Some music festivals are containers just a convenient platform for a bunch of bands, often heavily branded, filled with big-name artists who might never meet each other there or anywhere. Others are catalysts and cultivators places where connections are made, communities are sustained and future collaborations may take root. The inspiring, tenacious Supersonic is one of the latter, and for anyone still in doubt of its value, for even a relatively blockbuster (in this context) artist like Oldham, decades-established in his own right, it remains integral.