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Pender Street Steppers - Beach 2, Thursday

Canada's house scene has got some serious game right now and at the very forefront are Vancouver pair Pender Street Steppers. We caught them in the Beat Hotel at Glastonbury earlier this summer so we were already well aware of the creamy, suave cuts they pack. As soon as the clock hit midnight we knew we had to trek across the pebble beach from the Voodoo Stage to Beach 2 to catch Liam Butler and Jack Jutson in action. They served up a platter of delicacies ranging from illuminating disco ('Disco Member' by Bjorn Torkse), a brightly-coloured upper from their own Mood Hut label ('Better') and 'I Care' by D. Futers, recently premiered by us. As soon as the first note dropped one of our pals turned to us to exclaim how "this track's unbelievable". After that, it was eyes closed, head bopping to the slammin' beat and mouth mimicking that sweet, sugary garage vocal.

Palms Trax b2b Call Super - Barbarella's, Thursday

You never really know what to do with yourself when you turn up to a club and there's only a handful of people there. It's even worse if the DJ's pumping it out far too hard for an empty dancefloor. Thankfully, Dekmantel label affiliate Palms Trax and Call Super reserved their most powerful ammo for when Barbarella's was more or less full. After Vakula eased us in with sultry, soulful numbers, PT and CS began a top-set house lesson. Kenny Larkin's Tension Mix of Kevin Sanderson's 'Future' spun us out, Chez Damier's 'Take Me Away' had us grooving and Masters A Work's 'The Time Is Now' provided the Afrobeat sass. The ultimate moment had to be Johnny Corporate's 'Sunday Shoutin'', though. The 'tsk tsk' percussion is ever so soothing, the drawn-out vocals are epic and the saxophones in the breakdown are something else. Cue elation on the dancefloor.