Burning Man 2017 (Wednesday Night Worship @ the Monks of Funk)

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It just so happens to be my birthday today. Twenty eight! This past year has seen a lot of change - most notably, leaving my job, my DJ residency, my family and my partner (temporarily) in San Francisco to move back to Berlin for a little while. It’s sometimes been a challenging transition, but that’s pretty much what I expected. I miss my community, and yet I also feel at home here and excited to dive deeper into music and design. I haven’t posted a mix in quite a long time. 6 months, actually. That’s an eternity in the DJ world, where posting once a month is the expectation. To be honest, while I’ve had some really great gigs during this time, few of them were of the quality (or memorability) I felt I’d want to have up for posterity on my Soundcloud. I was super happy with my Brooklyn set and my Tara Brooks Tutu Tuesday set in February and March, and it felt like I wasn’t outdoing myself…until recently! So, for my birthday, I’m giving you the gift! I’m finally getting around to posting my set from Burning Man - one of only two DJ commitments I chose to play this Burn, and worth every minute of it. Like many of my sets, this one navigates melodic, deep, and even wildly colorful waters. Unlike many of my sets, this one was played to a completely packed, spilling-out-the-doors Dance Church at the Monks of Funk. What I found interesting while going over the recording was that, despite the incredibly packed venue, sometimes you can barely hear the crowd at all. At first, this was confusing - I remember the place being filled with energy… but then I realized that the crowd up front was just too focused on dancing to chatter. That’s a good sign! (Secret secret- this set also features a work-in-progress remix I'm producing. See if you can spot it...) Celebrating this weekend with my Berliner friends and roommates, and the fact that I finally have built a music studio of my own. I’ve got a lot of hard work ahead, but it’s what I want:) If you're in Berlin sometime in the next year or so, don't hesitate to look me up. I may even be playing a gig occasionally (will be posting about that soon... )