This was my second time playing at Robot Heart and it was just such an incredible experience, from the first second after pressing play, the energy in that audio system, the art of the bus, the love of the people who bring it to the playa and the energy of the crowd of burners who stayed til the end through the rain... all of it created this explosion in my heart, that propelled me into this dual plane, at once being very present in the moment, and floating above the ether...
This year's burn had a special feeling from the start, the love was back, and after the rain the community felt the most connected I had ever seen. The man burn itself was poetically gorgeous, made all the more sublime by my friend John Dill's luscious set, taking the torch from him had an emotional resonance for me too.
The set has three acts. I began playing when the bus was parked by the man burning, then it set on its journey into deep playa. It was so exhilarating to play while the bus was moving, watching all the bicycles following, feeling that beautiful breeze on my face! The last is once we arrived to park in deep playa for the night… I was flowing off the energy of each of these phases and also fulfilled a long time dream to pay homage to my heroes Prince and Bowie in deep playa!
Thank you for the love and the beats Robot Heart!
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