You can see the lights from the trademark pair of headtorches bobbing up and down as the opening beats and blips of 'The Moebius' starts. With throbbing bass and squelching bleeps, it sounds huge. The racing, bodyrocking rave of 'Speedfreak' is exhilarating, and the little Josh Wink style wigout is ace. There are a few technical issues which halts the start of 'Oolaa'. 'Steel Cube Idolatry' and 'High Rise' are both pounding, with chiming electronics. 'Torpedo Town' is pretty housey, which is a nice variation. The chilling electronica of 'Chime' is glorious. It's hard to come up with individual descriptions for each track when all you want to do is dance, and that's exactly what I do for the duration of their set. The uplifting choral electronica of 'Belfast' is superb.
As they are performing both the 'Green' and 'Brown' albums in their entirety tonight, there is a short break before they return for 'The Brown Album'.
'Planet Of The Shapes' is hypnotic and trippy, and the geometric visuals are excellent. The celtic flavoured rave of 'Luna 3-1' is excellent whilst 'Luna 3-2' hits HARD. Unlike the first set, there are barely any gaps between the tracks so each song is just mixed into the next. The effect is intense as a mass of bodies just lock into various continuous grooves for over an hour. The images are more apocalyptic too. Everything about 'The Brown Album' is more focused and intense. 'Halcyon On And On' is a real party starter, not that the place needs it.
Even after over two and a half hours of music, we still get a few tracks as an encore including a version of The Spice Girls' 'Wannabe' and their collaboration with Sleaford Mods, 'Dirty Rat'. The penultimate track, the classic 'Satan', still absolutely crushes. Phenomenal.
Orbital *****
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