12 tracks that prove Dekmantel is a haven for quality house and techno

Played by DVS1 on Saturday night: Yep, more techno and although there was a lot of house on offer over the three days and nights, it was a mainly pounding affair. And no-one brought the devil chunk like DVS1.

Out of all the big hitters – Klock, Dettman, Hood and Mills – DVS1 was the scariest motherfucker of them all. While in some sets he may gift you with melody, at Dekmantel he went full-scale dark. It was one pumping, devastating cut after another, with a few techno vikings strutting their stuff, tops off and muscles out. It feels apt that our favourite track from the set was 'Protocol' by Matrixxman, as the selector from the Bay Area smashed it over the weekend. He hammered his debut Boiler Room set and gave the main room at Melkweg a proper workout later that night. He also ended with 'Knights Of The Jaguar' by The Aztec Mystic which always gets two thumbs up from us.

Played by Jeff Mills on Saturday night: Last year's closing set on the Sunday was Jeff Mills and it was fucking brilliant. This year he rounded things off on the Saturday at the main stage and guess what? He was fucking brilliant again. He's the Daddy of techno, no question about it. Less weird than last year, his set was a fiery blend of menacing 135bpm tech and stabbing beats straight from his Roland 909. Now that the sun had finished its shift for the day, it was time for the brain-meddling lights to take effect. The stark strobe flashes of colour combined with Mills' furious soundtrack was enough to send anyone straight to their happy place. The whole set was cracking and although 'The Bells' may seem like an obvious choice, we think you'll be pretty hard-pushed to find a techno fan who doesn't lose their shit when The Wizard drops that bomb.