"I remember seeing Annie Mac on the Main Stage at Longitude '16," Belters Only's Robbie G told Hot Press in our recent Longitude issue. "I think she played ‘House Every Weekend’. That memory always stuck in my head – that feeling of being in the crowd with my mates, and the whole buzz around the day itself…"

Eight years on, he's become a buzzmaker-in-chief himself, joining forces with his partner in crime Bissett to deliver a romping hometown set at the Main Stage at Longitude 2024 on Saturday.

The duo were the latest in an unbelievably healthy crop of homegrown acts taking over the festival, following swiftly from BLK's earth-shaking set.

Belter’s Only at Longitude, 29 June 2024. Copyright Bailey Shropshire/hotpress.com.

They delivered an hour of crowd-pleasing remixes and original tunes, with their stomping rework of 'Aint Nobody' greeted with rebounding choruses from the crowd. It showcased what Belters Only are very much about. They've got the addicting patterns and baselines down a tee, but its their ability to weave in universally known vocal hooks into their sets which gets the crowd involved, expanding their two-man operation to a choir 40,000 strong.

Unreleased music was on display too  - already lapped up by the crowd - things went up a notch when Jazzy was welcomed on to the stage, having gotten the party started earlier on in the day with her own main stage masterclass. Staying on for an energetic couple of songs, the Dubliner needn't have bothered picking up the mic when they launched into 'Giving Me', as the chart-topping single was known word for word by the crowd.

Belter’s Only at Longitude, 29 June 2024. Copyright Bailey Shropshire/hotpress.com.

Jazzy apparently brought the good weather with her too, as the sun came out for an equally well-received guest appearance, lighting things up for a mammoth crowd favourite in the form of Belters Only's hundreds-of-millions-streams-racking 'Make Me Feel Good'.

A bass-leaden mix of Run DMC's 'It's Tricky' cranked up the intensity as the show entered its final stretch, as did a deeper, groovy mix of Modjo's timeless and infectious 'Lady' - before an epic rendition of ABBA's 'Gimme Gimme Gimme', which was matched in its sonic heft by a dazzling light and pyrotechnic show.

A thrilling second successive takeover of Longitude's main stage by some of Ireland's finest groove mechanics.