Mount Kimbie @ The Art School, Glasgow, 30 Oct

Sometimes dreams come true… but the moment of realising that dream can be a hollow one. Under such intense anticipation, the moment of fulfilment just cannot support the weight of expectation. These may be dramatic words, but they are adequate ones to express the underwhelming experience of seeing Mount Kimbie's live show at Glasgow’s Art School tonight.

After an understated and confident warm-up from Kathy Lee Owens, expectations are primed for a spectacular performance from the headliners. However, what is delivered is a lacklustre set from two over-worked musicians. Unfortunately, it's on classic crowd-pleasers where Mount Kimbie fall down most dramatically. Before I Move Off – currently in the duo’s top five most 'popular' on Spotify – is a prime example of this; it should be instantly recognisable, but is barely able to keep up with the speed of the studio version. Consequently, the crowd is left to sway about in a state of perplexed confusion until about a minute passes and the glitchy vocals commence, making it clear what track is actually being played.

Understandably then, it's the newer material from this year’s Love What Survives which elevates the concert experience. Perhaps not as catchy, and certainly not as well-known, tracks like Four Years and One Day create a pleasant atmosphere and are performed with a freshness not seen on the near-canonical Made to Stray. Elsewhere, the absence of guest vocalists like King Krule and James Blake is sorely felt on songs from this latest album. Where Mount Kimbie albums were once self-sufficient without singers, they seem to desperately depend on them now.

Mount Kimbie’s formula of mumbled lyrics set over waves of ethereal sound is an idiosyncratic, electrifying approach which has worked for them where it has failed spectacularly for others. For a set-up like this, it’s all about the fine-tuning, the levels, the right amount of tweaking and touching up. All in all it doesn't feel as well-suited to the live format as it should.