient, annoying festival kids. I say impatient because the patience of the clubber is different to the patience of the festival-goer.

 

At these festivals, you get it all on a platter up-front. Lasers! LED screens! Pyrotechnics! DROPS! CAKE IN YOUR FUCKING FACE! – wait, nah man. That’s not clubbing, that’s a concert of cunts. Just, go out for a night in a dark room. Be cool. 

 

I was talking to a good friend of mine Craig Richards, and he said that back when he started going to clubs, there was even more patience: you’d vibe on the dance floor for hours, with space for your body and everyone else’s. Now people consider a “good event” something that’s really packed with bodies and “energy”:  energy-packed-extreme! That’s not clubbing, man. Clubbing is a culture, but EDM doesn’t promote that. If you’re Suzie who just graduated high school in Florida, you go to Ultra and think “Holy shit , Avicii is about to blow my panties off”. 

 

LET’S FACE IT, EDM DJS ARE THE WORST PEOPLE EVER

 

 

Speaking of Avicii, Avicii is a cunt. When he went to the hospital during Ultra in Miami, my tour manager Alex was with the nurse assigned to him. The fucking cunt wouldn’t even speak to the nurse. She would have to tell his manager what to tell him, and they were sitting next to each other. You’re in the hospital. You can’t talk to a nurse who’s trying to look after you? The insane stardom syndrome of these massive EDM DJs pisses me off. 

 

It’s not just a personal thing either. Their music is just shit. I’ve seen Steve Aoki play at these festivals. He keeps turning the music off, jumping around onstage, saying “This is my new single! Out next week!”, and playing the next song. You are not a fucking DJ. You’re an overpaid, untalented, cake-throwing, performing monkey. My best friend Frank from high school is now my PA, and he’s in the Little League Hall of Fame for being a crazy good pitcher. We’re going to him with that cake, man. I’m coming for you, Aoki. 

 

EDM IS NOT A CULTURE, BECAUSE IT GIVES NOTHING BACK

 

 

Look, I’m generally really happy for everyone. I try to keep positive about all this craziness. But if you’re not critical of the culture you live in, and love, then you’re doing yourself and everyone around you a disservice. EDM plays host to a profound delusion about what electronic music and dance culture are. It’s ridiculous music, made by ridiculous, un-credible people. 

 

In all honesty, I find it profoundly sad. We’re trying to move on and be a real force of culture and conversation – a wider genre recognised as having real cultural depth – but EDM is wiping that slate. For being taken seriously in a musical sense, that’s frustrating.  A lot of my work – especially with my label Tuskegee – is a revolt of that. That’s my passion. The rave changed me, and I want kids to be able to experience that tomorrow.

 

WHAT WE NEED IS PLUR – NO, REALLY

 

Image courtesy of Red Bull Music Academy

 

In the US, there’s this term PLUR. It’s got a crappy reputation now, but it stems from the values of original club culture: respect, being positive, communal unity. Once you have those values, they spread in how you conduct yourself and view the world. 

 

I was in a club recently, and there was this guy there with one of the original Paradise Garage tee shirts on. We got talking, and he said the major difference with dance music now and back then, is real diversity. You had social, class, race, sexual diversity – and that’s cool. That’s what dance music culture is about. Everyone under one roof, exploring their own and each others identities. A celebration of something more, something outside of received norms. Not having a giant glow stick and getting on it.

 

The Red Bull Music Academy street party for Paradise Garage and Larry Levan Way last weekend was beautiful for that exact reason. You have a huge block party in a huge city, full of white, black and Asian people, young and old. Nobody looked wasted, and hardly anyone was on their damn phones. They were just dancing and singing together to beautiful music, for hours and hours. That is club culture.

 

THERE’S A FINE LINE BETWEEN FREEDOM AND IDIOCY

 

 

I see some fucking crazy shit in clubs, and some fucking sad shit at festivals. It’s such a fine line.  Like, that photo Eric Prdyz tweeted from Ultra? Of a girl doing lines of coke off another girls naked vagina? At a festival, that’s gross. In a dark club, it would be kind of hot. In Berghain, that shit stands for freedom. At Ultra, it stands for excess and trash. 

 

The first time I ever played at Berghain, there was this big bear of a dude in assless leather chaps and a leather harness on the dance floor. I was playing ‘Yellow’ and when he bent over, this other guy came over and starts eating his ass. Everyone around them was just dancing and being all cool. I was like “……..that’s interesting”. But that’s a revolt against the world. That’s the freedom of the club. Falling in mud and getting cake thrown at you? That’s not freedom. You’re an idiot listening to shitty music.

 

EDM IS NOT ABOUT MUSIC, IT’S ABOUT MONEY

 

 

If you’re a band, a DJ, whatever, you’re only as big as how many people you can bring to a festival. EDM has really changed what commercial music consumption is. These purpose built clubs inside massive Las Vegas hotels? The music is shit, but they’re selling thousands of bottles of alcohol a night to rich idiots. Kids today would rather go out on a night out, listening to whatever music, and getting on it, than pay $40 to going to a rock show that ends at midnight. Everyone wants more, all the time. 

 

You can produce a huge festival and not be shitty, though. Look at Tomorrowlands in Belgium. It’s a huge festival, with almost the same acts at some of the major EDM festivals, yet so much quality and care is put into creating an experience. Electric Daisy Carnival? It’s a stage in a parking lot, full of kids with fucking suckers in their mouths and gas masks on, getting wasted.

 

To me, the perfect festival is Burning Man, or Shangri-La at Glastonbury. There’s music, but it’s not just about the music. It’s about experimentation, and the environment in which you experience music.

 

BUT, WHEN THE BUBBLE BURSTS, WE’LL HAVE A NEW GENERATION OF DANCE FANS

 

 

Not everyone’s a lifer in this world, but what separates the wheat from the chaff is intellect. Intellect is a true indication of taste. Some smart kids are standing in these EDM festivals, in the mud and heat and sick, and they’re thinking, “Yeah, this is fine for now, but this can’t be it forever”. There’s got to be something better – but they have to find it for themselves. That’s the next generation right there.

 

Seth Troxler is playing a lot of festivals this summer, but his Big Titty Surprise party at Sonar Festival, Barcelona,looks pretty sweet.

Groan all you like hippies, rave is reigning supreme. This is going to be the summer of EDM.

To help you prepare for the Doof Onslaught, Ishkur has created this interactive guide to musical sub-genres. It’s really good – I started with “House”, then “Tribal”, the first track that came on was San Francisco’s Dubtribe Sound System, with a loop from their classic track “Hasta Luego Me Hermano”. You could spend hours exploring this thing. Plug your computer into your stereo and turn it up. Ishkur’s guide is at Techno.org.

Andy Samberg of SNL closed the season with this EDM parody. He’s in talks to play a Burner in a new UK TV series.

Wunderground bring us this amusing tale from David Guetta’s tour.

HBO are creating a new, Entourage-like show based on dance music culture. Calvin Harris, the #1 earning DJ in the world, has teamed up with Fresh Prince Will  Smith and Roc-a-Fella Illumini Jay-Z to create the show. Trainspotting scribe Irvine Welsh will write the script and presumably they will all collaborate on what could be an epic soundtrack. Harris might even star in it…perhaps playing a DJ? From inthemix:

by Lauren Lipsay 22 Jan 2014

EDM is pulling in the big bucks – it’s now a $20 billion market. Attendance at the Top 50 EDM events is more than double that of all other festivals combined.

http://whiteraverrafting.com/edm-festival-attendance-market-size/2013/09/17/

The EDM market is a $15.0 to $20.0 billion global industry, with the major players in the global festival market achieving $4.5 billion in sales for 2012. Digital music revenues grew an impressive 9.8% in 2012 (IFPI, 2013).

While attendance at concerts and festivals for other music genres declined by 8.3% in the past three years, EDM has only prospered. The attendance for the top 50 EDM specific festivals was two times the number in attendance of concerts for all other music genres combined. The EDM genre alone reports a staggering festival audience of over 3.5 million people between the ages of 18-35, “who are young, highly inclined toward purchase, technologically facile, with significant disposable income,” making us the most marketable crowd in history.

