Post Pandemic Music Therapy

Post Pandemic Music Therapy

Six months ago, back in December 2020, I tried to develop a project aimed at helping out our burners community from a specific standpoint, the mental health unbalance that has impacted pretty much all of us as an outcome of almost one year and a half of pandemic crisis and social isolation from covid19 pandemic lockdowns. Depression, anxiety, loneliness, but also fear, sometimes panic or rage, and loss and grief. This is just the tip of the iceberg of a humanity being broken by the terrible experience we all collectively shared. I wanted to help, at least within the (not so) small circle of our community, by offering something that would have brought some sort of emotional support to my brothers and sisters in dust. What I envisioned wasn’t certainly the next Zoom event with DJs and virtual kinky workshops. We already did many of those, including the DomusBurn virtual event we organized exactly one year ago. But that was one year ago, when we were still hoping the virus would have “gone away” by summer. Now we are way deeply broken, and we don’t need that shit anymore – our community needs something more meaningful than another Zoom DJ set. I thought to re-purpose the DomusBurn website into a community-focused platform designed to offer emotional support through peer-to-peer group counseling. No DJs and virtual parties, this time a simple 5-6 hours event on a Saturday afternoon, with a simple gathering space and two tracks, one for the group counseling, the other with holistic seminars on how to get out of a deep hole in pursuit of wellness, would...
Opioid Chilldance

Opioid Chilldance

Earlier this week I ended up at the hospital’s emergency room for an acute pain crisis. Nothing serious, but I’ve been severely sedated, and the doctor prescribed me a couple of weeks of absolute rest, and plenty of pills, including very powerful opioids for the pain. So this morning I followed the doctor’s orders and I popped my pills, plugged into Traktor, put the headphones on, and I immersed myself for 3 hours into a psychedelic chill state that I would love to share. Enjoy it, with or without the chemical support! Note: opioid prescriptions are bad and very addictive. Try to keep them at large if you can, and always ask your doctor for alternative pain relief methods, whenever possible. If you really must, then do not abuse. You can definitely abuse dancing, it’s really good for you. BURNINGMAX PRESENTS: OPIOID CHILLDANCE | 3HRS STUDIO MIX DJSET PLAYLIST :: Back to Work (Xen Revox) – Naduve :: Waters of Monaco – ZHU :: Parallaxis (Traumprinz’ Over 2 the End Version) – Efdemin :: Turn2U – Kidnap :: La Dorada – Tibi Dabo :: Dschuna (Dixon Mix) – Vermont :: Seeds – Westseven :: Cola (Club Mix) – CamelPhat + Elderbrook :: The Space Between – Boatman :: World Color – Gacha Bakradze :: El Vagabundo Feat. Pablo J (Acid Pauli Remix) – Megablast + Andreas Weisz :: Can’t Find It (The House Sound) – Matt Karmil :: FACES – The Blaze :: Seeing Aliens – DJ Koze :: Second Breath – Woo York :: First Stomp (NYC Mix) – Jex Opolis :: Deeper – Matthew Herbert :: Barksdale...
Burningmax presents AGNIXAM :: Spiritual Dance

Burningmax presents AGNIXAM :: Spiritual Dance

This is a demo I got ready to pitch Bhakti Festival 2018, a spirituality festival, with a session of “Spiritual Dance”, a new experiment based on techno rhythms fused with mantras and songs of all spiritual backgrounds: Hindu and native American chants meet Australian aboriginal spirituality and sacred songs of African tribes, Gregorian chants and Buddhist mantras, Tibetan monks and Islamic muezzins, binaural frequencies, icaros of Amazonian ayahuasca shamans and other sounds of spiritual nature. For the spiritual dance project I adopted a “proto-spiritual” pseudonym I already used for other recent holistic performances: Agnixam. The spirit of Burning Max becomes Agni, divinity of fire, while “xam” is nothing but the mirror reflection of “max” – an alternate version of Burningmax, more profound and intimate. Agnixam is the spiritual expression of Burningmax, but with the same “bhakti” for techno music. BURNINGMAX presents AGNIXAM :: SPIRITUAL DANCE DJSET PLAYLIST :: Center of the Universe – Veeresh and the Humaniversity Sound :: Gayatri Mantra (Christopher Just Remix) – Mel Merio :: Moola Prayer (Kareem Raïhani Remix) – Maneesh De Moor + Kareem Raihani :: Equilibrio – Corei :: Om Hrim: Namaste Stillness Mantra – DJ Drez + The Jahta Beat Orchestra :: The Soul Force – Veeresh and the Humaniversity Sound :: Afro Perkution (Club Mix) – Royal Music Paris :: Dreamer (Summer 2015 Mix) – Abakus :: Saranghi Breaks (Mashti & Polyesta Remix) – Kaya Project :: Heaven – Electric Skychurch :: Center of the Universe – Veeresh and the Humaniversity Sound Liked Burningmax presents AGNIXAM :: Spiritual Dance? Download the DJ set from here, enjoy it and share it with...
Monegros Chilled Beats

