When the Temple burns, we bury a part of ourselves.

We remember. We cry. We smile. And we move forward.

A beautiful moment of eternity. Something intimate. Sometimes hard. Somehow sacred.

Playing on the Robot Heart bus after the Temple Burn has become an annual tradition for me. It's a very special moment emotionally. But this one was the toughest. For many reasons...

But in the end, this closing opened the door to something bigger.

I am forever grateful for what happened afterward. Family for life. Unforgettable. All love.

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Eight years ago I discovered Robot Heart and their sets opened many musical horizons for me.

They had a profound impact on my journey as an artist and playing for Robot Heart became one of my biggest dreams.

I am blessed to see it all come full circle. Last summer, my dream came true. Surrounded by many close friends, family and camp buddies, I had the honor of closing Tuesday morning. What a feeling it was to stand in the deep playa on top of this legendary bus, sharing music I worked hard to create, seeing each one of you dancing in the blistering sun….

I am grateful for this important milestone in my musical path and for witnessing how much I have grown over the past years.

Big thank you to the Robot Heart crew for making this all happen.

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Jamie Jones Wednesday morning sunrise set on the Robot Heart bus, Burning Man 2022.

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Burning Man, where to even begin...Being surrounded with 80.000 beautiful idiots made me feel right at home. The experienced sense of freedom and spontaneity will always be a part of me. Thanks to Robot Heart & Mayan Warrior for allowing us to play a B2B unlike anything we’ve done before and to Playground for being the warmest possible home and allowing us to end it all with a seven hour B2B on the Fun House. It was just perfect.

- Charlotte

When Robot Heart and Mayan Warrior invited me and Charlotte to play b2b for their epic LINK night at Burning Man, they said: "Bring yourself but not in your usual techno shape".

We uploaded 90 mins of our set taken from that unforgettable morning, sun coming up behind the horizon and all of us dancing in the dust with our smiling faces suspended in time, all together!

See you in the future dear brothers

- Enrico

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This burn was by far the hardest we have experienced.

The heat, the white outs were really something else. But we had a hell of a time.

Playing again on the bus was so much fun! Damn we missed this vibe!

We wanted to play for a real party without having in mind this was going to go online!

So we did and it made sense after not sharing the dusty desert dance floor for two years.

Much love

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What more could we have wished for our b2b debut on the Robot Heart bus at this year's Burning Man?

As if the sunrise set slot on Friday morning wasn’t already enough of an honor, we all got blessed with the mind-blowing Drone show from Studio Drift while the sky slowly turned blue and red in the morning shimmer.

Thinking back about this surreal moment still fills us with speechlessness and goosebumps.

Indeed this year's Burning Man theme was spot on: Waking Dreams all around us.

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Headphones? Check. USBs? Backup USBs? Check check. We hop on the bikes and race off into the Playa, 25 mins before our playtime, wondering how we managed to leave so late for our first set at this year's Burn and our first set ever at Robot Heart. Luckily, a quick scan of the horizon reveals a huge, red heart straight ahead. We sprint towards the bus, tumble into its stomach and head up to the booth with 10 mins to spare. Made it!

We insert our USBs, one by one, and proceed to pick our jaws off from the floor: all Burning Man playlists empty - wait, empty?! What about the backup USBs - empty! Second pair of sticks - same story. We look at each other and laugh, look down into the lights and slowly descend into our element. We have been looking forward to this so much and no missing playlists are going to take that away from us. And that’s how we - against all odds - literally played our hearts out on a moving bus and under a beating heart <3

Thank you Robot Heart for that amazing experience, much love from us to you!

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This was my 10th proper Burn (not including the super special Free Burn.) I was on playa for 14 days total. Participating in the build, the magic and tear down. The dust and the heat were intense, creating the perfect storm for remembering the extremes of Black Rock City. But even with all of nature's surprises the “show” still pushed forward and ultimately we all had the adventures we needed.

I was fortunate to have a romantic adventure partner whom I was falling for deeply. We had met 4 months prior and both knew the playa could possibly shift or solidify our foundation. After a reflective Tuesday night, I found myself at the temple during Wednesday’s sunset and thought “I want her to show up here.” Behold my beating heart - 15 min later she came around the corner smiling and said “hello.” We embraced and gazed deeply into each other’s eyes. At that moment I knew I was all in… The playa adventures to follow were the sweetest of sweet!

During my burn night set, she sat on my booth monitor as I played from the heart. We shared tender moments as some lyrics hit home for us. I chose music that reminded me of life, love and dust. My hopes were it would do the same for others. Two of my favorite memories were when I played a track with the lyrics “falling for you” and the man fell. And the track that followed - I’ll let you figure out why ;)

This musical journey is a mix of tunes found by me and gifted by friends.

Special thanks to Justin, RY X, Illich, Rocky, Opal and Dio for bringing these tracks into my life. This set is a bit different than what I’m used to playing, but in the end, it encapsulates how I felt.

And to my camp, Robot Heart: What we continue to create in the dust is pure love & beats. Our old double-decker with one of the best sound systems in the world has so much soul. I am grateful for all our efforts to make it happen year after year. Thank you to all the dusty friends in front of the bus that bring the spice!

And to that special human that said hello to me 7 months ago (May 13th) on the dance floor. Meesh you 💕

XO,

Dill aka "Dusty Pickle"

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Very little can be written about our Astra Club Sunrise Set at Robot Heart during the Link with The Mayan Warrior.

Very little can be written… because of how much of it needed to be felt and lived.

After an almost 3 years of waiting to to return home; 3 years full of rollercoasters of emotions and challenges; we knew this moment captured on our set, would mark us for the years to come and we hope for those who were there and those at home now, are able to be taken by the music, the lights, the energy of the Desert and to once again be reassured that a Sunrise can never defeat the Night…. and that just like that “the dust of the stars” shaken by the Astra Club music dropped some magic on you.

Thank you @robotheartfoundation @burningmanproject for letting @carlita_music and I speak our language in the desert while the sun rose… And thank you to everybody who shared this moment with us. Otherworldly can’t even begin to describe this moment.

Our Robot Heart Burning Man Set is out now, available on SoundCloud, a little piece that gets to inhabit outside of our memories to keep creating more… Link in bio.

Carlita

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