When it comes to digital streaming, EDM continues to dominate over other music genres. Last.fm reported their aggregate number of unique listeners and plays per genre since 2012 and their findings are astounding.

Per Last.fm, the average number of Hip Hop listeners dropped from 7,000 in 2012 to 2,000 through July 2013, a 78% drop. Last.fm data shows that for the same periods, EDM as a total genre increased from 92,000 to 266,000, a 190% increase. Figures like these are powerful illustrations of the tsunami of new music dwarfing non-EDM related music content.

…In 2005, there were approximately 38,000 total tracks released globally via traditional labels across all genres. For the 6-month period ending July 2013, there were a total of 371,000 total tracks released in EDM alone…The numbers don’t lie and the truth is, EDM is driving the global digital music growth and international artist sales. EDM is not only at the forefront of the music industry but it’s conquering it completely.

According to Burning Man’s ticket provider TicketFly, social media ticket sales are 6 times as much as for EDM events as they are for plays, sports or bands.

From Smartasset:

 The rising popularity of electronic music has led to it transforming seemingly overnight from a fringe genre generally associated with LSD, ecstasy, abandoned warehouse parties, and homosexuality, to over the top spectaculars brimming with sensory overload of every kind. In the process week long festivals like Ultra Music Festival, Electric Daisy Carnival and Coachella [and Burning Man - Ed.] have become household mega-brands. Their economic viability is very real; just one weekend can generate hundreds of millions of dollars for local economies and promoters. Although some events and promoters have close to 20 years of experience, the real acceleration only occurred in the last half decade.

…The internet and EDM remain joined at the hip, today social media is the primary ticket sales for electronic dance music festivals, concerts and club nights. According to a report by TicketFly, social media ticket sales for EDM events are six times higher than “traditional events” like plays, sporting and other music events.

Smartasset takes us through the numbers of some of the bigger festivals:

58% of ticket buyers are usually males purchasing just one ticket. TicketFly speculates that the sense of community among EDM fans decreases desires to pair up prior to purchasing a ticket. 

Coachella…was cancelled in 2000 due to financial problems…In 2012 and 2013 the festival generated over  $47 million in revenue…with over 50 electronic musicians 

..in 2013 the festival generated roughly $500,000 in cold hard cash, or roughly $2.33 per pass sold, for the city of Indio, California. The economic impact of Coachella on the surrounding local economy is an estimated $254 million and is projected to grow for 2014.

…EDC 2010, held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, generated roughly $42 million for the local economy over the course of two days. In 2011 the festival moved to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway and expanded its line up to three days. There the festival supported an estimated 1,400 full-time jobs and  generated $136.4 million for the Las Vegas economy.

EDC 2012 …Over the course of three days the festival generated $207.048 million for the Las Vegas metro area, an increase of 57%  from 2011. It also helped to support the equivalent of 2,018 full time jobs and over$84 million in labor income. … 108,000 of the festival’s 115,000 attendees  arrived from other parts of the world and spent millions eating, dancing, drinking and occasionally sleeping in the surrounding area. To date Insomniac claims that they’ve generated $344.246 million for the local economy, which excludes EDC 2013. We estimate that the economic impact of the festival will be in excess of $500 million for 2013.

Ultra Music Festival, which offers multiple day passes for $399 and VIP access starting at $850. …The south Florida city  has hosted the Winter Music Conference for 28 years, of which Ultra Music Festival is one of the 500 events underway over the course of ten days. In just one weekend Ultra, and its 165,000 attendees, generated $79 million in revenue for the Miame-Dade county economy. It also put $10 million in taxes into the coffers of  state and local governments.

Burning Man’s public estimate is that they bring in $35 million to the Northern Nevada economy, or about $500 per Burner. There is also a broader economy that includes air travel, car and RV rental, groceries, fuel , booze. Not to mention all the pre-Burn shopping on Amazon, Etsy and eBay. If you estimate each Burner is spending $1000 minimum (including tickets), that’s $70 million. The average is probably higher, given that some art cars cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and it’s $250 just to ride the bus. Call it $100 million.

Industry execs see EDM as a way of reaching the half of the planet’s population that is under the age of 30 – including 2 billion millenials.

The biggest name in the business, Live Nation, has been getting into EDM in a big way. They acquired a half share in EDC, and controlling interests in top US producer HARD Events and UK’s Cream Holdings.

LiveNation, the largest concert promoter in the world,  views electronic dance music festivals as it’s greatest growth opportunity. In 2012 the promotion powerhouse raked in $3.9 billion and acquired a 90% stake in two EDM festival organizers: U.K. based Cream Holdings Ltd, and Los Angeles’  HARD Events.

Though LiveNation did not reveal the details of these acquisitions, Cream Holdings Ltd had an estimated $7.8 million in assets in 2011 according to the New York Times. This pales in comparison to the estimated $50 million paid by LiveNation to Insomniac Events for a 50% stake in the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) organizer. Both Cream Holdings Ltd (which organizes the famed Creamfields Festival in the U.K.) and Insomniac Events are established players in the electronic music scene, having staged events since 1993 and 1998 respectively.

After a break last year, Opulent Temple are returning to the Playa in 2014. They have launched a Kickstarter campaign to help them get a new DJ booth. They’ve raised about half of the money they need, with 35 days to go.

The new booth will be called ‘Armagan’, which means ‘the gift’ in Turkish. The concept fits in nicely with this year’s theme: a reference to the caravansaries along the Silk Road which ran through Turkey, allowing the exchange of treasures among different cultures.

From Syd Gris:

You may have heard OT is hoping to build a new ’3.0′ version of the iconic O Pod DJ booth for BM this year. It’s an interactive fire art price called ‘Armagan’. Just for kicks, we applied for an art grant and were turned down…, in part because they said they don’t want to get involved in funding anything at a sound camp. So we’re taking it to the people with a Kickstarter campaign.

If you got something out of Opulent Temple over the last 10 years, maybe it’s time to give something back - the money you give will benefit everyone who gets to enjoy their stage at Burning Man, this year and in the future too. They got no love from the hippies with the art grants, well maybe we Burners can show them some love. $20 is a bargain just to see Carl Cox, let alone all the other amazing music they bring to Burning Man. Welcome back OT, we love you!

Here’s their Kickstarter campaign:

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Please help us build the new Opulent Temple DJ booth, Armagan, for Burning Man 2014 and beyond! #armagan

Sacred Dance to World Class Music

Opulent Temple, the longest running large scale sound and art camp at Burning Man, is asking for your help on our first ever Kickstarter campaign to help us build a new DJ booth. The new booth will be called ‘Armagan’, which means ‘the gift’ in Turkish. The concept fits in nicely with this year’s theme: a reference to the caravansaries along the Silk Road which ran through Turkey, allowing the exchange of treasures among different cultures. Since 2003, Opulent Temple has given the Burning Man community the gift of a “space for sacred dance to world-class music”. We are asking you to support our efforts to bring you an even more epic year by contributing to this campaign.

We are 100% Community Funded

As you may or may not know, Opulent Temple is 100% community supported. We raise the money to put on our production solely through fundraising year round and camp-member contributions. We don’t have corporate backers or millionaire donors to fund our efforts. And although the Burning Man Org gives anywhere upwards of $800,000 to fund art projects every year, unfortunately they don’t provide support options for sound/art camps at all. This is despite the fact that the sound/art camps are a key reason many people attend the event from all over the world.

BMORG Does Not Fund Soundcamps

Why not apply for a Burning Man art grant, you may ask? We did! We have applied in previous years, and this year we applied again. Though art in camps do not qualify for art grants, art on the open playa does. We were hopeful we would get a little something – given our dance floor placement (open playa), the established BM art world pedigree of our partners, and that this year’s design was an interactive fire art piece, but we were unfortunately turned down again. While we were not expecting to get anything, it would have been nice to even get a token nod of support such as $1000 on our grant proposal, but they essentially said they don’t want to get involved funding anything at sound camps.

