Destination Burning Man

16/06/2024

I'm honored (and slightly intimidated TBH) to be a small part of the next manifestation of Cascadia Festival at the hallowed Meltdown venue in the epic foothills of the North Cascades next weekend. I'll be DJ'ing a global-vibes set to activate the AMP STAGE Saturday morning and will pop up again Sat night with deeper, weirder grooves in the teahouse. Can't wait to reunite with summer NW festy tribe in the forest and to get down to sets by far-flung friends Lotus Drops Michael Manahan Alex Da Goopsteppa Rob Noble Jamie Schwabl Manoj Mathew Phidelity Willdabeast & others 💚🤍💙 Info & tickets at https://www.cascadianw.org/

05/02/2024

This 2015 mix was a major milestone in our musical mixing philosophy, skillz & intentions - it initiated what was to become a series of 10 BASS MEDICINE dBMcast offerings, much-beloved around the planet, our offering of sonic tools for healing, connection and movement. After 68,000 streams, this mix was taken down by Soundcloud because of copyright complaints (Glass Animals, ahem) - but randomly popped back online and ready for your listening-rituals this week - get it while it's still legal lol:

dBMcast #159: BASS MEDICINE Mixed by DJ Playaduster Feb 2015 It is springtime in the mossy domain of the Fourth Corner, with shoots pushing through the ground and buds bursting forth on trees. In thi

29/01/2024

Our Soundcloud account has been reactivated! https://soundcloud.com/moontrolling While our dBM site and podcast feed is is disrepair and out of service, you'll find 30 of our dBMcasts back in action on SC, with more on the way! Anybody out there??

WE'RE BACK! Thanks for all the messages urging us to reactivate this account and for your personal stories about different mixes we've shared over the years meaning so much to you! All the mixes are o

28/02/2020

new Playaduster mi### incoming.... stay tuned

10/01/2020

TEMPLE 2020! https://journal.burningman.org/2020/01/burning-man-arts/brc-art/empyrean-meet-your-2020-temple-artists/

Burning Man Arts is thrilled to announce that we have selected the 2020 Temple: “Empyrean” by Laurence “Renzo” Verbeck and Sylvia Adrienne Lisse. Every year, we explore a spectrum of design submissions from our community’s artists and builders, and we...

28/11/2019

first DJ Playaduster mix in 9 months...give thanks! dBMcast #187: ASCENT PORTAL: www.soundcloud.com/moontrolling/ascent-portal ~ an inspiral'd sound journey with Akal Dub, Goopsteppa, Dirtwire, An-Ten-Nae, Emancipator, Bonobo, Yaima, Plantrae, Frameworks, Lapa, Blockhead, Tor, the Polish Ambassador, Poranguí, Ryan Herr, Edamame & more + + happy journeys

dBMcast #187: Ascent Portal curated by DJ Playaduster / Fall Equinox 2019 Akal Dub "Lady of the East" / Goopsteppa x Ill Chill "Portals" / Dirtwire "The Whip" (An-Ten-Nae Remix) / Emancipator & 9 The

16/10/2019

Just announced... whaddaya think?

The 2020 Burning Man event theme explores the quantum kaleidoscope of possibility, the infinite realities of the multiverse, and our own superpositioning as actors and observers in the cosmic Cacophony of resonant strings. It’s an invitation to ponder the real,...

11/03/2019

Our freshest dBMcast mix from DJ Playaduster features favorite recent jams from Bumble, Drumspyder, saQi, Michael Manahan, Yaima, Moontricks, Goopsteppa, KR3TURE, Hedflux, Plantrae, Dirtwire, Random Rab, Desert Dwellers + many more -- free stream & download: https://soundcloud.com/moontrolling/earth-freq-therapy -- comments & feedback always welcome, hope you enjoy the musical journey friends!

tracklist // Bumble "Earth Freq" / Dirtwire "Spirit Of Astana" (ft. Mamadou Diabate And Robert Yuldashev) / Liquid Love Drops "Serpent Medicine" (Drumspyder Remix) / Gnome Beats "Constant as the Mood"

18/01/2019

NEW MIX! dBMcast #185: Medicina del Solsticio ~ the latest Bass Medicine elixir from our own DJ Playaduster, featuring Hedflux Edamame CloZee KR3TURE ODESZA VibeSquaD SOOHAN ATYYA Tristan de Liège Medicine Fox Frameworks - UK Pepper Proud Rafe S. Pearlman & more musikal magicians, conjuring "Warm Frequencies for Dark Days" to help carry us through the heart of Winter

11/10/2018

2019!!

