Awakenings ADE 2021- Ida Engberg
Ah, the sheer joy of watching purists absolutely lose their minds when a massive pop-trance vocal gets dropped in the middle of a serious techno set. Half the crowd is having a religious experience, while the lads in the front row are furiously updating their Resident Advisor forums to complain about the death of the underground. Honestly, if you can't have a laugh at ADE, what are you even doing? The Ida Engberg Awakenings ADE 2021 set blasts through the cavernous room with a commanding, neon-drenched authority. This Ida Engberg live set is an absolute powerhouse, chugging along at a meaty 133.1 BPM average.
Rooted firmly in the 12A Camelot key, the Techno energy arc is an aggressive, rolling thunder of heavy sub-bass and razor-sharp high frequencies. Her mixing style is incredibly dynamic, seamlessly bouncing from hypnotic loop-techno to massive, hands-in-the-air stadium moments without breaking a sweat. The Ida Engberg Awakenings ADE 2021 tracklist is a proper crate-digger fever dream. She plays Dustin Zahn’s "Submit Yourself" to keep the heads happy, and then absolutely levels the place by dropping Gigi D'Agostino’s "Bla Bla Bla" and Alice Deejay’s "Better Off Alone".
Unbelievable scenes. The onslaught begins with an uncompromising "Unknown" opening track, immediately locking the room into a groove. The highlight is, without a doubt, the collective breakdown when those classic trance vocals hit the Awakenings sound system. She finally brings the madness to a halt with the colossal closing track, Enrico Sangiuliano’s "Moon Rocks", leaving the crowd utterly ruined in the best way possible.