Awakenings Festival 2018 Sunday - Liveset Ilario Alicante
Area V
Here come the bucket hat brigade, desperately searching for the bassbin so they can stand directly inside it. You've got lads who haven't blinked since Tuesday telling anyone who will listen that this is a proper journey, mate. It's peak festival culture: gurning, sweating, and absolutely having a laugh. The cavernous industrial space of Area V at Awakenings Festival 2018 Sunday is drenched in strobes, smelling faintly of smoke machines and bad decisions. Delivering a relentless Techno assault, this Ilario Alicante live set hovers around a punishing 130.5 BPM.
The structural progression is heavily locked into the 12A key, creating a monotonous yet hypnotic drive that never lets up. Energy wise, the low-end is thick and unforgiving, designed to rattle your ribcage. His mixing is sharp and percussive, slamming tracks together with zero apologies. A glance at the Ilario Alicante Awakenings Festival 2018 Sunday Area V tracklist shows a DJ who knows exactly how to manipulate a big room. He unearths ZHU's "Risky Business" alongside heavy hitters like "Dub City" by Andrea Frisina.
Hearing Rank 1's "Airwave" dropped in the middle of a techno set is a mad, brilliant surprise. From start to finish, the pacing is a masterstroke in mainstage demolition. He bizarrely but effectively launches with the opening track "Bla Bla Bla" by Gigi D'Agostino. The absolute highlight is Clyde P's "The Gwana March" tearing the roof off, before bringing the chaos to a halt with the anthemic closing track, Oxia's "Domino".