I’m standing outside the O2, it’s freezing cold, and I’m in a very long queue with lots of hyped teens and twentysomethings. I’m pondering what a fella of my advanced years is doing here, when I could be tucked up under a heated throw playing FIFA 13 on the PS3 or cutting a rug to some P-Funk in my cosy crib.

However, my commitment to the journalistic cause is resolute. So I continue to brave the elements and stand in line with the boisterous but good-humoured revellers. After 45 minutes, I finally enter, bitterly cold and a little disgruntled.

Was it worth i? Actually, yes. I must admit to having never heard of support DJ, Copy Paste Soul, but myself and the crowd are treated to an impeccable mix of squelchy, leftfield deep house with just the right amount of wobbly filth from this London-based producer.

With little fanfare and no introduction, Annie Mac was straight onto the decks to do what she does best. She drops a hugely eclectic selection of dancefloor bangers – the lively crowd are treated to tech house, booty bass, dubstep, hip-hop, deep dubby breaks, and electronic bassline riddims that straddle several genres.

Annie’s ability to select laser-tinged, euphoric crowd pleasers as well as militant, underground bass frowners is second to none, and her mixing skills are up there with the best of ’em. Personal tunes of the night? Two tracks from the Hudson Mohawke x Lunice ‘TNGHT’ EP – ‘Goooo’ and ‘Higher Ground’, The Party Squad – ‘Go Down Low’, and the remix of Nas’ ‘The Don’. Not to mention many nasty B-line riddims that I had never heard before, that even got me attempting to bust a move on the dancefloor.

An expectant, hyped crowd, a master class in mixing skills and Annie’s sublime taste in music made for a hectic but brilliant night. In the words of the Queen Mac herself: “You better fall back, ‘coz it’s Annie Mac”. Words to live by.