The journey opens in Db major with 'Psychodelia' by Ezequiel Arias, the Córdoba-born producer shaped under Hernán Cattaneo's wing, with several Beatport progressive number ones to his name. Its 125 BPM on Anjunadeep sets the pulse for a selection that stays between 120 and 126 throughout, spread across twenty labels, nearly all different: less a catalogue than a map of the scene.
What follows is a stretch of pure craft. 'I Love a Robot' by D-Nox and Andre Moret rides its groove for 8:48, the longest cut here, before handing over to Quivver's 'Keep on Runnin'' on Bedrock: John Graham has been producing since the early nineties under aliases like Space Manoeuvres and Tilt, and this is home turf. Three tracks later, Danny Howells appears alongside Lloyd Barwood on 'One More Sky'; the Brit spent nine years warming up for John Digweed at the Bedrock nights, and that warm-up instinct shows in how the track lands the journey's first turn into minor, in Eb.
That Eb minor chains into 'One Day Soon' and opens the shaded zone. 'Devil May Cry' and 'Confined' touch the set's floor at 120 BPM, with Mango Alley signing two of the most introspective moments of the middle stretch. In between, D-Nox returns with Beckers on 'True Peak', proof that names here don't just pass through once: they weave the thread.
The ending feels almost scripted. 'Moon Tides' by Togni, 'Neo Cortex' by Michael A and 'Moon Light' by Hook Airs form a closing run locked at 122 BPM, dimming the lights one by one, the farewell's F minor answering the one 'Confined' left hanging. Opening in the brightness of Db major and ending under the moon in minor: festival charts rarely draw an arc this legible from start to finish.
Sources: Wikipedia · Beatport · Electronic Groove
