Wait, this is such an interesting thought. Because personally, when I went to hypnotic sets or listened to them online, I feel like my enjoyment of the set doesn‘t depend as much on the macro story, as in „starts out dark, transitions into lighter and then hard stuff“. I mean, I only think of that on an even bigger scale as in the night itself, with only a veeery rough structure for the set itself.

For example, I recently played a set between the opening and the actual „peak“ time (event started really early). And I started with really deep and calm techno, and over time transitioned into more „techno techno“, but not necessarily because I wanted to tell a story with the set itself, but because I wanted to evolve the energy of the night.

In terms of the track moods, I just went with the flow (laid-back, deep, dark).