The first edition of Pitch was the perfect festival debut

Meanwhile, the nearby Electrum stage, designed by ZOD, was more fitting of what you’d expect to see at a rave in the Australian bush. The timber creation blended in organically, adorned by a tribal-mask-type-face, rainbow panels, scrap materials including cricket stumps and showerheads, and screens above and below the booth.

The last of the main three, named Vanishing Point, was at the back of the site, providing a window to the mountains. This is where live acts took control from the start of the day well into the early hours. And a fourth area was the domain of local club crews across the event.

The crowd was smaller than other Australian festivals, with about 7000 on site, and space for a lot more. This intimate vibe meant you kept running into familiar faces having the time of their lives (Babylon also debuted the same weekend only a few a few hours’ from the Pitch site, and Golden Plains and Esoteric festivals were also on.)

There were art installations, market stalls and, of course, food, but the focus of Pitch really was quality music and that brought out people who were there to simply enjoy it. No one seemed too messy, everyone was friendly and the vibe grew stronger as the days passed.

As a Spanish guy wearing a fluffy toy snake around his neck declared to us as we watched Ben Klock close Béton Brut on Sunday night: "In fucking 20 years’ time, we’re going to say we were at the first Pitch."

Festivals come and go, but this was as professional a first time as you could get, with an amazing line-up to rival any event on the global scene. We’ve got a feeling we’ll be hearing a lot more about this one.

Check out a collection of tracks that set off the weekend below.