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Fatboy Slim's Smile High Club at Tobacco Dock

Fatboy Slim's Smile High Club at London's Tobacco Dock on Saturday (02.01.15) celebrated acid house with a modern twist.

The English DJ - also known as Norman Cook - called for "random acts of smileyness" at the day-time event and the 5000 loyal house music lovers responded with a visual extravaganza, as they dressed in brightly coloured lycra and painted their faces yellow, in honour of the famous house raves of the '80s and '90s.

Fatboy dived into a career-spanning set and played familiar tracks like 'Eat Sleep Rave Repeat' and 'Renegrade Master' mixed with current electronic music samples and mash-ups, which created an immeasurable buzz in the main room.

And the 52-year-old DJ reminded fans how lucky they were to hear the Brit Award winner in action, when he played hits 'Praise You' and 'Right Here, Right Now'.

A set from Mancunian DJ Ben Pearce in the late afternoon was another treat on what was a brilliant line-up.

The tattooed deck spinner played his pop-leaning 2013 hit 'What I Might Do' and mixed it with more darkly-shaded dance tunes and a "few curve balls", including new tracks from his forthcoming EP - out in January on Moda Black.

Speaking to BANG Showbiz before the event, he revealed: "The art of the warm up DJ is kind of dying out a bit. That's what I used to be when I first started out so I got a bit of a passion, to show your artistry... you want to make sure people know what you're about not just playing what they want to hear and the songs they already know... Educate them a little bit. Make them hear new music."

However, walking into the car park to find Cyril Hahn spinning his remix of Destiny's Child's 'Say My Name' in the early evening - to a thunderous reception - was one of the highlights of the day.

The Swiss DJ performed to an impeccable light show that complimented his euphoric sound and treated his followers to another fan-favourite, 'Perfect Form'.

Elsewhere, people rushed through the iron vaults of Tobacco Dock to catch other brilliant acts, including Secondcity, 2ManyDJs, and Erol Alkan, while J

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