Diplo was in high demand at this year’s Burning Man, known to get even deeper into his extensive library of favorites. Most notably he played an entire two hour set of old school hip hop one year, much to the enjoyment of a couple of loud fans who were right by the microphone recording it. This year he got to play two and a half sets: a back to back with Flume, a trap-inclined set at Camp Questionmark, and a more house inclined set at Robot Heart. He sums up his own career and all of his experiences at the alternate civilization-like festival on Instagram:
My job is usually to make songs that you hope people can dance to and to go out and play a lot of sets every weekend. As you can imagine even that gets tiring. I’m guilty of getting lazy and keeping some of the same routines and playing same songs …but at BM I get to play records for the first time bring back old records. Improvise… connect with old friends find new energy… do amazing back to back sets… find random art cars to pull up get lost in some lights and find songs I never heard before. Just creating a vibe with friends and random people riding bikes around you is some of the moments that make me feel like DJing is still one of the greatest jobs in the world. And I’m so lucky.
We’ll keep a close eye out for any recordings of these legendary sets, but they just won’t be the same as a ticket to the Playa next year.
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