TuneLab
Awakenings ADE 2019 - ANNA
ANNA at Awakenings ADE represents a very specific, very modern techno proposition: sleek, powerful, and engineered for maximum impact in a vast, dark hall. This is techno as precision machinery, where every kick drum is a piston and every synth line a calibrated beam of light. The vibe is clinical and immersive, a world of smoke machines and laser grids where the crowd becomes a single, pulsing organism. Technically, this is driving, big-room techno sitting at a potent 131.5 BPM average, with a staggering 0.7663 low energy score confirming the relentless, sub-bass pressure.
The harmonic palette is stark and effective, dominated by the driving, minor tension of 12A, with occasional shifts to the darker 10B for added drama. Her mixing is clean and powerful, using long blends and loop-heavy techniques to build and release tension in great, heaving waves. The track selection is a mix of contemporary weapons and clever edits: Wehbba's 'Second Nature' is a peak-time roller of the highest order. The Claptone remix of Elton John & Dua Lipa's 'Cold Heart' is a genius, accessible curveball that somehow works within the techno framework, and Ramirez's 'La Musika Tremenda' remix is a brutalist, tribal-tinged bomb.
Jansons & Senzala's 'JNZ' provides an extended, hypnotic workout, and Alex Stein's 'Bonfire' delivers raw, peak-time aggression. She opens with an unknown track to establish the ominous mood, builds to a fierce climax with tools like 'Bonfire', and lands the set with the now-ubiquitous, crowd-pleasing stutter of Enrico Sangiuliano's 'Moon Rocks'.