THE BRIDGE

Mexico City right now might be the most dynamic and inspiring place on earth. I've spent decades moving through cities and scenes, searching for spaces where culture combusts rather than simply happens, and this city during Art Week is that combustion. Communities converge, familiar faces appear around corners you didn't expect, and the city's already vibrant energy transforms into something else entirely. For those of us who find home at Burning Man, this week serves as a mid-year gathering point, a moment to reconnect with the people and spirit that carry through the year.

Maxa has become my home on the playa. Their art car, their community, the container they create, it's where I've found my people in that temporary city we build in the desert each year. So when they gather here in Mexico City during Art Week, bringing that same intention and care to this space, it feels like the natural place for what I'm about to share. Home isn't always a location. Sometimes it's the people who hold space for your evolution, who understand what you're reaching for even before you can fully articulate it. Maxa is that for me, and debuting THE BRIDGE within their container feels like the only choice that makes sense.

Friday, February 6th at Frontera is one of the most important shows I'll play this year. It's where I'm introducing something new to the world, something I've been building with my dear friend Mati Favre, an incredible musician whose presence has unlocked a new dimension in my work. We're calling it THE BRIDGE.

I named it this because that’s exactly what it is. A bridge from my solo live show, where I focus on emotional exchange and deep connection with the audience, toward a more dancefloor-driven energy. My signature remains, the improvisational spirit, the commitment to presence and unknown territory. With Mati’s textures and foundation supporting the sound, I’m able to journey even further into improvisation, into spaces I couldn’t reach alone. The collaboration creates a structure that paradoxically allows more freedom. We build the bridge together, and then I can walk across it into territories I’ve only sensed from a distance.

Bridges mean more than this musical explanation. A bridge is a space between states. It’s transition made tangible. It connects what was to what will be, one shore to another, the familiar to the unexplored. Bridges span distances we couldn’t cross alone. They’re architecture and metaphor at once, solid enough to hold our weight but existing in that liminal space that’s neither here nor there. Standing on a bridge, you’re in motion even when you’re still. You’re committed to crossing but haven’t arrived. There’s something profound in that in-between state, something that feels true to where I am as an artist right now.

This year I made a conscious choice. I usually present my solo show Overview Effect as a large production with guests and elaborate staging. I wanted 2025 to be about something more intimate and more collaborative. A new musical approach that’s actually deeply familiar because it returns me to the core of why I make music in the first place. Connection and presence. THE BRIDGE represents this return while simultaneously pushing forward into new sonic territory.

The show at Frontera is presented by Maxa as a Burning Man fundraiser, and the container reflects the intention behind it. Doors close at 10pm so that everyone’s journey begins together. This protects the collective experience, ensuring that when we start, we all start together. There’s power in that synchronization, in knowing that everyone in the room is entering the same journey at the same moment. It creates a field of shared intention that individual arrivals can’t replicate. We’re building something together from the first note.

Nesh will be designing the visual experience. He’s a lighting artist whose curiosity and passion for experimentation led him to explore musical lighting, discovering in live performance a unique space for expression and creativity. Using lasers as his main source of light and music as his creative guide, he crafts immersive visual experiences. His artistic journey has been shaped by his participation in projects such as Mayan Warrior and Maxa, as well as his experiences at Burning Man and festivals around the world. Currently his work focuses on light installations in natural environments, where light engages with surroundings and transforms space into something sensory and contemplative. Elegant is the word. The lasers will dance with the music, become part of the conversation.

The legendary Maxa art car sound system will be our main instrument. If you know, you know. If you don’t, come find out.

Before Friday's debut, I'm playing a different kind of set on Thursday, February 5th at Supra with the Miami legendary vinyl bar Dante's HiFi. This taps into my vinyl passion, the practice of playing records from start to finish and letting them tell their own story. It's curation in the purest sense, honoring the complete vision of the artists who made these albums. This takes me back to my early days of collecting and playing vinyl, back when the relationship with recorded music was more devotional, more patient. There's a bridge here too, connecting my present work to those formative years when I was learning what it meant to guide people through sound. The vinyl set and THE BRIDGE live show are two expressions of the same commitment: respecting the journey, trusting the arc, being present with what unfolds.

On Saturday, February 7th, I’ll be playing vinyl again at Casa Margarita, an incredible and historic house in the heart of Roma Norte. We’re opening the house for an all-day experience combining jewelry, music, drinks, and community. The day will be hosted in two-hour appointment slots, allowing everyone to enjoy the space in a relaxed and intimate way. We’re curating this with brands doing meaningful work. RE by Roberta will have a jewelry selection. Presente Ancestral brings clothing. I’ll be playing vinyl throughout the day. There will be mezcal and natural wines, small bites to enjoy while you browse and connect. Each time slot is designed for you to explore, mingle, listen, and be in the space without rushing.

Space is genuinely limited.

I am very excited to share something with you. We've recorded the first track from THE BRIDGE, "The First of Many" and I'm releasing it today exclusively on Bandcamp, a platform that treats artists fairly and gives me direct connection with you. This release means something beyond the music itself.

We’ve committed to working with Earth Percent, an organization founded by Brian Eno and others in the music industry. The concept is elegant: artists pledge a percentage of their revenue to support the most effective organizations working on climate and environmental solutions. For this first track, 50% of our revenue will go to Earth Percent. Every download, every dollar, becomes a split contribution to the planetary work we all need to be part of.

This is where THE BRIDGE metaphor expands beyond music. We’re building connections between art and action, between personal expression and collective responsibility, between the beauty we create and the world we want to sustain. The bridge connects my solo work to this new collaboration with Mati. It connects all of us to the future we’re trying to reach.

Mexico City during Art Week is that bridge too. It’s the space between Burning Man, the convergence point where communities gather and culture ignites. It’s where I’m choosing to introduce THE BRIDGE to the world because it feels like the right container, the right energy, the right moment.

If you’re in Mexico City, come to Supra on Thursday for vinyl. Come to Frontera on Friday for the THE BRIDGE dance journey. Come to Casa Margarita on Saturday and take a break from the madness.

If you’re not in CDMX, enjoy “The First of Many” and know that you’re part of this bridge we’re building together.

The crossing begins now.