INNER SANCTUM FESTIVAL 6-9th JUNE, 2013 – BALATONKENESE, HUN – We entered the festival on Thursday, late afternoon. Chill out and balkan sounds in the air. Only few people around. No signs of a festival taking place yet, more like a small gathering of some freaks at Lake Balaton.

This relaxed atmosphere gave us all a chance to settle down peacefully, explore the area a bit, find friends and tune in.

The location (that also hosts another annual event called Alkotótábor) was almost exploding with nature. All shades of green as far as the eye could see, with even a tiny view of the lake. As my friend said: “I felt like I was dancing in a beautiful garden!” Even though it was a last minute decision to move to this location, it was definitely a very good one!
After a couple hours of slower beats, the crowd started to take shape on the dancefloor and suddenly the blast began. A jump from 100 to 150 bpm and the dancefloor began its 4 day-long flight.

This crowd was a fine selection of experienced “darktrance-lovers”, who hardly left the dancefloor save a few hours of resting. (As a result the camping area was conveniently silent where sleeping was respected.) No wonder! The music was an absolutely outstanding combination of the biggest names in this style (Kindzadza, Psykovsky, Osom, Kashyyyk, Megalopsy, Will O Wisp, Kashatka… ect.), with a perfectly fitting line up. It all made sense like a complete story.

At one point we had the impression that even the weather was harmonizing with the atmosphere created by the actual sounds. As the music got really hard and powerful and the heat was beginning to get unbearable, making it almost impossible to dance, suddenly it started raining! We had a short but super refreshing shower and despite the upsetting promises of the weather forecast, that was all the rain we had.

One of the impressive moments of the festival was the very end. As Megalopsy finished his last track and the music stopped, the dancefloor froze as if it had undergone a global shock created by the sudden silence. No one screamed for more but was hypnotized by the extreme psychedelic music experience of the last 100 hours. I dare to say that everyone was truly satisfied, musically speaking!

It was a high level start of the festival season, no doubt! I could only see smiling, pleased faces during these four days. No complains at all. Not to mention the fact that it was the first festival that the DaBudapest Friends (HUN) and the Haunted Future Team (GR) created together. We can only hope that they will continue!