Unless you're a jobbing DJ or die-hard enthusiast you could be forgiven for thinking dance music had died on its all-too-bloated bottom in 2003.

But something was stirring in Europe - a scuzzy, uncompromising sound fusing Daft Punk's elementary future-funk, Soulwax's smash and grab electroclash and the punk-disco dynamics of New York stable DFA. Its premier exponents: Justice and Wednesday's Concorde 2 headliners: Digitalism.

There wasn't much to look at on stage and the young German duo were largely obliterated by their retro/futurist projections and retinascorching strobes. Furthermore, beyond the odd crack at an electric drum kit and a couple of turns on the mic, there was little to stimulate like a traditional live band set-up would.

But what they lacked in showmanship the pair more than compensated for with their electrifying sonics, flaunting a total mastery of rich distortion, pummelling drums and searing analogue synths. The set was exceptionally well-paced, too, front-loaded with the melancholia that defined their recent debut LP and rounded off with a punishing acid climax.

Naturally, total pandemonium ensued.