TuneLab
Awakenings ADE 2018
Rebekah & Paula Temple
Awakenings ADE 2018 promised industrial-strength techno, and Rebekah & Paula Temple delivered a back-to-back set that felt less like a performance and more like a coordinated assault on the dancefloor. Picture a dark warehouse in Amsterdam, strobe lights cutting through smoke, and a crowd bracing for impact. Locked into a 139.3 BPM average with keys like 3B and 12A dominating, this is hard techno at its most unflinching—driving, percussive, and designed to keep your head down.
The energy skews heavily low-end (avg_low 0.64), with bone-rattling kicks and distorted basslines that leave little room for melody, only momentum. Their mixing is seamless and relentless, building pressure through layered rhythms rather than obvious drops. Standout tracks include the opening 'KALLY'S Mashup Cast, Maia Reficco & Alex Hoyer - Catching Fire', which sets a cinematic, foreboding tone, while 'Tommy Holohan - Inter Dimensional Hardcore Business' is a peak-time weapon of raw, loop-based intensity.
The cheeky inclusion of 'Mo-Do - Eins Zwei Polizei (Club Mix)' offers a nostalgic, rave-ready break, and they close with the iconic 'Tiësto - Adagio for Strings', a surprising but effective melodic release after the punishment. From that ominous opener, through the peak of 'Waveliner & Rob Mayth - Harder Than Ever (Anubis Remix)', to the trance-tinged finale, this tracklist is a lesson in controlled chaos.