“The rave scene…
brought people
Leo Holman
together. It didn’t
matter whether you
were black, white,
Chinese, gay, rich or
skint. No-one cared
as long as you were
dancing. That’s why
it grew.”
until seven in the morning. We watched the sunrise, and
then saw everything in the daytime. I was like, ‘Jesus!’”
And while the festival is firmly rooted in the rich
countercultural legacy of the West Coast — the festival
started on a beach in San Francisco — it wasn’t the hippy plays, at Burning Man he was something of an unknown.
dippy carnival Carl thought he might encounter. His ego was most definitely checked in at the door. He
“You might expect a lot of greasy, unwashed soap literally mucked in.
dodgers praising themselves to the sun and dancing all “I would say 85 to 90 per cent of the people there didn’t
night long,” he laughs. “But it just isn’t like that at all. I know who I was,” he says modestly. “I’m just another
met some really nice people who are into it for the right dude from another country dressed in shorts, ripped
reasons. Everyone is there for a reason — you don’t just shirts, a cowboy hat with lights on it, goggles, a pink
end up in the middle of the desert without a story to tell. scarf… I’m not there to dress to impress. I’m there to feel
Everyone is there to give — there’s a huge artistic and good about myself and be who I want to be. And I think
creative impulse, and I liked that. that sometimes in life you just need that. Who am I as a
“Some people talk about Burning Man and they’re like, person? What do I enjoy? What don’t I enjoy? What is my
‘Oh that’s the last place that I’d want to go’ and they purpose in life? Some people have thought the worse,
start moaning about the dust, the toilets, the showers and gone to Burning Man, and come back completely
etc. Now, yes, you have to have an adventurous side to do different people — that’s really powerful.”
it because there’s no Sheraton Hotel there, there’s no
mini bar, you have to create everything for your Triumph
existence. And if that means you don’t have a shower for Buoyed by this spirit, his set, unsurprisingly, was a
two days, so be it. A water truck goes by spraying water triumph. Initially, those that did recognise his name on
— there’s your shower.” the schedule were sceptical that he would have made
such a trip to play just for two hours. “Wasn’t he in
Being a world away from the pampered lifestyle many DJs Ibiza?” he heard more than one festival-goer utter. But
are used to suited Carl, he says. Unlike at most gigs he there he was, and once he got on the decks, people
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