[DH007] Michael Rosa- Sound Engineer EP

And now for The Tale Of Michael Rosa...

We'd been huge fans of Michael's productions so we knew he would be the perfect fit to play a dark and deep tech set late night at our Desert Hearts Spring Festival 2014. The festival took place during the last weekend in April in the high desert, so all our hopes were going towards the weather not being too hot. Michael, assuming we were a San Diego based festival, packed accordingly thinking he was spending his weekend in the most beautiful city in the country... As luck would have it, the weather gods decided to royally fuck with us and it snowed on Friday night during the festival. Michael, coming from Miami, packed little more than shorts and a T-shirt to get him through the weekend. Not only was this Michael's first Desert Hearts, but it was also his first California Style outdoor festival. Needless to say, Michael got the ever-loving shit kicked out of him that weekend, mentally and physically. We did our best to take care of him but he was a goner...

The next time we heard from him, he came back to us with a super psychedelic Hunter S Thompson inspired EP and told us that Desert Hearts was a huge awakening for him. 72 hours of non-stop House, Techno, & Love tends to have that effect on people. It takes you to the brink of sanity and tests you mentally and physically just as it did to Michael. The EP he sent us was completely inspired by his experience at Desert Hearts and it's absolutely brilliant. We snatched it up right away and sent it off to a few of our favorite Desert Hearts veterans for remixes.

So that's the story of Michael Rosa. The Ultimate G who had no idea what he was getting into and got his ass kicked by Desert Hearts. This is Michael's redemption and we couldn't be more proud of the kid.