So, as always, it’s onward, as we are hoping to get the support of our community’s to help build Armagan.

ARMAGAN, The Gift, O-Pod 3.0

For this project, OT’s artists and fabricators are partnering with Sean Orlando of the Five Ton Crane art collective who built the Gothic Raygun Rocketship, and Orion Fredericks of Fata Morgana fame. It will be a 3.0 version of the iconic O-Pod that will take our familiar aesthetic but add different design elements, Steampunk nuances, enhanced flame-effect cannons and special lighting.

The video also shows a new interactive piece we’re calling “Salome’s Chamber”, a contained “dance box”, where dancers at Opulent Temple must perform their own version of the “Dance of the Seven Veils”. This raised platform is connected to electronics that measure dance steps. When a certain number of steps are achieved, participants will see a light go from red to green on a control panel that then allows them to control the fire poofer effect on the booth. After a duration of time, it goes inactive again and the dancing must be started all over again to re-charge the poofer.  To bring you the quality production Opulent Temple is known for, our budget for this year is $170,000, which includes the budget to build Armagan.  This Kickstarter campaign is just a small part of the money we’re trying to raise this year, but a very substantial contribution.

If we meet our stretch goal of $40,000 on Kickstarter, we will also use funds raised to help us pay for two new visual screens for 3D mapping projections. We want to give you a brand new front of house design this year that will once again take your experience to the next level.

We Need Your Support

Every year, we create Opulent Temple as a forum for peak experience, community development, and inspiration in the hopes it will serve as a road map for what’s possible in the so called “default world”. It’s not just about partying. We feel social change will not happen without all of us doing our part to elevate our collective spiritual center of gravity. It’s our responsibility to nudge our own evolution to catch up with the outpaced growth of technology without the soul getting left behind. Through the years Opulent Temple has hosted an array of amazing talent in the dance music world. They have become part of our community and played for free for us at Burning Man because they believe in our vision, and because we give them an amazing platform for an unforgettable night. This includes such varied names as Carl Cox, Bassnectar, Tiesto, Infected Mushroom live, Armin Van Buuren, The Crystal Method, Aphrodite, Christopher Lawrence, Sharam from Deep Dish, Stanton Warriors, Elite Force, Meat Katie, Lee Coombs, DJ Dan and many, many other talented artists. We can’t wait to tell you who will be playing inside Armagan in 2014! Help us make our vision a reality and come share in the fruits of your contribution.

Thank you for supporting us over the years and on these future projects. We couldn’t do it without you!

Love,

Opulent Temple

Risks and challenges

We have an ambitious fundraising plan for our total budget that includes events in San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Portland, Boise, and Seattle. Even with all that, we need this Kickstarter campaign to make this project happen, and every dollar helps make this project a reality.

We have developed a production and fulfillment system to ensure everyone gets their Kickstarter rewards in a timely manner. We are very excited about our rewards, which go beyond the traditional knickknacks and t-shirts, and into the realm of transcendent experiences that you will remember forever. We really hope you can make a donation, even $20 bucks is very helpful!

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[Now back to Burners.Me...]

People wonder why we say BMOrg doesn’t represent the Burners. Well, here we have another example of why. People travel from all over the world to go to Burning Man, it wouldn’t be a party without music…and yet, BMOrg won’t spend even 1 of their precious non-profit dollars to help out the sound camps. They can charge $400 a ticket now because of the DJs that have played there, it makes them competitive with the other EDM festivals. They won’t pay for any of the DJs themselves, not only that, they won’t pay for any of the sound  equipment, or any of the logistics costs related to that, or any of the art displayed at sound camps. Not even a measly $1000, to a crew that have been contributing one of the biggest elements of the party since 2003.

Burning Man isn’t made by BMOrg, people – I know that’s hard to believe when the kool aid tastes so yummy, but it’s the truth.

Burning Man is made by Burners, and Burners have to help each other. That’s what makes it special. You might not be able to make an art car or a giant fire-shooting statue, but you can contribute to one of the main music stages. If you appreciate Opulent Temple, please support them.

Earthcore at St Kilda Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 2004. Click to experience.

Oakey’s back to the burn! One of my favorite DJs ever, especially since I spied him rocking away on the dance floor as a civilian to someone else’s set at the Earthcore stage at Melbourne’s St Kilda Festival. A long, long time ago. Whatever happened to DJs that dance?

Seeing Paul Oakenfold playing for 8 hours to a nearly empty Stonehenge in 2004 was one of my best Burning Man moments of all time. Last year he was involved with new mega sound camp White Ocean, and they brought trance back to the burn. FINALLY! Astrix and Simon Patterson rocked it to massive crowds. This year promises to be even better. Quite possibly THE best collection of artists to ever perform at one camp at Burning Man. And it’s all gifted to you for free!

This year’s White Ocean line-up is so good I had to double-check that I wasn’t reading The Onion. Dave Seaman (aka GOD). Hernan Cattaneo & Nick Warren. Seb Fontaine. Plump DJ’s. Astrix, Above and Beyond, Markus Schulz, Sander van Doorn. JUNO REACTOR. I repeat: JUNO REACTOR. Run, don’t walk, to their gig: my favorite band in the world. Live psy, it is a show like no other. Think Shpongle meets Infected Mushroom meets Lucent Dossier Experience.

Try dancing to that shit for 6 hours straight and you’ll know what I mean.

OMG OMG OMG! If I was 30 years younger, this would be like Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus just fucked and spawned a twerking baby Kardashian. This is the dance music equivalent of Germany’s performance in Brazil today. GOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAALLLLLLLL!

Yes, it’s safe to say that I’m excited by this news. And also devastated, since I won’t be attending Burning Man this year. Somebody please Soundcloud these sets, or even better, stream them live.

The White Nights at 10 o’clock and Cinammon are broken up based on music styles:

DJ Paul Oakenfold at the Green Man, Burning Man 2007

Monday – Eclectic

Tuesday – Progressive

Wednesday – Trance

Thursday – House

Friday – Psy

Saturday – Heck no, it’s Techno

Here’s the full lineup:

Here’s what EDM blog LessThan3 had to say:

Burning Man isn’t about lineups. You don’t go there just to see your favorite artists. However, music is still a huge part of the annual 60,000 person art experiment. Everywhere you go at night at Black Rock City, you’ll see DJs spinning on art cars, in nightclubs, and massive festival-style stages on the playa. 

Today we found out that the rumors were true about the epic lineup for the White Ocean sound camp events, curated by Paul Oakenfold and Timur Sardarov. Each day will be dedicated to a different genre of electronic music, with some serious talent to boot. Some of the most surprising names to see include Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz, Sander van Doorn, Chris Liebing, Astrix, and Fehrplay. 

Additionally, White Ocean posted a photo on their Facebook page of the stage design they are building, which looks to be fully equipped with massive flamethrowers and pyrotechnics. We’ll see you there! 

Listen up, kiddies. You can take all your Aoki/Mau5y/Guetto/Calvins with their gimmicks and USB sticks and shove them up your nostrils. This is proper fucking doof doof right here.

Seriously people. Juno Reactor. Watch their amazing 2007 live performance in Tokyo, featuring Steve Stevens on guitar, in the video below. Thankyou Oakey! Let’s hope they develop a massive following on the West Coast as a result of this, so they have to come back here and play all the time.

One of the big events at Caravansary is going to happen at Embrace, an 80-foot high statue of two figures embracing. Dancetronauts are organizing “Deep Space Embrace”, which promises to be one of the biggest gatherings of art cars at the annual Black Rock Desert event. It starts at 2100 on August 28th (Thursday) and runs til 0300 August 29th.

In addition to Dancetronaut’s Strip Ship, more than 40 art cars have confirmed their attendance. We are pleased to announce some more additions that have not been officially listed yet:

Ohm Kar

Disco Ball

The Spermmobiles

Playa One

Playa Penetrator

Dawn Patrol

Please let us know if you are bringing an Art Car to the Deep Space Embrace party that isn’t listed yet and we will update.

