TuneLab
Perc - Awakenings Easter Festival 2022
Perc at an Awakenings Easter Festival 2022 is a guarantee of no resurrection, only unrelenting sonic punishment. We line up for the aural beating willingly, masochists all. The Easter theme is ironically juxtaposed with hellish, strobe-lit abandon, a warehouse of bodies moving to industrial-grade machinery. This is hard, industrial-tinged techno at its most brutal, averaging a neck-snapping 146.1 BPM. The key of 12A is a constant, oppressive force, with brief visits to 10B and 3B doing little to lighten the mood.
Energy is distributed for maximum physicality: a solid low-end thump (47% avg) supports distorted, mid-range aggression and piercing high-end hits. Perc's mixing is direct and powerful, letting tracks run long to exhaust their mechanistic rhythms. Prime Mover's 'Perfect Organism' is a terrifying, cinematic opener that sets a dystopian tone. Electric Rescue's 'Postures Sociales' is all tension and release with clanging metallic percussion. Distek's 'Hard Fax' lives up to its name as a raw, loop-based tool.
The inclusion of 'Eurodancer' is a wild, nostalgic twist, reconstructing happy hardcore for techno. The marathon 35-minute version of Armin van Buuren's 'Dopamine Machine' is the ultimate endurance test. Launching from an unknown abyss, it builds through industrial landscapes, peaks with 'Dopamine Machine', and offers no closure – just an end to the noise.