Awakenings ADE 2019 - SHDW & Obscure Shape
If you want to see a masterclass in aggressive networking, just look at the crowd pretending to dance while mentally updating their LinkedIn profiles. The SHDW & Obscure Shape Awakenings ADE 2019 tracklist is the perfect soundtrack for these industry badge wankers shouting 'Let's touch base next week!' over a devastating kick drum. It’s absolutely mad watching people try to act like they're having a transcendental rave experience when you know they’re just trying to secure a Spotify playlist placement. The vibe is pitch-black, strobe-heavy, and thick with the sweat of a thousand techno tourists who queued three hours for a locker.
Analysing this SHDW & Obscure Shape live set reveals a duo completely at the top of their game. Blistering through at an average of 138.6 BPM, they lock the room into a relentless 12A Camelot key progression, creating an unbroken, monolithic energy arc. Their mixing style is fierce and uncompromising, throwing massive slabs of Techno at the Awakenings ADE 2019 crowd with militant precision. The crate digger selections are absolutely legendary, perfectly balancing modern warehouse destroyers with classic trance-inducing anthems.
Dropping Energy 52's 'Café Del Mar' in the Three 'n One remix is a guaranteed emotional crowd-pleaser, while Nico Moreno's 'Purple Widow' brings the necessary brutality. The punishing journey begins with an Unknown opening track that immediately establishes dominance. The energy peaks in a blur of acid lines before the closing track 'Free Matrix' by Max leaves the dancefloor utterly decimated.