You might have guessed from the title that I've been to the utterly brilliant mind-fuck that was Burning Man festival. Unbeknownst to many, it's not just acid and dreadlocks; there's a ridiculous amount of great music knocking about too. These are my personal highlights, most of which were play(a)ed by DJs while thousands danced their leopardskin-tutu'd little bee-hinds off in the middle of the Nevada desert. Bloody brilliant.
Right. Away we go.
1. James Blake - Limit To Your Love (Alex Dimiou Remix)
I hate it when remixes fuck up the original. It's probably the ultimate musical sacrilege: the equivalent of those idiots who modify Vauxhall Corsas so they've got an exhaust the size of an elephant's trunk and make a noise like a rampant mosquito. Dickheads, the lot of em. Luckily though, Mr. Dimiou has resisted that temptation, simply adding a mellow groove to this already flawless song, meaning that instead of crying alone in a dark corner, you will now be dancing... whilst crying alone in a dark corner.
2. Hall & Oates - I Can't Go For That (Virgin Magnetic Material Amine Edge Dub)
Probably a little biased here, given how much of a sucker I am for the original of this track, but that bassline is so God-damn BOUNCY that I just can't help myself.
3. Lee Foss - You Got Me
One of those ones that doesn't sound quite as good when you're listening to it on headphones, staring at an Excel spreadsheet and wondering when Monday's pain will end. But just for one second, try and imagine yourself, with the sun on your face, in sweltering heat, ice cold cocktail in one hand and whatever you want in the other (go wild), dancing away to this. Yep. You got it.
4. Jessie Ware - Running (Disclosure Remix)
Yes yes, I put this in July's, but is it not brilliant? Is it not? Are you not entertained? Just listen to that drop on 1min 17... Yeeeeees!
5. Amine Edge, Dance - Going to heaven with the Goodie Goodies
THE song of Burning Man for me. Heard it a few times, and people were going bonkers. It seems to turn hordes of apparently vaguely sensible people into stomping, dribbling monsters. Well, I think it was the track...
6. Tomas Barfod - November Skies
55,000 views. Fifty five fucking thousand! Justin Bieber - Boyfriend has had over 150 MILLION. The world is a horrible, twisted place. I'm going to get this to 150m by myself, right now.
7. SBTRKT - Pharoahs
An oldie, but a very goodie. Coupled with the fact that we listened to this while I traveled across the desert on a giant toilet. You don't believe me?
Mad props to DJ Tobsey.
8. Finnebassen - Touching Me
"I don't want nobody else no, holding me touching me"
That's not what they were saying at the hippie orgie...
9. Julio Bashmore - Au Seve
Trust Don Julio to round off a good party. Au Seve, one of the tunes of the summer, has been killing it all summer. The Burrrn was no different. A perfect little dance track. You get what you think is going to be the staple riff 31 seconds in. It builds to a drop, it drops on 1min 17 but then in comes that cheeky little monkey on 1min 21 and you're off with the fairies. Then the mega-drop comes in from 3min and your head explodes. Bashmore you little beauty.
Well that's it, I'll be back soon to seduce you into the encroaching winter darkness in a bit. You'll get less synth and more strum in the next one. Probably.
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