Live Review: Todd Terje, Tornado Wallace, Ara Koufax

DJs Ara Koufax and Tornado Wallace at the decks set the tone of tonight's proceedings with a fine blend of tunes that shift from sprawling Can psychedelics to electro-disco cuts reminiscent of early Madonna. They don't have to work too hard to get the crowd in a party mood. Everyone here is buzzing with excitement and ready to dance the night away.

There is nothing that spells out 'party' better than the two drum kits set up on stage for Todd Terje & Olsens. This approach to percussion is the domain of acts like James Brown, Prince and Santana, all of whom never failed to bring the party. Right from the get-go, the beats are big and come with plenty of bounce, which effortlessly sees the crowd getting down. Terje delivers a new disco sound, which comes with plenty of feel-good Balearic intent. After an intro that sounds suspiciously like Prince's Sign O' The Times, they get down with the grunt of Strandbar, which seamlessly melts into the Miami Vice-like kitsch of Delorean Dynamite.

Terje's sound is rooted in the glamorous disco-funk of the '70s, the electro-disco of the '80s and the solid four-on-the-floor repetition of '90s techno, acid, electro and house. The beats are tight, but the luscious synths smothered all over the mix have an endearing, switched-on, Moog-style wonky touch. And just when you think you have worked out Terje's formula, the crazed Latin rhythms of Alfonso Muskedunder blow up like a festive explosion of confetti and streamers that feels like Mardi Gras in Rio. It merges into a cover of Yellow Magic Orchestra's Firecracker at which point the crowd truly seem to lose their collective minds. Dancing even more fervently, they approach the ecstatic. The extended 12" versions on offer allow us to dive deep into the heart of these tunes. A cover of Jaga Jazzist's Oban is a surprise inclusion in this setlist, which doesn't feature any new material like Jungelknugen or Maskindans or any unreleased material from an apparently hotly rumoured new album. The show plays almost like a DJ set with tracks fluidly mixing into each other. Terje doesn't address the audience and seems very focused on working his synths and effects. After some Vangelis soundtrack-type moments, the show starts to build and climaxes with Inspector Norse. The track's jiggly, cartoon-esque melodies and thumping beats have everyone pulling shapes with their arms frantically thrashing about in the air. La Fete Sauvage rounds off the evening on a feel-good high. Fans, although beaming, leave wishing Terje could have continued well into the early hours of the morning.