Dancetronauts will be releasing an album soon.

“Deep Space Embrace!”

The Dancetronauts’ Strip Ship and Bass Station will be parked for an open playa dance party hosted at Embrace–80’ tall lovers locked in eternal love. What better way to live, love, laugh and dance than at this epic party towered by a symbolic art installation and surrounded by over 35 of your favorite mutant vehicles with additional sound and fire effects!

The Bass Station lineup will include resident Dancetronaut DJs and several special guests. The evening will feature fire dancing and performances by our breath-taking bass kittens–the Dancetrohotties! Among several other fire troops.

Immerse yourself in good vibes and deep BASS!

Special thanks to our friends at the Pier Group for so graciously lending us their massive and beautiful art installation and allowing us to throw their official EMBRACE camp/team party!

Tentative Lineup:
9 pm-10 pm: TBA
10 pm-11 pm: TBA
11 pm-1 am: Dancetronauts
1 am-2 am: divaDanielle & Charlie Unicorn
2 am-3 am: TBA

Additional fire effects provided by:
The Flaming Boogie Man Castle: http://mentalhall.com/mentalhall/Vid7.html

Art cars and fire dancers interested in participating are encouraged to register. Registration is not mandatory, but will help us with placement and sound.
Please register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MMiXq36r-ffM2_hX2dg5k-Vm04kn8tg0daIsV_oXgsA/viewform?usp=send_form

Do you want your art car added to this list? Join our party! And link up with our massive sound!
–Dancetronauts Strip Ship & Bass Station https://www.facebook.com/dancetronauts

–Anostraca
–APhrodite
–Barbies Mobile Whorehouse
–The BiPolar Express
–The Bleachers http://goo.gl/ZT2vvT
–Charlie the Unicorn https://www.facebook.com/CampCharlie
–Chester on Fire https://www.facebook.com/chesterartcar
–Chlamydia Playatanium
–Dancing Peacock
–Desert Flower
–Discofish www.facebook.com/thediscofish
–Disco Jelly
–DoBee
–Emergence http://goo.gl/WpFy7t
–The Flaming Boogie Man Castle  http://mentalhall.com/mentalhall/Vid7.html
–Fucking Flamingo
–The Grabber
–KokoMotive http://goo.gl/lvff2A
–Lego Truck https://www.facebook.com/pages/LEGO-Truck/270767059602818
–Luna Cat Rover
–Mars Rover https://www.facebook.com/MarsRoverArtCar
–MEGALIFTIK
–Misfit Oasis
–The Mothership http://goo.gl/AOm2Om
–Mushroom Patch
–Pilot Fish
–El Pulpo Mecanico www.facebook.com/ElPulpoMecanico
–Red Dragon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKWmFWRVLlU
–Red Rooster Ranch www.facebook.com/groups/78273083163
–Robot Resurrection https://www.facebook.com/RobotResurrection
–Shroomtown Boomtown
–The Soul Train http://goo.gl/BOJ7mJ
–The TreeHouse https://www.facebook.com/groups/117130008439709
–USS Nevada http://goo.gl/pH78Vu
–XUZA www.facebook.com/groups/xazuartcar
–Wall of Light

Some Burners created this video last year:

Thanks to Sick Dog from Ohm Kamp, a new camp this year at 10 & D, for this unofficial list of unofficial stations. There are 30 on the dial so far. If you have any more, please comment. The official one is BMIR, 94.5 FM. I’m listening to it now, they’re singing about heroin. Then some shazam-worthy hip-hop. Then some 80’s synth-pop. Sometimes you get lucky there, sometimes the choice of music and guests leaves a lot to be desired.

FM is increasingly being used on the Playa as a way to synchronize music between art cars. Circling the wagons, and circling the speakers, to make an instant stage. So the signals will not be the same strength as you could expect in a major city, or from your XM satellite radio. This is brought to you by Burners, in the middle of nowhere, running off generators. I bet there will be some sick beats…

I am very pleased to announce the newest edition to OHM!

“Ohm Kamp Pirate Radio”
Broadcasting live 24/7 on 100.5 on your FM dial!

The St Regis is a great place to live in the city

Beyonce and Jay-Z have been in town, chilling at the St Regis in the Presidential Suite. Definitely a Burner friendly hotel, for those who can afford it – $30,000 per night for J, B, and their child who was born with a Burner name: Blue Ivy.

Their home boy Kanye West, Burner Name “Yeezus” is also in town. He was performing at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park, home to many celebrations of San Francisco’s music and culture over the years. Last year the crowd wept as Paul McCartney sang “Yesterday”, this year the crowd wept when Kanye turned the Auto-Tune off. Hear for yourself:

Is this all a prelude to the mighty trinity making a pilgrimage into Black Rock this year? It would be happening in the footsteps of trendsetter P.Diddy’s playa storming visit last year, and Apple’s $3.2 billion acquisition of Dr Dre (alleged secret mastermind behind Burning Man) and Jimmy Iovine and their Beats. They will be competing against Google’s Burner founders, who want more Temporary Autonomous Zones like Burning Man, and paid $3.2 billion for a Nest.

Bring on more hiphop at Burning Man, says Burners.Me. Kanye, though, doesn’t seem to have gone over quite so well with the discerning San Francisco crowd.

From Billboard:

There was a mellow beginning and a repeatedly “Bloody” end to the first day of the lucky seventh edition of Outside Lands, the festival so beloved by San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park that organizers Another Planet have a contract to host it there until at least 2021. Don’t worry, though, it wasn’t real blood — just an attempt by Kanye West to extract some from the crowd by playing his current favorite song by himself over and over.

8:17 PM: As the sun completely makes way for a beautiful moon, this year’s main advancement in flower crown technology reveals itself: Some of these suckers light up now.

8:36 PM: Kanye West cuts off his “Clique” in order to address members of the press who he says look for something negative to write about him, “instead of embracing the moment, embracing the time, the era, the season that they’re living in — called Yeezy season.” Yeezon.

8:49 PM: Yeezus is in control now, and he stops the song “Power” dead in its tracks. “I like that song and all,” he notes, taking off his couture face mask, “but I want to play a little of the last song now.” He instructs the crowd to make “circles” so people can mosh when the beat to “Blood On The Leaves” drops. “This ain’t no radio shit,” he says. “This ain’t no concierge, maitre d’ music, trying to sound as smooth as possible.”

9:00 PM: As we’re all toasting to the scumbags and assholes on “Runaway,” a man in a wheelchair briefly stands up, grinning widely.

9:10 PM: “At the Yeezy show, everyone is a star,” Kanye croons through Auto-tune. “I promote self-confidence! If you’re a friend of mine, you’re really just a friend of yourself!”

9:20 PM: Snippets early hits come fast and furious, a blur that “All Falls Down” under “All of The Lights.”

9:50 PM:“Blood On The Leaves” is back again to close the show, along with renewed orders to make more mosh pit circles. Kanye adores when the beat drops on this track so much that he pulls it back to release it for the third and final time, leaving the stage in foggy silence. He’ll be a tough act to follow tomorrow, but plenty of artists are ready to go for it.

Fish sticks, anyone?

Dancetronauts are running an Indiegogo campaign to help them purchase the fuel and propane needed to bring the popular Strip Ship out to the Playa. There are 11 days left to go in the campaign, and they’re asking Burners to please give anything they can. For $20 they’ll send you their new album. Giving more will put you in the draw to win 1 of 50 tickets to Burning Man that they have available to their lucky fans.

Danctronaut’s Deep Space Embrace party will feature more than 60 art cars.

From Indiegogo:

Dancetronauts are reaching out to our friends & fans. Need fuel to make Burning Man ’14 a reality. Santa Cruz, California, United States Music

Rockstar Librarian, President of the Galaxy, 2008

Some information is coming out about the musical talent that will be gifted to you for free by generous Burners this year. Keep checking this page because we will update it. If you have more information, please share in the comments.Rockstar Librarian usually produces a comprehensive music guide right before the burn. She will be releasing it on Tuesday, August 19. Please donate to help her bring hard copies to the Playa.

