Galloping

Delphic

Studio 24

"STROBING occurs as a result of Delphic's live environment" is the understatement of the decade thus far, but not something which would have surprised a bustling Studio 24 crowd for Manchester's fresh-faced electro revivalists making their first Edinburgh appearance.

A surprisingly popular support opened in the form of radio playlist favourites, Chew Lips. A functional electro-pop three-piece, the vocals of singer Tig often required in catching the ears' attention over some fairly common and insipid beats.

It was telling afterwards when Delphic's road crew spent as much time tuning up instruments as adjusting their unique independent lighting rigs and floor strobes, with an unnecessarily elongated interval before the band's arrival.

Even before the front row's retinas had adjusted to the lighting assault, Delphic hit a strobing stride. Last year's single Doubt was followed swiftly by their latest euphoric release, Halcyon, without ruffling the front trio's tightly tucked shirts an inch.

The reams of fans displayed a full repertoire of hands in the air gestures – swaying, clapping, pushing and punching it through a pulsating set which stopped at every turn on debut album Acolyte.

The swarm of Haienda worshipping old-school revellers cohesively mixed with the younger sect, right down to the MTV2 worshipping under 18s. Having gigged Glasgow's legendary club night Optimo in December, the Scots appreciating outfit somehow ratcheted up the dance floor feel further.

Throughout the intricacies at stage front, eight lighting rigs containing three slanted lightsabre tubes pulsated and thronged with a beat-perfect direction usually reserved for stadiums rather than buckled Old Town walls.

An intentionally sub-hour set climaxed on a lengthy but justified live remixed ending of last year's hyped release, This Momentary, which fused expertly into Counterpoint without swerving from the established rave pace.

With tactile jockeying of the climactic electro arena on the evergreen indie stallion, glowsticks are already being pegged for their Balado appearance in July.

Delphic are made to melt the roof off many overflowing festival tents this summer.