Ben Klock - Awakenings Easter Festival 2022
If you want to see grown adults in full Berghain queue cosplay looking absolutely terrified of the daylight, Awakenings is the place. Everyone here is dressed in variations of "tactical goth," holding their jaws together and pretending a 140 BPM kick drum is a spiritual experience. It’s an absolute masterclass in taking yourself too seriously, and we love to see it. A colossal, laser-drenched cathedral of sound where the bass hits you so hard in the chest you forget your own name.
This Ben Klock live set is an absolute clinic in tension, rolling at a concrete 139.5 BPM. Completely dominating the 12A key, he creates a hypnotic, unending groove. The massive low-end energy makes this a proper physical workout for the soundsystem. The Ben Klock Awakenings Easter Festival tracklist is an elite selection of underground weaponry.
Throwing the Matrixxman remix of Alarico's "27th District" next to Marcal's "Ainozama" proves exactly why he holds the keys to the techno kingdom. Emerging from a sinister unknown opening track, Klock systematically breaks down the massive crowd. The absolute curveball highlight is dropping Armin van Buuren's "Shivers (Rising Star Mix)", before wrapping up this masterclass with the closing track, Digital Express's "Man, Woman, Love".