TuneLab
Reinier Zonneveld
live at the State Aviation Museum in Kyiv, Ukraine for Cercle
Reinier Zonneveld live at a Ukrainian aviation museum for Cercle—because if you're going to perform live techno, you might as well do it surrounded by decommissioned fighter jets. The sheer incongruity is what we live for. The vibe is raw, mechanical, and profoundly loud, with the cold, metallic surroundings reflecting the music's industrial aesthetic. This is a live acid techno and hard techno performance, with an average BPM of 132.5 but wild swings from 100 to 171, showcasing Zonneveld's hardware wizardry.
The key of 12A dominates, providing a dissonant, urgent platform for his squelching 303 lines and pounding drums. His live setup allows for unpredictable, jam-based evolution of tracks, with energy heavily skewed towards the low-end (63%) for a physical, chest-caving bass presence, while the mid-range is a battlefield of modulating synths and rhythmic noise. The high-end is sharp and present, cutting through the mix with percussive clarity. As a crate digger, his own originals like the 'Intro' and 'Outro' frames the journey, but the inclusions are telling.
Dropping Green Velvet's 'La La Land' is a cheeky, classic acid house nod. Tracks like KBG's 'Scorchio' and The Whiteliner's 'Yeahhh' remix are peak-time, riff-driven techno bombs. Jodie Harsh's 'My House' gets a brutal, jacking re-contextualization, and Andrea Salerno's 'Teleri' offers a more hypnotic, minimal groove. It launches with his own live 'Intro', accelerates into a frenzy of acid lines and pounding kicks with peaks like 'Scorchio' and 'La La Land', and finally decelerates into the sprawling, 12-minute live 'Outro', leaving us exhilarated and slightly deaf.