One would be quite amiss if they were to pass up the opportunity to see arguably the greatest electronica act in the world - The Chemical Brothers - as they stop by Australia on their latest tour to promote their most recent album, ‘Further,’ and headline Future Music Festival. This sideshow at Sydney Entertainment Centre was no exception to the mind-blowing live shows that they are renowned for and with them giving us a two-hour set you can be sure we all got our money’s worth.

In addition to the legendary duo we were given three support acts who all done well in keeping the punters moving from the start time of six-thirty to the eleven o’ clock finish.

With James Holroyd completing his first set and Art Vs Science cruising onto the stage I entered the arena with curiosity as I wondered how the popular indie-dance band would fare in a venue like this - no doubt the biggest concert I’ve seen them play. The Sydney trio had a respectable light show and belted out all their hits to a relatively small crowd of early-birds but the band proved that they shine in a much more intimate venue - their songs aren’t exactly stadium-esque, save for the quirky ‘higher’ which was the highlight of their set. They never disappoint, but with the crowd not being too active and the venue seemingly overwhelming them, the set wasn’t the best showcase of their undoubtable talent.

UK radio/TV personality, and of course, disc jockey, Zane Lowe was up next and did a good job MC’ing to the tried-and-true party starting tracks he went through. His set wasn’t much but you can’t blame him for trying to get the crowd pumped up with tracks like Darude’s ‘Sandstorm’ and The Prodigy’s ‘Breathe,’ the latter to which he made the crowd do the whole ‘crouching down and then jumping up’ routine which didn’t quite cause the ‘crazy party scene’ one would expect it to. He even threw in a mix of commercial hip-hop - from Busta Rhyme’s ’Pass The Courvoisier Part II’ to House of Pain’s ‘Jump Around’ - no doubt to try and drill the word ‘jump’ into our heads.

James Holroyd was up next with his second set of the night and gave us a lot of great, non-cheesy, electronica and house tracks in the same vein as The Chemical Brother’s earlier material. The set proved filler though as the restless crowd waited for the headliners. Perhaps if the sound was a bit louder there would have been more of a dance party happening but the vibe relegated James Holroyd’s set to background music as the floor became more and more crowded in anticipation for the night’s stars.

Silence fell over Sydney Entertainment Centre before a countdown and a slow build-up of noise let people know that it was time to experience The Chemical Brothers as attention was drawn to their ridiculously large decks, surrounded by a multitude of instruments including many, many keyboards - it looked like the interior of a space-ship.

Some intense blue lights blinded us before a swirling cylinder of lights came from the ceiling down to above where The Chemical Brothers took their positions, adding to the space-ship image by resembling a tractor beam. The well-known sounds of Q-Tip chanting ’Don’t hold back’ cued a deafening cheer from the crowd as ’Galvanize’ began the set and had us all screaming ’my finger is on the button.’ It was the second track which began the epic visuals, displayed on the large screen behind the duo, and that was monster hit ’’Do It Again’ which kept the crowd jumping as two large, colourful figures were dancing along and doing back-flips on the screen.

The awesome clown head visual of theirs made an appearance as ‘Get Yourself High’ was mixed into ‘Horse Power,’ which saw an epic wooden horse trotting around on screen while our ears were assaulted by a mix of horse sounds and the awesome offering off of their album ‘Further.’ The latest album was further showcased by ‘Swoon’ which obviously plucked at the crowds heart strings as a chant of ‘just remember to fall in love, there’s nothing else’ filled the venue.

‘Swoon’ gave way to the oh-so-popular ‘Star Guitar,’ with the beautiful visuals and strobing lights sending the crowd into a frenzy. ‘Hey Boy, Hey Girl’ was up next which caused even more of a riot as the crowd went spastic, showing ridiculous amounts of energy and turning the heat up a few notches. The visuals became even trippier as well, with strange figures (one which looked like the figure off the cover of A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘Midnight Marauders’) dancing around the screen.

The resounding ‘Don’t Think’ filled the venue before a brilliant mix of four of their best songs - ‘Out of Control,’ ‘Setting Sun,’ ‘Saturate,’ and ‘Believe’ - began. ‘Saturate’ was definitely my personal highlight as the rapturous track was combined with stunning visuals of bouncing, exploding paintballs.

Greatness after greatness The Chemical Brothers continued with an epic mix of ’Escape Velocity’ which saw, on screen, a voodoo-esque mask flying through a maze of lights. Older tracks ’Brothers Gonna Work It Out’ and the awesome ’Block Rockin’ Beats’ closed out the main set.

The twenty-minute encore was a tiny bit of a disappointment as the ’crazy party’ vibe was calmed down by the more ambient sounds of ’Wonders of the Deep’ mixed with ’Surface to Air’ - but this wasn’t entirely bad; The visuals which had a male and female swimming about on screen were amongst the best of the night and really made you appreciate how much work must have gone into their live show. With a more upbeat tune that I failed to recognise The Chemical Brothers ended their set, which left the crowd chanting for more - you can never have too much of a good thing.

The Chemical Brothers live show is one of the most elating musical experiences on offer today, I repeat, one would have to be a fool to miss out. Let’s just hope they come back soon - I could spend hours and hours watching them combine stunning visuals with excellent mixes of their material and not get sick of it - that’s not something that applies to many music acts.