Reinier Zonneveld
at the Gashouder for Awakenings Festival 2020 | Online weekender
Ah, the virtual festival era—where you had to pretend you were having a massive one while standing next to your ironing board. It’s hard to replicate the vibe of a sweaty warehouse when your mum keeps walking into the room to ask if you want a cup of tea during a 136 BPM acid drop. The Awakenings Festival 2020 | Online weekender beams the iconic industrial darkness of the Gashouder straight into thousands of locked-down living rooms. The Reinier Zonneveld at the Gashouder for Awakenings Festival 2020 tracklist is a masterclass in relentless, driving machinery.
Locked at a completely unwavering 136.4 BPM, this Reinier Zonneveld live set is purely functional Techno. Rooted in 12A and 7A keys, he pushes an absurd 71% low-end energy, layering live acid lines from his drum machines over heavy, rolling kicks to simulate that punishing festival pressure. The crate-digging here perfectly balances old-school nostalgia with modern thump. Hearing Der dritte Raum's classic "Hale Bopp" is a proper treat for the veterans, but dropping the Vanity Frontroom Remix of Bellini's "Samba de Janeiro" in a techno set is an absolute laugh that somehow perfectly works.
It’s a 136 BPM bullet train from start to finish. Following an unreleased live jam as the opening track, Zonneveld immediately turns the screws. Mike Dearborn's "Black Circles" provides a gritty, warehouse-rattling highlight before he brings the absolute scenes to a halt with the legendary closing track, The Green Martian's "Industry".