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Awakenings Festival 2019 Sunday - Live set Adam Beyer
Area V
Adam Beyer’s live set at Awakenings Festival 2019 is a reminder that sometimes, we just need things to be very loud and very straight. The vibe at Area V is pure, unadulterated techno festival energy: a sea of black t-shirts, pounding strobes, and the collective nod of approval for every warehouse-sized kick drum. This is hard techno at its most functional and effective, a no-nonsense assault on the senses. Technically, it’s a relentless, peak-time barrage averaging 130 BPM, oscillating between the gritty key of 3B and the more open 12A.
The energy is consistently high, built on a foundation of thunderous, distorted low-end, loop-driven mid-range percussion, and screeching high-end synth stabs. The structure is linear and driving, with long blends that layer elements into a wall of sound, favoring momentum over melody. For the tracklist hunters, his collab 'Data Point' with Layton Giordani and Green Velvet is a brutal, loop-based weapon. Blake Jarrell & Jeff Varisco’s 'Almonaster' offers a deeper, atmospheric moment, while the classic 'Go Go Yellow Screen' remix is a cheeky, old-school rave reference.
Henry Effe’s 'Experiment 001' brings a minimalist, driving groove, and Chase’s 'Obsession' is a timeless, hypnotic tool. The set kicks off with an unknown, tension-building intro, builds to a frenzy with tracks like 'Forever Ravers' by ANNA & Miss Kittin, and closes with the iconic, pummeling synth lines of Enrico Sangiuliano’s 'Moon Rocks.'.