Charlotte de Witte. I had to Google her for her past, because, even though I've seen her name before, I do not know her background story. What I did know was that she's one of the quickest rising superstars in the Techno scene. At the age of 27 (or thereabout) she has become such a big name and plays at the biggest events all over the world, it would have been daft for me NOT to review one of her livesets, which I have found yesterday.
It's only been up on Soundcloud for 2 months, and it already attracted around 52.1k+ plays so far, and the comments are all positive. And I have to agree that I'm digging her style. According to Wikipedia, one of her comments about Techno is as follows: 'I find beauty in music stripped down and bold. Less is more'. That's certainly true. It can be nice to have nice melodies and 365497 beautiful bassdrums, but why not keep it minimalistic? That doesn't mean the music does not pack a punch though, as you will find out!
The tracklist isn't complete, so if you know the missing records, please let us know and we'll adapt it.
01. ID - ID
w/ Regal - Still Raving
02. Alex Dolby - Depressure Control (Progression Remix)
03. Dax J - West Bank
04. Charlotte de Witte - Closer
05. Cherry Moon Trax - Needle Destruction
06. Giacomo Renzi - Burian
07. Moddullar - Encrypt
08. Keith Carnal - Rolls
09. Charlotte de Witte - Selected
10. Ness - Hololoop
11. ID - ID
12. Charlotte de Witte - Remember
13. Charlotte de Witte - This
14. Lex Gorrie - Disturbing Sequence (Progression Remix)
15. David Temessi & Josement - Let's Scrape It (Flug Remix)
16. Giacomo Renzi - Hyperacid
17. Rohar - Nerves (Viers Remix)
18. Amotik - Ikat
19. Kai Tracid - Voyager
This set lasts for about an hour and a half, and what she does within that space of time is tremendous. There's no recording of the audience, but I guess they were blown away by her sheer power and determination to get everyone dancing. She has certainly achieved that! I'm sitting here at home, raving my ass off.
She has made a name for herself, and I've got to give her credit for this inspiring set. I've not heard of this event before, or really knew the history of Charlotte de Witte, but she gets the thumbs up from me. This DJ is eager to showcase that people should focus on the music, and that looks are irrelevant. I would certainly agree with that statement: as long as the DJ can move your body, who cares what they look like. Man or woman. I simply couldn't care less. It's all about the music. Be it Techno or any other style.
Charlotte's set is intense and powerful, and the time does fly by. Not one moment during this hour and a half set is boring. And the great thing about her set is that I do sense a lot of influences from the early Techno era.
Basically, everything is perfect about her set. Would have been the best if the crowd would be on the recording, but hey, you can't have it all, eh?
DJ: Charlotte de Witte
Genre/Style: Techno
Liveset Info: Recorded @ KNTXT Sportpaleis 2018
Length Liveset: 01:30:51
Tracks: 19 (nineteen)
Download/Listen (via Soundcloud): LISTEN HERE
File Size: unknown
File Type: unknown Bitspeed: unknown
More Information: Charlotte de Witte - Soundcloud Page