After serving up the best experience of Sydney's Big Day Out (yes even better than you Mr West) ambient trip hop gods Röyksopp backed up to transport us to another world.

Opening the night, after also stunning at BDO, was a three piece local outfit who have been creating a buzz usually reserved for female Scandanavian vocalists on the BBC Sound of the Year list. RüFüS, who seem to enjoy umlauts even more than the headliner, are comprised of Tyrone Lindqvist, Jon George, James Hunt. Together they provided some of the danciest indie rock I've heard by racing through songs from their debut self-titled EP.

We've been blessed with the emergence of so many internationally acclaimed Aussie dance acts in the last decade and it's not hard to see where RüFüS get their inspiration. The high point of their performance was probably their most popular songs, 'Paris Collides' and 'We Left' (check out the video on that one it's a corker) as well as the energetic and accomplished drumming of James which tied together the performance into one big party jam. Remember these guys and don't be surprised to see them become another Pitchfork darling in years to come (hello Cut Copy).

Röyksopp then proceeded to enter the stage to thunderous applause wearing outfits and masks that seemed to evoke images of steampunk malevolence. As the ominous opening chords of Alpha Male seized the crowd it was obvious that everyone was reaching an apoplectic level of anticipation. In fact, I don't think I've seen such audience zealotry (bordering on religious fervour) at a concert before.

Upon reflection, if any act would evoke such reactions it would be Svein, Torbjørn and their guests. After all, as they tore through a catalogue that included such legendary songs as 'What Else Is There', 'Poor Leno', 'Eple' and 'Only This Moment', it was hard not to be overcome with an almost spiritual oneness with the band and the crowd. I mean, with lyrics describing flashlights, nightmares and sudden explosions, how could you not get caught up in the hysteria?!

Following a set list that closely mirrored BDO, the band amped up the danceability factor of their songs by dropping in some wonderful remixes, probably the highlight being 'Remind Me' (Someone Else's Radio Remix). The atmosphere really heated up when the sole female contributor, Anneli Drecker, came onstage to overlay hauntingly ethereal vocals onto the guitar-synth driven madness of the boys. Shining particularly on 'Girl And The Robot', she almost made me yearn to experience a more mechanical form of love (even more than I already did when Daft Punk toured here last...sighhh).

Finishing the night with the unreleased, yet jawdroppingly intense, 'Fat Burner' as their sole 15 minute encore jam, Röyksopp made me wish for the first (and probably only) time in my life that I had grown-up listening to them in their homeland of Tromsø. It's amazing to think this unassuming isolated city at the throat of the world has produced one of the most seminal, genre-crossing acts of the last decade. Even more amazing to think on a non-descript summer night they gave a bunch of humans on the other side of the world such an everlasting thrill.