TuneLab
Joris Voorn
Awakenings Summer Festival 2022
Joris Voorn at Awakenings Summer Festival 2022—because who else can seamlessly blend Kendrick Lamar with trance classics and make it sound like a coherent vision? This set is for the eclectic souls, the ones who believe genre boundaries are mere suggestions. The vibe is expansive and celebratory, with a festival crowd ready for twists and turns, from introspective moments to hands-in-the-air euphoria. Technically, this is a fusion of melodic techno and progressive house, with an average BPM of 136-137 and Camelot key 7A providing a melodic, often major-key foundation for the journey. The energy balance is more evenly distributed than typical techno, with significant mid-range presence for harmonic development and highs that add sparkle without overpowering.
Voorn’s mixing is virtuosic and layered, often blending three or four tracks at once to create rich, evolving soundscapes, with key modulations to 3B and 12A ensuring smooth transitions. The tracklist is a marvel of curation: opening with Kendrick Lamar’s 'United In Grief' over a techno beat is a bold, genre-defying move. Frame by Frame’s 'Out of Norway' offers a driving, melodic techno pulse, while Arde Bogotá’s 'Los Perros' remix brings Latin percussion and peak-time energy. Solarstone’s 'Seven Cities' remix is a trance-inflected highlight, and Steve Forrest’s 'Freed from Desire' edit is a nostalgic, piano-house moment.
Acid Sisters’ 'The Acidpass' adds a raw, 303-driven edge. The journey begins with Kendrick, builds to a trancey peak with 'Airwave,' and closes on Rank 1’s iconic 'Airwave (Radio Vocal Edit),' a perfect sunset anthem.