TuneLab
999999999 - Awakenings Easter Festival 2022
Awakenings Festival at Easter—because nothing says rebirth like 150 BPM industrial techno administered by 999999999, the duo who treat a Funktion-One system like a demolition tool. We are here, in a field or a warehouse, to have our fillings rattled loose in the name of rhythm. The environment is a dystopian playground of lasers cutting through smoke, a collective catharsis through noise. This is a relentless hard techno assault, averaging a blistering 152.5 BPM and primarily fixated on the punishing, resonant frequencies of the 12A key. The energy profile is dominated by low-end (0.67 avg), creating a physical, chest-caving pressure that is the entire point.
The mids (0.27) are reserved for distorted stabs and eerie atmospherics, while highs are scarce, making every hi-hat feel like a surgical strike. Mixing is aggressive and direct, often using hard cuts and noise sweeps to transition, a style that values impact over finesse. The tonal palette is uniformly dark, with minimal harmonic movement; the drama comes from rhythmic complexity and sheer textural weight. For tracklist hunters, Ardl's 'Everybody In The Basement' is a perfectly titled, apocalyptic opener. Bountyhunter's 'Woops' is a screeching, loop-driven weapon of mass disorientation.
B2's 'Heavy Machine' lives up to its name with pneumatic, drilling percussion, while Wndrlst's 20-minute 'Vertigo' is an epic exercise in sustained, peak-time tension. Cassie Raptor's 'Anger Volcano' gets a vicious, floor-shaking remodel from Perc, a highlight of pure industrial fury. The journey kicks off with the subterranean call-to-arms of 'Everybody In The Basement', ascends into the chaotic, brain-scrambling peak of 'Vertigo', and finally, almost mercifully, closes with the trance-tinged release of Insigma's 'Open Your Eyes'.