I WATCHED a documentary recently in which DJs discussed the rise of EDM with Radio One's Annie Mac.

Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, was interviewed and said it was hard for him to acknowledge EDM as a new concept as he'd been playing it for 20 years.

At Warehouse Project in Manchester on Friday night you wouldn't know it, as Fatboy Slim was as fresh and energetic as ever at the sold out Store Street.

To see a club set by Cook is to see really appreciate his skill as a DJ; crunching drops, thumping bass and sugar-high vocals.

'Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat' is used throughout the set to tease the crowd into a frenzy, and again for a raucous finale.

On the night Fatboy Slim is given stellar support from the 2 Bears, among others, the London-based duo almost stealing the show with a remix of Cyndi Lauper's 'Time After Time'.

Warehouse Project remains one of the finest club nights in the land, a rave in the classic sense in what is usually an car park underneath Piccadilly train station.

The bare stone walls and dark recesses give it an authenticity you don't find in polished super clubs, and that's why people will keep going back.