Born on the South Side of Chicago and based in Seattle, Chris Offutt (aka Black Velveteen) is a pillar of the Pacific Northwest creative community and the founder of the Sage Rites record label. Her musical foundation, built on a childhood range of Motown to Mozart, manifested in a career navigating the cultural textures of San Francisco and Seattle, including her 2011 London-based radio show Progressions in House.

This session, recorded at sunrise on ¡AXOLOTL! Art Car, Burning Man 2024. Black Velveteen first appeared on Burner Podcast with the closing set for Episode 88 (Post Burning Man 2018 Chat with Halcyon). Currently a resident at Habitat Seattle, Caravan, and Reflect, Chris continues to capture the heart-centered truth of the community through her sound and commitment to community building and collaboration.

Burner Podcast Presents: Alkaline

The Soundtrack to Your Burn

[4/12/26]

Session a069

Connect & Learn More

• The DJ set on Black Velveteen's Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/blackvelveteennow/burning-man-sunrise-on-axolotl-art-car-2024
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djblackvelveteen
• Proton Radio: https://www.protonradio.com
• Airpusher Collective: https://www.instagram.com/airpushercollective
• axolotlartcar.com
• instagram.com/axolotlearthguardian

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Burner Podcast is an independent gift to the community, not a PR wing for the Org. We are an artist-documentarian project dedicated to capturing the stories and heart-centered truth of our global population. Reality is a conversation, and the conversation must continue.

The project serves the community through three distinct channels:

• Burner Podcast: The original traditional interview show featuring audio memoirs and deep-dive conversations.
• Alkaline: The DJ mix show and sonic documentation of the global Burner community—the soundtrack to your Burn.
• The Dispatch: A space for remote check-ins, time-sensitive updates, and direct addresses to the International Burnersphere.

About the Host Arash Afshar (aka Miraḡe the Pluronaut) is an Iranian-American, SoCal-based artist and oral historian. He champions Artist Consciousness and views his mission as facilitating radical humanization through the medium of recorded conversations, written words, and photography. 🔗 Explore projects: arashafshar.com 📸 Instagram: @mrarash

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