Armin van Buuren and Enrico Sangiuliano Turn Breakfast Into a Techno-Trance Masterclass at Kappa FuturFestival
Who says the best sets happen after midnight?
Sometimes the best sets happen when the sun is high in the sky the coffee is kicking in. Thousands of dance music fans still have enough energy to lose themselves for a few more hours.
That is exactly what happened at Kappa FuturFestival, where Armin van Buuren and Enrico Sangiuliano gave one of the weekends most talked about performances.. The twist was that it started at 10 a.m.
Morning sets have a special kind of magic. The crowd is not looking for darkness or lasers anymore. They are looking for that feeling before reality sets in. That is a different vibe and Armin van Buuren and Enrico Sangiuliano knew exactly how to work with it.
Armin van Buuren has been playing techno music over the past few years but he still plays the trance melodies that made him famous. Enrico Sangiuliano is known for his driving beats that seem to make time go slower. On paper it made sense for them to play together.
In reality it was even better than expected.
Armin van Buuren and Enrico Sangiuliano took turns playing music mixing techno rhythms with soaring melodies without ever losing the momentum. One minute the crowd was dancing to percussion and the next minute huge synths were lifting everyone up before dropping them back into pounding basslines.
It did not feel forced. It did not feel like two artists taking turns playing music.
It felt like one conversation between Armin van Buuren and Enrico Sangiuliano.
The early hour made everything even better. Of being tired the crowd went with it. People were smiling of looking at their phones. They were dancing with coffee cups in one hand. Sunglasses on hiding the fact that they had been up all night. It was a mess. In a good way.
Because this was Kappa FuturFestival breakfast was not just something people talked about.
Festivalgoers got paninis while the music was playing creating a weird and wonderful scene that only makes sense at an electronic music festival. Techno music, trance music and sandwiches. Thousands of people dancing in the daylight. It all worked.
Kappa FuturFestival is known for creating moments that people talk about long after the festival is over. Having big names perform helps,. It is the unexpected things that people remember. A sunrise, a surprise performance or a set at a time when most festivals are winding down of getting more exciting.
This breakfast session had all of that.
For Armin van Buuren it was a reminder that he likes to try things instead of sticking to one type of music. For Enrico Sangiuliano it showed why he is one of the respected names in melodic techno.
Together Armin van Buuren and Enrico Sangiuliano created something that felt like a planned performance and more like a reward, for the fans who were willing to keep going.
If people had doubts that dance music can still surprise them this set changed their minds.
It turns out that some of the memories are not made at 2 a.m.
Sometimes they are made over breakfast with Armin van Buuren and Enrico Sangiuliano playing music and people dancing in the sunlight.
