Anfisa Letyago
Awakenings x X ADE 2023
The hard techno TikTokers are having an absolute nightmare here, trying to record a viral video but getting battered by the bassline instead. Awakenings x X ADE 2023 is swarming with techno tourists who bought a leather harness specifically for tonight. It's a proper laugh watching them try to look tough while secretly wishing they brought some earplugs and a comfortable pair of trainers. The room is a chaotic blur of rapid-fire strobe lights and sweat, feeling less like a dancefloor and more like a high-speed wind tunnel. This Anfisa Letyago live set is a wildly aggressive take on modern Techno, averaging a frantic 139.4 BPM with massive tempo swings.
The energy is entirely dominated by a crushing low-end, with almost non-existent highs, creating a muffled, subterranean rumble. Relying heavily on the 12A and 3B keys, the set maintains a dark, looping tension. Her mixing is fast and furious, slamming tracks together to keep the energy at a constant boiling point. Letyago's track selection is mad, filled with cheeky edits and blistering acid lines. She absolutely ruins the crowd with the Dark Mix of Gigi D'Agostino's 'Bla Bla Bla', a stroke of 90s nostalgia that hits like a freight train.
Dropping KI/KI's '5 Mins of Acid' ensures the purists are kept on their toes. The Anfisa Letyago Awakenings x X ADE 2023 tracklist is a relentless, high-speed chase. Her own opening track, 'Gravity', immediately pulls the crowd into a dark, thumping orbit. The set peaks wonderfully with Denis Sulta's 'Rock It', before finally ascending into trance heaven with the closing track, Nu NRG's 'Dreamland'.