 

Burners.Me daily picks:

Catch Space Cowboys with Pete Hudson’s Eternal Return for the Monday opening party. Adnan Sharif for Tutu Tuesday at Disco Knights. Check out the Soul Train dance party at 5pm at The Man on Wednesday, before heading to Chus and Ceballos at Distrikt then Dave Seaman at Root Society. Thursday night: Deep Space Embrace with the Dancetronauts. Juno Reactor at White Ocean on Friday PsyDay. Blow your mind guest DJs at Root Society Saturday. Lee Burridge Sunday at Pink Mammoth. And don’t miss Carl Cox and friends at Playground Experience, Friday and Saturday night.

 

Soul Train

Come join the Iconic The Soul Train art car in the funkiest dance party on the Playa! This is the classic dance through two lines of people stylee and cheers will be given for originality and energy. Bring your funky clothes and get FUNKED!

The party starts at 5:00 pm at the Man, on Wednesday. Come be a part of history as we break the world record for largest Soul train!

White Ocean

Pink Mammoth

Bubbles and Bass

The BUBBLES are chillin’ and the BASS will be coming strong!

We’ll be rockin’ you out from first light (5:00am) till Noon with bubbly bass-tastic house music as you watch the sunrise over the playa and dance the AM hours away… drink some bubbly while you boogie @ 8:15 & Esplanade.

LIFTOFF!
Tuesday AM Aug 26th (Mon Night -> Tue AM)
Yup, we are starting one day earlier this year!

5:00-6:00am Nicky Nicky
http://www.mixcloud.com/nickpinchuk
6:00-8:00am Elite Force
http://soundcloud.com/elite-force
8:00-9:30am Kirby K
http://soundcloud.com/kirby-k
9:30-10:30am Riley Warren
http://soundcloud.com/djrileywarren
10:30-11:30am Michelangelo
http://soundcloud.com/michelangelonyc
11:30-12:30pm Vito Fun-Tumbarello
http://soundcloud.com/vitofun

TIME TO GET SOULFUL
Wednesday AM Aug 27th (Tue Night -> Wed AM)

5:00-6:30am Alex Funk
http://soundcloud.com/djalexfunk
6:30-8:00am Reda Briki
http://soundcloud.com/redabriki
8:00-9:30am Big Daddy
http://soundcloud.com/bigdaddydoug
9:30-10:30am Big Jawn
http://soundcloud.com/bigjawn
10:30-11:30am Erika Mysti
http://soundcloud.com/erikamysti
11:30-12:30pm Ryan Cavalier
http://soundcloud.com/cavalierthedj

LOVIN’ THE WAY YOU MOVE – SUPERFLY
Thursday AM Aug 28th (Wed Night -> Thu AM)

5:00-7:00am Rafael De La Cruz
http://soundcloud.com/dj-rafael-dlc
7:00-9:00am Osunlade & Keith Evan
http://soundcloud.com/osunlade
http://soundcloud.com/keith-evan
9:00-10:30am $mall Change & Varry White
http://djsmallchange.com/
10:30-11:30am Deep Woods
http://soundcloud.com/deep-woods
11:30-12:30pm Tony Montana
http://soundcloud.com/tonymontana14

FOURTH TIME’S THE CHARM! It is all about LOVE
Friday AM Aug 29th (Thu Night -> Fri AM)

5:00-6:30am Coyoti
http://soundcloud.com/coyoti
6:30-8:30am Hôhme
http://soundcloud.com/hohme
8:30-10:00am Erica Rhone
http://soundcloud.com/ericarhone
10:00-Noon Paul Van Kaiwijk & BiBi
http://soundcloud.com/paul-van-katwijk

AIN’T NO STOPPING US NOW
Saturday AM Aug 30th (Fri Night -> Sat AM)

5:00-6:30am Nordvolk
http://soundcloud.com/nordvolk
6:30-8:30am Resy
http://soundcloud.com/djresy
8:30-9:30am Chadwick
http://soundcloud.com/djchadwick
9:30-11:30am (Special Guest TBA)
11:30-12:30pm The Perezidents
http://www.mixcloud.com/rez/the-perezidents

SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST
Sunday AM Aug 31st (Sat Night -> Sun AM)

5:00-6:00am Paul Ohh
http://soundcloud.com/pmfo
6:00-7:30am Zach Walker
http://soundcloud.com/zachwalker
7:30-9:00am Marko Peli
http://soundcloud.com/marko-peli
9:00-11:00am 2 Melo w/ Ben Harris on Trumpet & Percussion
http://soundcloud.com/2melo
11:00-12:30pm Miss Sabado
http://soundcloud.com/misssabado

OF COURSE THE BUBBLY WILL BE FLOWING ALL MORNING LONG!!!

Lots of love and energy went into this line-up and we want to give a HUGE thanks in advance to all of our incredible DJ’s for their BASSTASTIC beats. Everything is impossible until somebody does it!

See you in the dust )'(

 

Kostume Kult

Kostume Kult has it ALL going on this year!
Kostuming all day long, Live Peep Shows, The K Train Subway Car Lounge, a 30′ King Kong, a Nightly New Day’s Eve party and some of the most amazing sounds on the Playa – including sets by Jason Swamy (Robot Heart/Small&Tall, HK), Corey Baker (Wildkats/Pattern Drama, NYC), & Meandisco (Sullivan Room, NYC) among a stellar international crew of others …

Don’t miss us!

 

 

 

Root Society

Root Society 2:00/Esplanade presents the Root Cathedral

 

Root Society Opening Night line up:

 

Wednesday Aug 27
DJ Phoole-
Fantom 48-
Wax Worx-
Bootie BRC -(AplusD)-
JELO-
Major Act – dj/producer 1-(announced on playa)
Major Act – dj/producer 2-(announced on playa)
GRIZ-
Dave Seaman-
Lost Arts – (Josh G collab)
Ganech Boetch- sunrise(6:24a)

Thursday Aug 28:
We Go Bang Bang
Brett Rubin-
Rob Garza-
Fort Knox 5-
Dimond Saints
Seven Lions-
Freq Nasty-
STR!PE
The Crystal Method
Gaslamp Killer-
Reda Briki – sunrise(6:25a)

 

DJ Lineup for the weekend!

Friday Aug 29:
Miss Cooper/The Rhino-
Well Groomed-
Black Boots-
Marco G-
Joachim Garraud-
Major Act – DJ -(announced on playa)
Jefr Tale-
SPL-
DJ Dan-
I.Y.F.F.E.(Alex Mind, Darth and Vader)
Donald Glaude-
Erik Lobe-Sunrise

Saturday Aug 30:
Burn baby burn!! Music goes on as the man falls
Mo Funk-
Disco Lemonade-
Bunny -(of Rabbit in the Moon fame)
Flying in ‘Blow your Mind’ guest DJ(s)
Elite Force-
Revolvr-
Dulce Vita-
David Starfire-
Jonny Quest-
Nicky Genesis – Sunrise

Looking forward to spending some time in the desert with all of you. Jefr, Skywalker and the entire Root crew!

 

Space Cowboys

Monday Day – Saloon Grand Opening Party! Noon – 6
Monday Night – Eternal Return’s Opening Party 10 -4
Wednesday Night – Hoe Down 10 – beyond sunrise
Thursday Night – Saloon Party 10-2

The Space Cowboys are putting the band back together. Cue the music montage as the Unimog rolls from village to camp to backwaters junkyard to recruit the heavyweights of Playa legend for yet another run for the ages. This fleet will be more rag tag than Battlestar Gallactica’s; it will throw down more funky radio waves than Convoy; it will bodily propel you through the deep playa night and on through till morning leaving you lost and found and lying on the ground.

Hoe Down Lineup!

