Awakenings Festival 2019 Saturday - Live set Enrico Sangiuliano
Area X
Here come the phone torch wielders, absolutely ruining the dark room vibe because they dropped their vape. They're stumbling around the back of the tent, completely oblivious to the masterclass in sound design happening in front of them. It's a classic festival tragedy: incredible techno completely wasted on people looking for a lost Elfbar. The cavernous, pitch-black expanse of Area X at Awakenings Festival 2019 Saturday is punctuated only by blinding, rhythmic strobe flashes. This Enrico Sangiuliano live set is a focused, 130.4 BPM Techno masterclass.
By sticking closely to 7A and 3B keys, he constructs a tense, brooding atmosphere that feels incredibly cohesive. The energy profile is dominated by a heavy, driving low-end, keeping the physical pressure on the crowd. His mixing is highly calculated, using long, looping EQ blends to seamlessly mutate one track into the next. Examining the Enrico Sangiuliano Awakenings Festival 2019 Saturday Area X tracklist shows a DJ pulling from the deepest parts of his collection. The inclusion of Dustin Zahn & Joel Mull's "Vesperum Winds" is a brilliant nod to proper techno heads.
He also boldly drops Rui Da Silva's "Touch Me", creating an unexpectedly massive singalong moment in the dark. The set operates as a continuous, rising wave of tension. He boldly launches right into the fire with the opening track, his own remix of CJ Bolland & The Advent's "Camargue 2019". The undisputed peak is the raw energy of Gary Burrows' "It Doesn't Matter", before signing off with the epic 9-minute closing track, "Symbiosis".