In that moment, the audience was indeed "enslaved" – not in a negative sense, but in the sense that they were completely free to let go and surrender to the music. As the performance reached its climax, the crowd, now one with the sea and the sound, reached a state of collective euphoria.
: A recent feature film written and directed by Marco Calvani, exploring themes of gay isolation and shame. hightide.org.uk 2. Scholarly Context on Related Themes