Gear Up for the Playa with Lee Burridge and Lost Desert's Mystical Anthem, "Lingala"

Lee Burridge's productions and DJ sets often feel like open-ended equations—slowly unfolding symphonies that go everywhere and nowhere at the same time. That spirit of atmospheric experimentation has also seeped its way into the UK-artist's lengthy DJ sets, helping fuel his popularity on Burning Man's desert landscape, where his sunrise sets at camps like Robot Heart have become a widely celebrated affair. You can also of course take in his sound at clubs and festivals worldwide, as well as at his globe-trotting All Day I Dream parties that take place everywhere from Moscow to San Francisco. Ahead of his yearly pilgrimage to the Burn this week, Burridge is dropping a new EP on his ADID label, entitled Lingala—and it's classically Burridge.

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Produced in collaboration with Lost Desert—an artist Burridge reportedly came across while trekking through the Democratic Republic of the Congo—the song features the vocals of Junior, who sings in the actual Lingala dialect spoken in the country. Clocking in at around ten minutes, the lengthy and sprawling original shines with some succulent strings and spiraling synths that cozy up to Junior's anthemic singing, resulting in a powerful track that should surely get some play on the playa next week. The release comes with a remix from Gorje Hewek and Izhevski, and will be followed by Lost Desert's US debut at the All Day I Dream summer closing party in NYC on September 18. Check it out below.