Awakenings Festival 2018 Saturday - Live set DJ Rush
Area Y
Dutch festival giants in matching black t-shirts marching to the kick drum like it’s a military drill. Awakenings is basically Berghain queue cosplay but with more strobes and expensive water. The massive tent vibe at Area Y is absolutely punishing, a proper techno cathedral. For the purists scanning the Awakenings Festival 2018 Saturday - Live set DJ Rush Area Y tracklist, the BPM is locked into a driving 133.4.
This DJ Rush live set is a pure Techno clinic, pivoting around 12A and 3B keys with an unrelenting energy arc that separates the veterans from the techno tourists. The crate digger selections are properly wild. Smashing Above and Beyond's remix of Jean-Michel Jarre into Jodie Harsh's 'My House', and finishing off with Bushwacka!'s 'Love Story', proves the man has a wicked sense of humour. The journey is a masterclass in big room destruction.
He opens with the epic Thrillseekers remix of the opening track, 'Neptune Project - Proteus'. The absolute peak is the 17-minute mind-bender 'I Have a Dream (Outro)', before bringing the hammer down with the closing track, 'Radio Slave - Vision (Obscure Shape & SHDW Remix)'.