Which is not to say that Hyper was all that terrible, but there is a difference between mediocre formula and great formula, and with Hyper - here I'll mention it was a pity he didn't bring the full crew he's been touring with lately, namely Prodigy's Leeroy Thornhill and collaborators Ronnie and Jim Davies, which would have brought a real live edge - his often guitar-driven breakbeats were fun and rockin' but a little bit too much by the book: bring it down, let it chill, drum fill to cue anticipation, pump the beat hard, et cetera ad nauseum. His cheerleading was also stiff next to Junkie XL's, but then again, Junkie XL would stand on the table top with arms outstretched, lip synch all the words, and jump off with leg kicks when it started pumping. Obviously, not a lot of hands on - c'mon, it's beat matching - but it didn't matter too much. His set was a weave of joyous pop anthems, ranging from his self-produced stuff to Fischerspooner (he closed at 3:30am with "Emerge"), and if everyone was loving it, give him credit for both a throwdown set and dancing as much as anyone else in the room.