Burning Man is routinely described as transformative. At the personal level, a transformative experience. At the group level, a transformative event or culture. What does that really mean?

26/09/2018

Our last dBMcast from DJ Playaduster was posted on Summer Soulstice, so it's cosmic symmetry that he's got a new musical mix for us here at the Fall Equinox -- "MYSTIC HAPPINESS : Equinoctial Vibrations" is fun, spunky, funky, offbeat and playful, full of good vibrations to help us navigate the transition between seasons. Featuring a fresh harvest of tracks from CloZee Random Rab The Polish Ambassador DJ Koze ATYYA Emancipator The Scumfrog Lapa Drumspyder El Búho -- & funky remixes of Aretha Franklin, Notorious BIG + Bill Withers -- it's the bass tonic you need for riding this wave of change. Enjoy the trip through sonic soundscapes and let us know how it lands with you!

https://soundcloud.com/moontrolling/mystic-happiness-equinoctial-vibrations

dBMcast #183: MYSTIC HAPPINESS : Equinoctial Vibrations Happy Fall Equinox! It’s been three months since we shared our last mix-journey with you on the Summer Soulstice, and so it’s fitting that we’r

02/09/2018

The Man's last sunset....it's almost time. Where are YOU watching the playa stream from?

01/09/2018

I was transfixed watching the live stream of these glowing, floating, dancing orbs that moved like a flock of birds and changed colors -- what is it?! Next level, so beautiful!

01/09/2018

setting sail across the playa

01/09/2018

TEMPLE GALAXIA

31/08/2018

31/08/2018

https://www.sfgate.com/burningman/article/burning-man-terbo-ted-first-dj-electronic-playa-13188760.php #

For as long as Burning Man's existed, it's been ruined. The ravers ruined it for the welders. The collective-minded hippies ruined it for the anarchist ravers. Tech bros displaced the bohemians.

31/08/2018

late afternoon at BRC, Abraxas on the prowl!
watch live: https://youtu.be/sajC0N21QD4

30/08/2018

Bummer. https://www.sfgate.com/burningman/article/Cell-reception-at-Burning-Man-this-year-is-good-13186422.php

If you build it, they will come. And if they come, they will use their cell phones. More than 70,000 people will venture to Black Rock City for the annual Burning Man gathering this week. Over seven days, they'll construct a temporary city on the alkali sands of the Nevadan desert, centered upon an....

30/08/2018

"At its heart, Burning Man embraced anti-consumerism and an ethos that embraced radical self-expression. “If all your self-worth and esteem is invested in how much you consume, how many likes you get or other quantifiable measures,” Mr. Harvey told The Atlantic in 2014, “the desire to simply possess things trumps our ability or capability to make moral connections with people around us.”" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/30/style/burning-man-sex-tech.html

Every year thousands make the pilgrimage to the Nevada desert to dance, do drugs and make colossal art.

30/08/2018

Beautiful!

30/08/2018

WOW -- 360 degrees of the MAN!

We'll be sharing 360 photos taken by Mike Higdon, Reno Life at Burning Man this year. The Man is on a wood, angular pedestal this year. Inside, robot murals and art join a projected 3D show. Outside and atop the pedestal are various robot sculptures in different mediums. And if you want to see more, here are photos from Monday. https://www.rgj.com/picture-gallery/life/arts/burning-man/2018/08/29/burning-man-2018-photos-monday-august-27/1127095002/

30/08/2018

Wake up and smell the dust! Currently in Black Rock City....

29/08/2018

Seen here and there around Black Rock City....

28/08/2018

New arrival in BRC: Sanctuary Art Car!

27/08/2018

Raising the roof on the Temple!

27/08/2018

Raising the Man, 2018 edition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKMSs380txw

Follow along as Black Rock City rises from the dust: http://instagram.com/shalaco/ Check out my work, let's make stuff: http://shalaco.com I could really use...