Ten tracks that took Acid Future apart

Played by DJ Harvey in the Car Park: During two hours of distinct audio punishment in a scene that looked something more akin to Blade Runner than a London conference centre, Harvey's set rode a wide gamut of techno, much of it pitched up to a frenetic pace. His wry grin suggested that he knew exactly what he was dishing out, and that he had been looking forward to doing so for quite some time.

The early part of the mix sent that smile across the crowd and as the 4/4 from 'Hex' engaged their roar was as deafening as the speaker stack the track erupted from, the apocalyptic space containing it like some kind of acoustic pressure cooker.

Played by Danny Rampling in the Car Park: It didn't seem that the energy of his set could get more intense when Rampling weaved the CLS edit at number five in this list into his 90 minute set, but when he dropped 1993 banger 'Acperience 1' towards its end, you genuinely felt that the only person that wanted to be DJ Harvey in the room was the London-born LA resident who was looking on from the side of the stage. Any lesser DJ would have simply crumbled under the pressure.

Played by DJ Harvey in the Car Park: With three tracks in this list DJ Harvey clearly brought something special to Acid Future. Although at times it seemed he might have missed the acid memo, opting for a techno set so hard it's probably unhealthy to have been in its presence. It didn't really matter as even Troxler (who came straight down after finishing his Tuskegee set upstairs) was clearly loving it, taking to the decks for an impromptu B2B session.

Cuts of acid techno like 'Kino-I' were the crowning moment of a set so hard even the man himself looked exhausted by its close, dropping his headphones and necking a pint of water before taking one last bow to a crowd fully appreciative of what the ever incredible DJ Harvey had just delivered.

[Photo: Will Calcutt]