DJ’s in order of sets
MoPo
Sleight of Hands
Ethan
Shizzla
Kapt’n Kirk
Deckard
Worthy
Galen
Anthony Mansfield
Tamo

Mutant Vehicles Confirmed:
-The Unimog
-Martha
-Sil-vi Bojon
-Dusty Rhino
-Garage Mahal Ganesh
-Love Potion Amphora
-The Dodo
-Airpusher Collective
-The Nutz Bed
-Cloud Nine Mutant Vehicle
-The Front Porch
-The Mirage
-The TIE Fighter Art Car
-Apis Inlusio
-The Church of El Pulpo Mecanico
-Mars Rover
-The Angler Fish
-Unaverz
-Gunther the Sky Bison

Monday Night – Pete Hudson’s Eternal Return Opening Party 9-4am in order of sets

DJ’s
Tamo
Kapt’n Kirk v Anthony James
Deckard
Lee Coombs
Shizzla
Matt Kramer

 

 Disco Knights

Playground Experience

(new camp this year)

Sacred Spaces Village

Galactic Stargate Stage ~ Sacred Spaces Village  (4:00 & GOLD) Featuring an International Line Up of Masters of Bass Music

Monday – Welcome HOME Party

7:00PM – 2:00AM – VERY SPECIAL GUESTS

Tuesday – DEEP Tech House Party
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM: OPEN MIC
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM : Dmitry Purple
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM : Zach Walker
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM : J Sun
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM : Anton Tumas
10:00 PM – 11:00 PM : Isaiah Martin
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM : Tara Brooks
12:00 AM – 1:30 AM : Hoj
1:30 AM – 3:00 AM : Johnny Dill
3:00 AM – 4:00 AM : Ben Seagren 
4:00 AM – 5:00 AM : Andy Warren 
5:00 AM – 6:00 AM : Adnan Sharif

Wednesday – LIVE World / Global Bass Party
5:00 – 6:00 PM : Feral Fauna
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM : Raghunath Ritch 
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM : Kirtaniyas 
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM : Ganavya and Encanti 
10:00 PM – 11:00 PM : Satchi Om 
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM : Jamie Janover & reSUNator 
12:00 AM – 1:30 AM : MIDIval Punditz vs Radiohiro
1:30 AM – 2:30 AM : HANNAH
2:30 AM – 3:30 AM : Galactic Wind

Thursday – Temple of Sacred Bass Party
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM : OPEN MIC
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM : BC Dub Cats 
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM : Bumble 
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM : Wu Wei 
10:00 PM – 11:00 PM : The Human Experience 
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM : Desert Dwellers 
12:00 AM – 1:00 AM : WALA 
1:00 AM – 2:00 AM : David Starfire
2:00 AM – 3:00 AM : Dj Dakini 
3:00 AM – 4:00 AM : A Hundred Drums 
4:00 AM – 5:00 AM : ALIA 
5:00 AM – 6:00 AM : Erothyme

Friday – West Coast Bass Party
5:00 – 6:00 PM : Krista Richards
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM : Biolumigen
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM : SIXIS 
9:00 PM – 10:00 PM : Mr. Rogers 
10:00 PM – 11:00 PM : Ayla Nereo & Wildlight
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM : The Polish Ambassador 
12:00 AM – 1:00 AM : Dub Kirtan All Stars (dj set) 
with Freq Nasty / David Starfire 
1:00 AM – 2:00 AM : Random Rab
2:00 AM – 3:00 AM : Govinda 
3:00 AM – 4:00 AM : Kyrstyn Pixton
4:00 AM – 5:00 AM : Dubvirus 
5:00 AM – 6:00 AM : Lux Moderna

Saturday – BURN Night
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM : OPEN MIC
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM : Erotica Electronica and appleCAt
9:00 PM – 11:00 PM : MAN BURNS
11:00 PM – 12:00 AM : Jamie Schwabl 
12:00 AM – 1:00 AM : Julio Red 
1:00 AM – 2:30 AM : Kelly Kellam 
2:30 AM – 4:30 AM : Surprise Guest
4:30 AM – 6:00 AM : Luke Mandala 
6:00 AM – Jeff Murrell

 

Kalliope

 

 

Elite Force

 

 

Dusty Rhino

 Ego Trip

 

Mayan Warrior

Rock Star

Slut Garden

 

 

RadioHiro

Hi There my Burning FREAK Family,
Though Hookahdome will not be setting up on the playa this year, I’d like to put up my DJ/Selektor Schedule for you!~ See you in the dust at some point!

Radiohiro
———–
Burning Man 2014!
DJ Radiohiro Schedule.

- Saturday 8-23-14
Radiohiro on Burning Man Information Radio FM
10:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
——————————
– Sunday 8-24-14
Radiohiro on Burning Man Information Radio FM
10:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.
——————————
– Wednesday 8 -27-14
Radiohiro vs. MIDIval Punditz (India) – Sacred Spaces Camp-
12:00 midnite – 1:30 a.m.
(Global Bass Set after Jamie Janover)
——————————
– Thursday 8- 28-14
Radiohiro at Camp Basshenge (Hookahdome Style Curation night)
12:00 midnite – 1:00 am.
(Global Bass Set w. Dub Kirtan All Stars/Freq Nasty and Sabo)
——————————
– Friday 8-29-14
8 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Radiohiro at Opulent Temple
——————————
-Friday 8-29-14
11 pm – 1 am out on the playa!
Radiohiro on Decadent Oasis’ “70 Foot Chinese Pirate Junk Ship” ArtCar!
(Booty Breaks set)
——————————
– Saturday 8-30-14
Radiohiro at Camp Basshenge (2 and G)
1:00 a.m. aft the burn
(Dirty Breaks and Electro House Set on Nexus’ Funktion 1 system)
——————————
– Sunday 8-31-14
Radiohiro on Burning Man Information Radio FM
12:00 noon – 2 p.m.

 

Filed under: Music Tagged: 2014, art cars, city, festival, music, Party

Subatomica have created a track using only sounds recorded in Black Rock City. Listen at Soundcloud.

Almost one year ago to date, Joshua and I were running around the playa with a recorder capturing soundscapes, bikes, art car tires, wind, art project bass tones, fire, the burn, thoughts, moments, tears, anxieties, and messages of love. The goal: to create a piece of audio magic that embodied the soundscape – sampling, creating drum kits, crafting music all with nothing but sounds from the playa and using the words of the burners that inhabited the dust as the lyrics. A job we knew would be full of sweat, time, and technically detailed passion. A job that would be well worth every moment. *EVERY SINGLE SOUND ENCAPSULATED IN THIS PIECE IS FROM THE PLAYA, 2013, NOT ONE OUTSIDE PIECE OF AUDIO WAS USED.* This is a piece of audio magic whose soul intention is to be a gift to you. To you, our fellow burners, to you the ones who’ve never been, to you the ones who aren’t going this year, to you the ones who are already en route, to you the ones who are just a bit curious of what our magic tastes like. After almost one year, Volume 1 of what we hope to be a yearly gift for your auditory pleasure is complete. Please enjoy a journey into the dust…a massive thank you to the art projects and burners we recorded: $tephen Ra$pa, Carmen Mauk, Madeleine Belle, Joe Everyday, Davina the Dragon Crew (Christian Breedon, Kristin Bowdy, Parker Galore, Carter Smith, etc…), Shanna, Ted the Weather Pimp, the Playa Jazz Cafe, Cleu Camp, the Center Camp Cafe Marching Band Competition, Keno Mapp, Matt Fusello, Polaris from Media Mecca, Nick Sunderberg, the Cathedral of Celestial Mathgic, Ilya Pieper, the whole BMIR crew, the fires and drums of conclave, the Man, the Temple, Orson Welles, all of your damn P’s that were popped throughout the recording process… and everyone else who contributed to this anonymously…we love you all! Burn bright…)’(

Extra love and thanks to Bobzilla for letting us use his field recorder, and to Todd Raviotta of Natural Science Productions for the permission to use this amazing ‘Fuck Yer Enthusiasm’ photo for our cover.

Love,

Jex (and Josh)
Subatomica

Filed under: Music Tagged: 2014, art projects, city, festival, ideas, music, stories

A big thanks to Rockstar Librarian for putting this guide together once again.

