Field Maneuvers proved that the UK's rave spirit is alive and well

Studio Barnhus (Axel Boman, Kornél Kovács & Pedrodollar) – Potala Palace, Sunday

Studio Barnhus’ back-to-back-to-back session on Sunday night was an absolute tour de force. The Swedish imprint has just put out one of the albums of the year from founding member Kornél Kovács, and its founders seemed to be riding high from the adrenaline of making this mark. Their rotation on-deck was incredibly slick, moving deftly through shouty Japanese vocal-driven electro from Mu to saccharine trance with a swelling ‘Born Slippy’ remix. The trio are best friends and it showed through the infectious joy they exhibited playing together. Kornél swayed with some uninhibited dance moves as he brought in ‘BB’ from his album while Axel mimicked the butterfly visuals on the screen, performing playful hand signals above his pal’s head and cutting some fluid shapes. Pedrodollar was the more reserved of the three, but cooly took his opportunities to wow the crowd with selections. Peak euphoria was reached when some harsh rave stabs gave way to ‘Music Sounds Better With You’, the mastery of the mixing drawing many a satisfied “ohh!” from the dancers losing themselves in the sounds.

Ryan Elliot – Potala Palace, Sunday

Sunday nights at a festival always seem to have a similar feel. Slightly apocalyptic as people fear the return to reality fast approaching, but boundlessly hedonistic as they get stuck into the last opportunity to let loose in a field ‘til the next one. Everyone wanted to party, and Ryan Elliott was more than happy to oblige, working out the tent with a ceaseless stream of dance floor weapons. KiNK’s ‘Existence’ had hands raised to the sky, while ‘Headshot’ (Samuel Deep Edit) succeeded in its mantra of getting the crowd hype, hype, hype. 'Til next time, Field Maneuvers.

Patrick Hinton is Mixmag's Digital Intern, follow him on Twitter