woohoo!

so glad to be back

The Grounds:

On day #3, I went early (before sunset), I was able to talk myself into the big ferris wheel and got a special ride to the top when it wasn't opened yet. Got some great shots of course:

Too bad most people missed sunset due to the opening times:

the calm before the storm

I later got a ride on the 2nd ferris wheel as soon as it opened at 19:00:

this one

a few things moved, a bit more ground was used

this was a cute addition

favorite burning man art as always

firmament

always a crowd favorite too

nice parking job

sure, I went for a few rides, even more fun when you're not sober :)

Downtown EDC was well setup:

Lots of stores too:

great to see Pixel Forest again

unfortunately the pixel forest tunnel didn't have the fantastic music/visuals combo it had in 2019

Fireworks

Fireworks of all 3 days:

The People

kandi meetup

And great to see more LED totems, even if I'm still the only wearable LED outfit:

this totem was nice as it allowed taking pictures, videos, and replaying them

this was pre-made but really cool

And of course, got to meet an ever growing list of friends:

normally we have more folks. We will next time!

so great to meet trancejesus in person

Triode and Kifi

Mark Estes who wrote some of the animations (like this one) on my outfit

But let's not forget my friend Afik I first met at EDC, and turns out we live close enough to one another. We became good friends, along with all of Afik's friends, a dedicated group in TFSF and TFLA:

are there more beauiful people?

also met Rory first on the internet, helped him with some code now running his furret totem

And there are so many performers that get ready for us:

I feel so thankful that we were stll able to have some of my favorite DJs:

Fadi totally slayed, and he's such a nice guy. 'You again' indeed, 3rd time we met in a week :)

Lots more people of course:

damn, respect!

And yes, people waited a long time!

And of course, the party within the party:

But anyway, let's get on with the festival:

Day #1

lots of busses waiting at mid strip to take happy ravers

no line when I got there around 17:45, but the busses weren't going yet

Happy to see Khromata, even if it was only for the last bit of her set:

Quantum Valley looked nice, but the atom bar in the middle blocked the screen for many pictures

So good to be back:

I spent most of my time at Quantum Valley, trance head that I am, but tried to see a few others too:

Ciaran Mcauley

So great to see Haliene live again

This was my beef about the atom look of QV, it messed up the screen and pictures:

Paul van Dyk

Paul Oakenfold was next, he was a complete mess, totally coked up, a disaster with the microphone when his buddy didn't take said microphone to make things worse. He even totally messed up a mix, reset a track from the start and played it twice, because 0 fucks given. So sad, he's such a pioneer and truly one of my idols. This is why you shouldn't do drugs, kids, or pick them carefully :)

so happy to be here :)

yes, I see you :)

but really, I'm bored out of my mind

I spent some time to check out Kinetic Field with special access just in time for seven lions:

I used my prototype code that lets me send custom messages from my phone

I then stepped back a bit for a better overview

it was then time to come back for some good psytrance from reality test:

she was nice to see her fans after her set was over at 05:30

Video Summary:

Day #2

Great to see Alessandra Roncone again

After randomly discovering Say My Name at the last EDC, I went to see him again:

Seeing Vini vici for the 3rd time in 2 weeks :)

I was excited to see Pendulum Trinity again after seeing them at Creamfields, good show.

Video Summary:

Day #3

Z-Trip did slay, so happy to have seen him in person. It's a shame that he played so early, which caused so many people to miss his set:

Z-Trip did slay, so happy to have seen him in person:

I also took the time before the main festival opened to see the calm before the storm:

And then the gates opened and everything else started:

And back to the trance stage for a lot of great sets:

Went to see Eric Prydz with my friends. Interesting visuals but too techno-ish for me:

So back to the trance stage to catch the rest of cosmic gate:

Holy shit did Aly and Fila's Fadi slay. It was funny, it was my 3rd time seeing him in 7 days, but loved it

Also had a bit of fun, took pictures, saw people:

nice view from the passport grounds

And I finished the last night with a B2B between Saymyname and 12th planet:

Video Summary:

It was literally my first time staying until the end of EDC (my flight at 08:15 was just late enough that I could stay until 05:30, catch a shuttle back to my room, arrive at the hotel just before 07:00 and take an uber to the airport to catch my flight out: The ending ceremony was underwhelming, not a big deal that I missed it in the past:

thank you, come again :)