Higher Vision festival is a perfectly pitched combo of 90s style and 2017 tech

The five arenas feature the latest in visual projections – but an almost uncanny absence of branding or advertising. “We love the vibe of the festival,” reckon FJAAK, who’ve chosen to stick around despite an equipment malfunction leading to the cancellation of their live set at the last minute. “It’s not really 2017, more 1990s”.

The weather is predictably harrowing, all mists and mud and biting March wind, but that’s not the kind of thing that matters when the vibe is this good, as Altern-8’s Mark Archer, who’s been in the business for 30 years, points out: “When you’re playing to a crowd and it’s raining, and everyone’s still there, you know you’re onto a good thing.”

At 3am, as Mixmag sets off to board the train for the return journey, passing a pair of Reebok Classics being slowly absorbed into the mud, we can’t help but agree. All in all, it’s very special indeed.