Monegros Chilled Beats

A new tribute to The Monegros, the beautiful desert area in Spain that I have just left, after being a resident for a couple of years. The 45 tunes in this mix are the tracks I have been mostly listening to during my last Monegros summer – chilled, progressive beats that are very, very dance-oriented. This mix includes my first mash-up of the ’90s Ibiza chillout classic “3.2” by Humate (Bedrock Ambient Remix), which has been the inspiration for my recent production of a rework of the Balearic classic, Three Point Three (Infinite Burningmax Rework). Enjoy 4hrs+ of pure dancefloor bliss. MONEGROS CHILLED BEATS DJSET PLAYLIST :: Theme III – Sonic Future :: Vega (Beatamines Remix) – Tim Engelhardt :: Glue – Bicep :: Lose My Mind (Stereo Mc’s Mix) – Pongo :: Going Nowhere – Koelle :: Dead End Thrills (Patrice Bäumel Remix) – Cubicolor :: Landscape – Moonwalk :: Sur Oiseau – Lycoriscoris :: Where the Sea Swings in Like an Iron Gate (Extended Mix) – Kidnap Kid :: All the Myriad Ways – Hobo :: Saturday Night (DJ-Kicks) – Lone :: Semikolon – Jeremy Liar :: Swan (L_cio Remix) – Blancah :: Veneno Mortal – Landikhan :: Monument – Tale Of Us + Vaal :: Pink & Orange Sky (feat. Miou Amadée) [Just Emma Remix] – Satori NL :: Tearing Me Up (Tale of Us Remix) – Bob Moses :: Aurora (Chaim Remix) – John Monkman + Pete Tong :: Sun My Sweet Sun (Red Axes Alternate Version) – Red Axes :: Moondancer – Boris Brejcha :: Let ‘s Go Dancing (Solomun Remix) – Tiga +...
Burningmax Live @ Burning Man 2013 :: Love Potion Ambient Session

Burningmax Live @ Burning Man 2013 :: Love Potion Ambient Session

I’m not always in party or rave mode, even on the playa. there are moments when, if I feel blue, I just grab my headphones, controller and gear, and I express my mood accordingly with the music. This is what happened one morning at Burning Man 2013, when I plugged in at the Love Potion Camp soundsystem for an ambient set of almost 5 hours. Here it is – all yours, for the moments when you feel blue too – or those when you just want to chill out. BURNINGMAX LIVE :: BURNING MAN 2013 :: LOVE POTION AMBIENT SESSION DJSET PLAYLIST :: Sorry – no playlist for this set Liked Live @ Burning Man 2013 :: Love Potion Ambient Session? Download the DJ set from here, enjoy it and share it with your friends! This mix is just for fun and not for commercial use. Copyright for each tune is owned by their respective artists and/or publishers. For more info on copyright please see this...
Burningmix 09 :: (Almost) Beatless

Burningmix 09 :: (Almost) Beatless

Who says I’m noisy? Check out my latest ambient Beatless mix. Well, not so beatless, as you’ll find the beats are everywhere – but I guess you can still file it under “ambient electronica” while still dancing, even if only in your head! BURNINGMAX 09 :: :: (ALMOST) BEATLESS Did you like the DJ set? Download it from here and feel free to share the link with your friends! :: MIXDECK TRACKLIST :: :: Dream 1 – The Nova Dream Sequence :: Dive (Memoryhouse Remix) – Thyco :: Interlude – Four Ears :: Emerald Bay – TJ Kong + Nuno Dos Santos :: Minka and the Notes After – Felix Laband :: Sthandwa Sam (Deeptonic Afrocentric) – Noiyze Project + One Heaven :: Rej (A Hundred Birds Beatless Mix) – Ame :: Inport Export (Kandis Mix) – Genf :: Jackson – Superpitcher :: Ambients Part 2 – Nacho Sotomayor :: Neverglade (Instrumental Version) – Trentemøller :: Sakura – Pass Into Silence :: The Sky Is Black – Telefon tel Aviv + Robin Guthrie :: For Martha – Simon Scott :: Can’t See What Is Burning There – Nicolas Jaar :: Suspended Animation – Sync24 :: Dream 11 – The Nova Dream Sequence :: Make the Pain Go Away – Bvdub :: 3.2 (Bedrock Ambient Mix) – Humate :: The Paranormal (Wolf + Lamb Remix) – Voodeux :: Release your Body (Beatless Version) – KaitO :: Riding the Bikes – Loop of Your Heart :: Skydive (I Feel Wonderful) [John Johnson’s Ambient Remix] – The Freefall :: Micronomic (Boom Bip Remix) – Lali Puna :: Ex Despacio… – Apeiron ::...