Those of a nervous disposition should approach Soulwax with caution. American men in sharp suits playing the sharpest of guitars, they create one of the most intense, dramatic rock noises known to man.

It soon becomes apparent that Soulwax are more suited to midnight urban shadows than to sun-dappled fields. Theirs is a sexy, sticky, twisted, twangy sound. Huge swathes of primal, yet melodic metal, punk and blues, thobbing ominously across the countryside.

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Afghan Whigs, Radiohead and Gallon Drunk all spring to mind when taking in the Soulwax experience. But then a sudden shift of mood occurs.

A Casio guitar organ thing belts out that famous Bach fugue used in the Phantom Of The Opera and countless horror movies before the band launch into an Eighties synth-pop ditty. The crowd are encouraged to sing "C-A-S-I-O", before Soulwax play the quirksome 'Pop Life'.

'Too Many DJ's' is a driving, melodic rocker and come the end the guitarist is doing vocal scratching and hip hop noises, ending an exciting set which saw a spirited audience giving V2000 its first signs of life.

Gary Crossing