Live music - Forbidden Fruit

Kilmainham, Dublin

The most mesmerising moment of Forbidden Fruit 2017 came towards the end of Sunday night’s set by Aphex Twin, during which the producer and DJ unleashed an audio-visual assault of apocalyptic ferocity. White noise swirled, strobes winked madly, beats lurches and skittered. The rain that had fallen on and off through the afternoon was suddenly a secondary consideration. You feared for the sanctity of your soul.

The urban music festival overlooking Heuston Station was back with one of its more intriguing line-ups to date. In addition to the aggressively avant grade Aphex Twin the three day event featured the retro techno of Orbital and a rare European appearance by ethereal folkie Bon Iver, also “curating” the final evening’s main-stage selection.