This year's edition of Field Day had every member of clubland chomping at the bit. Excitement levels were sky high in the run-up and tickets sold-out before the event, with people clambering to get their hands on them a few days before.

The line-up boasted acts like Flying Lotus, Omar Souleyman and Âme (live) and there was plenty to choose from but one artist's return to the fold was the real reason Field Day was pulsating with so much energy. This year Aphex Twin, yes, Aphex Twin, no seriously, Aphex Twin, made his way back to the top of festival line-ups around the world and it was finally London's turn to taste the electronic fury of a 2017 version of Richard D. James.

After bursting back onto the scene in 2014 with 'Syro', James has been steadily dropping music, teasing appearances and generally causing a bit of a stir, so the fact he was billed for a Victoria Park appearance justifies the Field Day ticket price alone. In broad terms, this year's festival was one of the best editions yet, with a considerable improvement on sound quality and a nice layout of the site.

The most impressive new feature and perhaps the complete game-changer for Field Day is The Barn, the new 15,000-capacity structure that played home to Eric Prydz' Epic 5.0 show a week earlier and, along with Aphex, also houses live acts like Moderat, Nicholas Jaar and Jon Hopkins over the course of the day. The staggeringly big, dome-like structure has instantly become the jewell in the festival's crown and opens up a whole new realm of possibility in terms of acts that can play and how well their artistic vision can be translated.

Aphex begins his set at around 9pm but not before Nina Kraviz has teed him up for it. Seemingly the perfect choice of warm-up DJs for an artist that has always specialised in the damn right weird and experimental. Her set navigated through fiery 4/4 kicks and that zipped along at 134-136bpm, with the crowd reacting well to her leftfield techno selections. The sound could have done with being a bit better though and she clearly wasn't happy about the technicals. A shame considering Kraviz would no doubt cite James as an influence on her music.

After a lengthy five minute pause following Kraviz's set, a low buzz throbs around the arena and the long-haired enigma takes to the stage. If it was busy before, you can't move now. Blue lights pan across the structure and a thick 4/4 beat hits, with the salivating crowd reacting accordingly. 80 per cent of the people in The Barn clearly came for this set and now that it's rolling, it doesn't feel real. Aphex Twin is in session and we've waited all too long for it. His trademark logos wash across the multiple screens littered at the back of the stage and the strobes match the kicks being pummelled out.