Watch Skrillex Throw Down BANGERS At Burning Man’s Opulent Temple
As the days push on from the end of Burning Man we continue to see more and more footage from the incredible event. While we have already dropped a bit of coverage on Diplo’s magic journey, including a B2B with Flume as well as Skrillex’s B2B with TokiMonsta, today brings even more hot takes from Burning Man.
In the video below courtesy of Electric Family as well as @stevebrew, Skrillex can be seen tearing up Burning Man’s (literally) explosive Opulent Temple. Skrillex makes the crowd go absolutely wild when he mashes up JoyRyde alongside some other samples.
Burning Man was a massive success in 2018, reporting no deaths (none have been made public thus far at least), as well as less arrests than in 2017. In combination with some of the best music anyone has heard this year it seems like Burning Man once again tops the list of festivals to hit in 2019. Check out the wild video below.
Opulent Temple’s Long History At Burning Man
Opulent Temple has been one of Burning Man’s most established sound camps for years, known for bringing in high-profile electronic artists to play sunrise and late-night sets in the middle of the desert, far from any traditional club or festival infrastructure. Getting an artist of Skrillex’s stature to throw down there is a big deal within Burning Man culture specifically, since many top-tier DJs treat their playa sets differently than a normal festival gig — often experimenting more freely and mixing in unexpected genre detours, exactly like the JoyRyde mashup captured in this clip.
Burning Man’s Growing Electronic Music Footprint
While Burning Man has never officially branded itself as an EDM festival, its influence on dance music culture has grown enormously as more A-list producers make the pilgrimage to the playa each year. Sets from Diplo, Flume, Skrillex, and TokiMonsta in the same week show just how much overlap now exists between mainstream festival culture and Burning Man’s more freeform, art-driven ethos. That blend of massive production talent with the event’s stripped-down, community-first spirit is exactly why footage like this keeps circulating for weeks after the event wraps.
