TuneLab
Joris Voorn
Awakenings Summer festival 2023
Joris Voorn at an Awakenings festival is a guarantee of one thing: a masterful bridge between techno’s punishing present and its euphoric, trance-infused past. We come for the kicks but stay for the melodies. The summer air is thick with dust and anticipation, the stage a monolithic altar to the beat.
This set is a high-octane blend of techno and progressive, holding a fierce 139.2 BPM line for most of its run, with the harmonic tension frequently built and released in the classic, uplifting key of 12A. The energy is a perfect 50/50 split between hammering low-end pressure and soaring, mid-range arpeggios, creating that timeless festival feeling of physical weight and emotional lift. Voorn is a peerless crate digger here.
He weaves in timeless anthems like Paul van Dyk’s ‘Nothing But You’ and Rank 1’s ‘Airwave’ with such finesse they feel revolutionary again. The Green Martian’s ‘Industry’ is a dose of pure, old-school trance energy, while Tino Trøster’s ‘Red Mist’ provides a tougher, contemporary counterpoint. The journey starts with a mysterious, driving ID, builds to the iconic, hands-in-the-air climax of ‘Airwave’, and closes with the ultimate trance anthem, Paul van Dyk’s ‘For An Angel’, leaving the field in a state of collective rapture.