RockNess Monsters

First up, Crystal Castles, fresh off the back of a positively received new album that suggests they aren't the flash in the pan act some people once seen them as. Their live show is infamous for being brash at the best of times, with their antics at Sonar last year (read: punching a bouncer) bringing them all manner of attention. So whether you're a fan of unique sounding punk electronica or the threat of unprovoked fisticuffs, there is something here to cater to every taste.

Homegrown talent arrives in the form of Sensu, who when you look at their achievements and reputation make it hard to believe they only came into existence a mere five and a half years ago. Responsible for a bringing a huge roster of exclusive guests to their parties at the world famous Sub Club and Wee Chill all dayers as well as performing as a constantly evolving live act who have taken influences from various places whilst combining different technologies to enhance their existing musical talent.

Soulwax return to Rockness yet again as part of their seemingly endless world tour. Anybody else concerned that the band are trapped in a musical purgatory, forced to perform across the globe until a divine power allows them to progress to paradise? Or perhaps the slightly more realistic reason is that their shows, which involve the four piece performing their back catalogue and remixes live still manage to draw a huge crowd. For the uninitiated, cast your eyes over Soulwax's Part Of The Weekend Never Dies for a masterclass in performance, slick video editing and sheer human endurance. Finally, it goes without saying that the Dewaele brothers will be appearing as 2ManyDJs the following day.

A rare chance to see Aphex Twin perform live as he brings his anti-mainstream, abstract sound to Rockness for the first time. During his last appearance at a Scottish festival, Aphex Twin’s grindhouse movie visuals had to be pulled from the screens for being deemed too extreme, only for him to replace the gore with on stage ‘gurners’, pulling grotesque faces down the lens of an camera in an effort to unnerve those watching the show. Hard to tell what to expect from his live show seeing as in the past the ginger one has even used Black and Decker tools to build abrasive loops and crashing feedback.

Vitalic's V Mirror show makes its Scottish festival debut at Rockness as the French producer and DJ unleashes his creation of synthesised sounds upon a feverish crowd. Whilst he's likely to be performing mostly material from last years disco influenced Flashmob album, surely no mere mortal could resist dropping in some of the more choice cuts from debut record OK Cowboy. Depriving your fans of My Friend Dario, played at an obscene volume by a beautiful loch? Nobody is that cruel.