“What do you suppose, this is not techno?” a girl asks. The good friend subsequent to her, with stars on her sun shades and in her eyes, doesn’t ask such vital questions. No, what Marlon Hoffstadt is certainly not techno. “Then why is he right here, on Awakenings?” The reply is easy, one take a look at the sector is sufficient: folks dancing so far as you’ll be able to see, fingers within the air, 4 women within the entrance row with similar fan shirts: Inform Me Daddy. Daddy, that’s after all DJ Daddy Trance, the humorous nickname of Hoffstadt, the person of the spring. He has been inflicting congestion in every single place since ADE final 12 months, and that’s no completely different at Upclose. ‘It is that point so that you can get on the ground’, it screams throughout the pitch, full with hysterical referee whistles. And that is it. It is a pumping trance rammer that performs document after document. Are we listening to that proper, a 2 Limitless nugget? Is nothing sacred anymore? Hoffstadt turns round with a large grin and reveals off his supermodel-worthy enamel. He’s untouchable in the intervening time.
For a lot of guests, Marlon Hoffstadt is the social gathering starter of the day. The German headliner is already on stage at half previous three. This implies from the doorway diagonally throughout the positioning on to the furthest and largest stage of the six. Attending to know the brand new terrain will come later. However even with a fast stroll you already know that Upclose is definitely a distinct competition than you had been used to from Awakenings Pageant. It feels small, or higher: compact. The distances between the phases on the map appear longer than they’re in observe, and that’s often the opposite manner round. The ornament is remarkably sober, even a bit sparse, with out atmospheric components or particular hanging areas. We all know from festivals like Wildeburg and Draaimolen that it’s potential with such a capability, however you need to need it. At this time, Awakenings focuses primarily on the music, with the DJs on low, approachable phases that you may nearly all the time dance round. Honorable point out goes to the smallest stage in a type of bowl within the forest, with astonishingly good sound on all sides. No cuts have been made, and that additionally says one thing concerning the ambitions of this weekend. Let’s resolve a thriller: these mysterious numbers that the phases have been given seek advice from key years within the Awakenings historical past. 97: the founding, 01: the primary competition, 24: the beginning of this new chapter.