Awakenings Festival 2018 Sunday - Liveset Sven Väth
Area V
Cue the vinyl purists scoffing at anyone using CDJs, while secretly wishing they had a sync button to save their trainwreck transitions. They've been boring people in the smoking area for an hour about the warmth of analogue, completely ignoring that the bassline is what actually matters. Absolute scenes of techno snobbery in full effect. The colossal outdoor stage of Area V at Awakenings Festival 2018 Sunday bakes in the afternoon heat as a massive crowd surrenders to the groove. Papa Sven delivers a masterclass in classic, rolling Techno with this Sven Väth live set.
Hovering right around 129.8 BPM, he relies on the 12A key to create a hypnotic, never-ending groove. The energy is massively concentrated in the low-end, providing a thick, driving foundation that commands the festival soundsystem. True to his legendary status, his mixing is raw and organic, letting tracks play out and utilizing the EQ to build natural tension. The Sven Väth Awakenings Festival 2018 Sunday Area V tracklist is a treasure trove of underground cuts. He drops Patrice Bäumel's "The Hatchet" to an absolutely massive crowd reaction.
Integrating Stefan Vincent's remix of JAW's "Pop" alongside L.B. Dub Corp's "See the Light" shows exactly why his crate-digging skills are unmatched. The set is a masterfully paced expedition into proper techno. He kicks off the madness immediately with the opening track "My Case" by Angy Kore. The absolute highlight is the weird and wonderful 5-minute stretch of Stimming's "Frankfurt Main", before wrapping up the vinyl masterclass with the closing track, "Red Machine" by Robert Hood.