This year’s guide contains 34 pages of music listings. Download here – or see rockstarlibrarian.com for other print formats.

A hippy tune for you to get in the mood for Caravansary. Kumbayah bitches!

Thanks to Burner Mari for sharing this.

DJ Paul Oakenfold at the Green Man, Burning Man 2007

The Reno Gazette Journal has interviewed mega-DJ Paul Oakenfold, whose White Ocean camp boasts an incredible lineup of world class talent. Oakey has been to Burning Man 9 times, and he’s been looking for similar parties all over the world. He’s yet to find one. When he first came to Burning Man in the 1990’s, BMOrg were worried that he would spread the word to the rave community, which they didn’t want there. Well, too late for that now. Thanks primarily to ravers, Burning Man has become a major event on the global festival scene and now takes in $30 million a year.

See the original RGJ post for a really excellent video from 2013 about the history of electronic music at Burning Man, which includes interviews with Oakey and Rockstar Librarian.

Re-blogged from the Reno Gazette-Journal:

While the art and culture of Burning Man has been largely shared, photographed and talked about throughout the years, there’s another element that has been growing steadily at the event: music.

In a recent chat with world-renowned British disc-jockey Paul Oakenfold, who has also attended Burning Man nine times since the mid-1990s, the musician spoke at length about what the music scene is like at Burning Man, why he enjoys performing there and what to look forward to this year.

Question: You’ve performed all over the world and in a variety of venues and clubs. What drew you to performing at Burning Man?

Answer: First of all, to be part of a creative community really appealed to me. When I was first invited to come, I loved the idea of what it stood for in terms of people expressing themselves and being creative in any shape or form.

Second of all, curiosity. I’ve played all over the world, I’ve been fortunate and lucky to play some great festivals, and I was very curious about what Burning Man was about and how I would enjoy it. I’ve looked for Burning Mans all around the world; once we went, and we experienced our first burn, we couldn’t wait for the next year.

I thought there had to be other festivals like it in the world, and I’m still looking, and I haven’t found one.

Q:What makes it so unique?

A: It’s an arts festival. It’s unique and artistic. Imagine 60,000 to 70,000 creative people coming together and wearing a different state of mind — maybe more carefree mind, maybe more of an open mind— and get(ting) lost in the spirit and energy of what’s so romantic about once a year going to the desert. It changes every year. The experience plays a part of because you know what goes on, but there’s always new things to find, explore, be a part of and get involved in whatever way you choose.

Q: Since you’ve been attending since the 1990s, what changes have you experienced throughout the years at Burning Man?

A: More people, more professional setups, bigger camps, tour buses. We got told off when we first came because we got off a tour bus and people didn’t like it, and they made us aware of it. That’s how you travel when you’re in music with your friends and six or seven people. It was the easiest way for us, coming in from England, to fly into Los Angeles and we hired a tour bus, rather than an RV with six guys, it made sense to us. It wasn’t seen as the right way to do it.

But now you see loads of tour buses there. Also, with San Francisco being the tech hub and a lot of people becoming rich from it, they got involved. And, as we get older we want comfort, you want to use your own toilet in your RV or tour bus. You want your own showers and clean towels. As much as the organization does the best they can, and they do a good job, but it’s the nature of who we are as people.

I don’t want to sleep on the floor in the desert in a tent. I’m all for art, but I’ve worked hard in my life and want a bit of comfort. I like a pillow.

Q:This year, you’re promoting a pretty incredible lineup at the White Ocean camp. What can you tell me about this?

A: White Ocean is a camp that has come together with a few friends that want to express and be part of Burning Man in the right, creative and artistic way. The guys build their own art cars, they respect 100 percent what it’s all about, and they also want to put on a party where we can share music.

My role is to bring in and share music from around the world in the form of electronic music, so there’s some names you’re familiar with and some that you’re not. Some of the DJs are from Argentina, Italy, England; there are DJs from around the world sharing their music, being creative and giving people great experience through the night.

Q: How did it all come together?

A: Embracing change and being a part of the community. Music is such a forefront now at what goes on in the current, new generation of America — when you turn on the radio, or in movies and in television— the backdrop is all electronic music at the moment. We are in a great creative moment as a community at the moment because we’re collaborating with one another and sounds are changing. It’s a very creative place.

It naturally sits comfortably with what Burning Man is all about in terms of people being artistic, free and it wasn’t a case of getting a great lineup; it was a case of a lot of DJs wanting to play at White Ocean because they know we will have a great setup, be professional and respect what Burning Man is all about, and it is an artistic lineup unlike other festivals.

A lot of thought and process went into it and every night will be different sounds or different theme sounds on different nights — to give everyone a round shaped idea of where music, in terms of art, is at the moment.

Q: What are some of the highlights your camp is offering this year?

A: We’re going to Burning Man and have fun for the week and be really creative and build something. Let’s discover, explore, be part of a community, and let’s make friends — forever or just for that moment — it’s a special moment that you will remember and be a part of and that appeals to a lot of people.

I’m playing Wednesday, but a lot of thought has gone into this from the team so I would suggest coming and being a part of it. We all like to explore and hang out and White Ocean will be on a lot of people’s minds.

Mixmag has asked some of the DJs playing this year for their Burning Man playlist. Some great tracks here, including remixes of some old classics. Look out for these on the Playa, or download them now for your road trip.

Re-blogged from Mixmag:

With 70,000 hippies, free spirits and party people heading to Black Rock City, Nevada, for the world’s wildest freakfest, we ask some of the DJs which tunes they are going to drop to make the desert rock.

Paul Oakenfold
1. Paul Oakenfold ft. Infected Mushroom – ‘I’m Alive’ (Sonic Element remix)
2. Future Disciple – ’The Mayans Are Coming Back’
3. Protonica – ‘Greece’ (Atmos remix)
4. Depeche Mode – ‘Personal Jesus’ (Eric Prydz remix)
5. Armin van Buuren – ‘Communication’ (Paul Oakenfold Full On Fluoro Mix)
6. Paul Oakenfold & Cassandra Fox – ‘Touch Me’ (Thomas Datt remix)
7. Man WIth No Name – ‘Vice Versa’ (Vertical Mode remix)
8. Mory Kante – ‘Yeke Yeke’ (Hardfloor remix)
9. Federation – ‘Quiero’ (Future Disciple remix)
10. Solarstone ft Alex Karweit – ‘Breakaway’ (Solarstone Phuture Mix)
* Find Paul at camp White Ocean

Carl Cox
1. The Scumfrog – ‘Sendwave’
2. Donna Summer – ‘I Feel Love’ (Eats Everything remake)
3. 999 feat. Amadus – ‘Find the Answer’ (Pig and Dan remix)
4. Kolsch – ‘Papageno’
5. Phutek – ‘They Will Use Your Mind’
6. Floorplan – ‘Confess’
7. Laurent Maldo & Jules Wells – ‘Light In The Dark’
8. Coles & Hyde – ‘Lost And Found’
9. Carl Cox – ‘See You Again’ (Dorro remix)
10. Metodi Hristov & Shosho – ‘Lotus’
* Find Carl at his camp Playground

Joachim Garraud
1. Gorgon City – ‘Here For You’ (Bingo Players remix)
2. Coldplay – ‘A Sky Full Of Stars’ (Hardwell remix)
3. Josh Wink – ‘Higher State Of Consciousness’
4. The Prodigy – ‘No Good’ (Joachim Garraud remix)
5. Shake That – ‘Ffrr’ (Tom Staar remix)
6. Watermat – ‘Bullit’ (Original Mix)
7. Chris Willis & Joachim Garraud – ‘One Life’
8. Deadmau5 – ‘Avarita’
9. Bart B More – ‘Pulse’
10. Quincy Jones – ‘Soul Bossa Nova’

Manik
1. Jurgen Paape- ‘Nord’
2. Life On Planets- ‘Apollo’
3. Super Flu- ‘Ooooooh’
4. Helix- ‘Jatoma’
5. Eli & Fur feat. Shadow Child- ‘Seeing Is Believing’ (MANIK remix)
6. Cause & Affect- ‘Mistakes’ (Original Mix)
7. Roland Klinkenberg- ‘Construct #1’
8. Fennec & Wolf- ‘Brooklyn’ (Edit)
9. Dale Howard- ‘Yes Ron’
10.Pablo Bolivar & Mastra feat. Saxtom – ‘Not Jet’
* Manik is at Pink Mammoth Wednesday, Pile Palace Thursday and Moonwalk Mission on Bixi 909 Friday.

