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Awakenings Festival 2018 Sunday - Liveset Enrico Sangiuliano
Area V
Nothing says 'festival techno' quite like the grim determination to lose your voice to a synth riff you'll Shazam seven times. Enrico Sangiuliano's 2018 Awakenings Festival set at Area V is a monument to that very feeling, a relentless, muscular workout. The vibe is industrial-grade: a sea of fists in the air, synchronized to laser precision and earth-shaking sub-bass.
On a technical level, it's a masterclass in peak-time, main-stage techno, locked at a punishing 128 BPM and dominantly in the 12A key for maximum driving force. The energy is a near-constant high, with Sangiuliano sculpting tension through percussive builds and dropping into cavernous, reverb-drenched breakdowns. The low-end is a physical presence, the mids are filled with grinding hooks, and the highs are crisp hats cutting through the fog.
For tracklist archaeologists, the highlights are the clever edits and curveballs: a teased remix of Technotronic's 'Pump Up the Jam' for a shot of pure nostalgia, Planetary Assault Systems' 'Desert Races' for its uncompromising industrial texture, and Moon Boots' 'Juanita (Mark Broom Remix)' for a surprising moment of filtered disco soul. The inclusion of Reset Robot's 'Conflux' and Macromism's 'The Walk' shows a keen ear for functional, hypnotic groove tools. The journey, though starting in the unknown, builds to anthemic moments like 'Da Hool - Meet Her at the Loveparade' before cooling down with the ambient drift of 'Redeyes - Long Ago'.