Saturday at Plastik is always a strange mix of familiar and completely new. The residents set the tempo for the first three hours, and by the time the headliner steps up, you've already found a rhythm. That's the point. We've never been a drop-the-barriers-and-run venue. It builds.

Sam Divine opened with a track I'm pretty sure she's been sitting on for six months. Franky came in at 00:45 with an edit of 'Music Sounds Better With You' that made three people at the front actually shout. The resin floor — multicolour in the middle, gold around the edges — was packed from the first half-hour and didn't empty until we turned the lights on.

The moment of the night

Somewhere around 03:00, Sofia took over and played a closing set that was equal parts defiance and sweetness. The last track was a vocal from 2003 that most of the room was too young to know — but they sang it anyway. Andy's Saturday rule: when the room starts singing, the DJ should stop picking tracks and just let it ride.

Sam's coming back in August. Franky's doing an all-night solo in September. If you missed this one, don't miss those.