Rob Garza (Thievery Corporation)
1. Downtown Party Network – ‘No Drama Afterhours’ (Original Mix)
2. Edu Imbernon feat. Sutja Gutierrez – ‘Your Rules’ (Original Mix)
3. Sabb feat. Rafa Barrios – ‘Illusiones’ (Original Mix)
4. Rob Garza feat. Vasuda Sharma – ‘Re Mana’
5. Shiba San – ‘Okay’ (Original Mix)
6. Manuel Tor – ‘Ara Anam’
7. Okain, Cuartero – ‘Cameleon’ (Hot Since 82 remix)
8. Hollen – ‘Collision’ (Original Mix)
9. Robert Babicz – ‘Venus Transit’ (Wehbba remix)
10. Röyksopp feat. Susanne Sundfør – ‘Running To The Sea’ (Pachanga Boys remix)

Chus & Ceballos
1. Chaim – ‘Blue Shadow’ (Original Mix)
2. Digitaria, Clarian – ‘Favourite Addiction’ (Groove Armada’s Dub Creation)
3. Paride Saraceni – ‘Dissolute’ (Original Mix)
4. Lambda – ‘Hold On Tight’ (Wehbba Mix)
5. Traumer – ‘Mobius’ (Original Mix)
6. Monika Kruse – ‘Summer Drops’ (Mendo remix)
7. GusGus – ‘Crossfade’ (Maceo Plex)
8. Noir, Hayze – ‘Angel’ (Original Mix)
9. Leonardo Gonnelli, Chus & Ceballos – ‘Soledad’ (Original Mix)
10. Classic Tune: X-Press 2 – ‘Kill 100’ (Carl Craig remix)

Mikey Lion (Desert Hearts)
1. Mikey Lion, Jonjo Williams – ‘The Defendant’
2. Droog, Inxec – ‘Westbound’
3. Leftfield – ‘Afro-Left’
4. Sabb feat. Pedro M – ‘Earth’
5. Pete Gooding – ‘Believe It Or Not’ (Anek remix)
6. Ozzi – ‘My Love’ (Mr Jefferson remix)
7. Mikey Lion, Jonjo Williams – ‘Voltron’
8. Martin Waslewski feat. Sascha Reske – ‘Floading’
9. Francesca Lombardo – ‘Sofiel’
10. Orbital – ‘Halcyon On And On’

The/Das
1. CoMa – ‘My Orbit’ (Dauwd Mix)
2. Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt – ‘Milk & Honey’ (Basket Mix)
3. Lakepeople – ‘Point In Time’
4. Thomalla – ‘Never True’
5. New Jackson – ‘Sat Around Here Waiting’
6. The/Das – ‘Akimbo’
7. Bob Moses – ‘Hands To Hold’ (Original Mix)
8. Close feat. Fink – ‘Wallflower’ (Quantum Entanglement remix)
9. Reagenz – ‘The Labyrinth’
10. Closer Music – ‘One Two Three’

Three
1. Mark Du Mosch – ‘Soulsearch’
2. Chris Mitchell – ‘Nibiru’
3. Ghosts On Tape – ‘Snake Box’ (Innerspace Halflife remix)
4. Basic Bastard – ‘Space Rider’
5. Eric Ericksson – ‘Faktory’
6. Reverse Commuter – ‘Icarus’ (Doc Martin Subwarp Mix)
7. Hinode – ‘Molecular’
8. Wesley Matsell – ‘Bismuth’
9. Quilla – ‘A Million Broken Bikes’ (Mirko’s Sunrise Tool)
10. The Bystanders – ‘History’ (Reverse Commuter’s Lesson In Lies Mix)

Dj Tennis
1. Voiksi – ‘Wax Fashion’
2. Cobblestone Jazz – ‘India in me’ (Manfredi Edit)
3. Spherical Coordinates – ‘SCFGM 19′
4. Caribou – ‘Mars’ (Dj Tennis Edit)
5. Trentemøller – ‘Always Something better’ (Dj Tennis and Mind Against remix)
6. North Lake – ‘Möbius Tapes’
7. Radiohead – ‘Reckoner’ (Manfael Graciano and Michedi Romoppo Reconstruction)
8. Passarella Death Squad, People Get Real – ‘I’ll talk’
9. Aleksi Perälä – ‘Voyager’
10. Iori – ‘Moon’

Hope Sergei and Larry and Eric and all the rest of the Googlers and Nooglers are having a spiffing time out on the Playa.

For everyone else, there’s this:

A new song from Noah 23 & Horsehead:

From the Wheel of Life Fortune Wheel at Burning Man 2013: Cargo Cult.

Jack U got jacked. It seems the Burner ear is slightly more discerning than “Turn down for what”

PulseRadio breaks it down:

...One [story] that has just come our way involves Seth Troxler, Skrillex and Diplo at the infamous Robot Heart Bus.

Seth Troxler was scheduled for a set on the Robot Heart decks on Wednesday night, though as a source in attendance informs us, the Detroit DJ refused to play after his entourage was denied access to join him behind the decks. Looking to fill Troxler’s slot, organisers quickly replaced him with dance music’s hottest duo Jack U, aka Skrillex and Diplo, who just happened to be present at the time (the pair were at the festival to play at Camp Question Mark the following evening).

Crisis averted it would seem, with Skrillex reported to have played “a pretty cool set”. However things took a turn for the worse when Skrilly tagged in his pal Diplo, who made the unfortunate decision to drop DJ Snake & Lil Jon’s ‘Turn Down for What’. The result? An unfortunate booing from the crowd which brought an abupt end to the set. The Robot Heart vibe was then swiftly restored by scorching sets from Tale Of Us and Thugfucker.

All’s well that ends well?

You can check out some of the amazing photos from Burning Man 2014 here.

We have some eyewitness accounts from Burners

H(e)at(h)er:

This is such a bullshit article. This did not happen 

H(e)at(h)er (different last name):

This is so not true. This show rocked and nobody booed

Daniel:

It’s totally true, was there. Robot heart is deep house vibes not top 40 bullshit edm

Erin:

Christopher:

They deserved it.. They were both a disgrace…. particularly Diplo’s dumb ass dropping that fucking power 106 hip hop drop noise that they always dub over horrible hip hop songs to try to spice them up (like DJ Khaled… just annoying as shit) CONSTANTLY during the burning of the embrace…. Fucking joke ass DJ trying to ruin the vibe for thousands people on purpose just because he’s loaded with millions and arrogant as shit and thinks its funny? yeah… go ahead and NEVER come back EVERR please and thankyou. The best music all weekend wasnt even on big stages… all the legit HEADS were pretty much mostly randoms you’ve never heard of that were DJing art cars and still BLOW AWAY anything Diplo or Skrillex could ever hope to do on a dancefloor. I don’t think I’ve ever even heard of someone who likes them that doesn’t have to get turned up to lil jon levels of fucked up on drugs just to enjoy their tunes… so I guess the song was fitting.

Trevor:

article doesn’t mention that skrillex couldn’t mix any records and they also played toto africa. worst set i have ever seen. raped the robot

Chris:

Diplo is a d bag. I was there and he did that shit on purpose cause he doesn’t like underground. He deserved every bit of it, and who cares about that fool we were all there for tale of us anyway!

Dustin:

Good for Troxler for not putting up w robot heart’s elitism. I would have loved a set from him but they control who is on the bus (even when it’s not crowded). They have created an exclusive art car against the radical inclusion principle.