Awakenings ADE 2018
I Hate Models
Welcome to the darkest corner of ADE, where the crowd is entirely made up of emotional techno tourists who think crying at 160 BPM is a legitimate 'spiritual experience'. Everyone here is dressed like an extra from the Matrix, desperately trying to look tough while getting absolutely pulverized by the kick drum. The cavernous, steel-framed halls of Awakenings ADE are drowned in thick fog and piercing red lasers, capturing a deeply dystopian, apocalyptic energy. For the hardcore purists, this I Hate Models live set is a spectacular display of organized chaos.
Tearing through the room at an average of 140 BPM, he manipulates 12A and 10B keys to keep the Techno aggressively melancholic and fiercely industrial. The mixing is completely feral, building a violently unpredictable energy arc that snaps from ambient despair to outright audio warfare. The I Hate Models Awakenings ADE tracklist is a devastating collection of acid, trance, and industrial weaponry. Dropping Reinier Zonneveld & Miro - Shining (Reinier Zonneveld Filth On Acid Remix) is a masterstroke that absolutely decimates the front row.
He drags the crowd into the abyss immediately with an unidentified Unknown - Unknown serving as the opening track. The absolute highlight is the chaotic deployment of The Prodigy - Firestarter (Empirion Mix), which causes absolute scenes, before he abruptly ends the punishment with the closing track, Art of Noise - D Stomp.