TuneLab
Awakenings ADE 2018
I Hate Models
I Hate Models at Awakenings ADE 2018—the name says it all, and we're all modeling our best 'I haven't slept in days' look in solidarity. The vibe is industrial and raw, fitting for an ADE bunker session where the only currency is stamina. This I Hate Models tracklist is a hard techno and industrial techno assault, sitting at an average 140 BPM with 12A as a common key, though modulations keep it unpredictable.
The energy profile shows strong lows at 0.65 and significant highs at 0.15, meaning the bass is crushing but the screeching synths and vocals get their moments of terror. Mixing is aggressive and theatrical, with long, punishing tracks that evolve rather than transition, creating a sense of relentless momentum. Crate digging reveals gems like Boglin's 'Indoctrinate', a dystopian, pounding opener, and Reinier Zonneveld's remix of 'Shining', a filth-on-acid masterpiece.
D.Dan's 'Dangstuh' and 'Sudan Sedan' offer gritty, percussive depth, while the peak moment is the 21-minute Empirion mix of The Prodigy's 'Firestarter', a chaotic, genre-blurring epic that defines the set's anarchic spirit. The journey begins in the unknown abyss, builds to the explosive peak of 'Firestarter', and closes with the quirky, stomping 'D Stomp' by Art of Noise, leaving us all suitably shattered.