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The Globe - Fri Apr 23
For this showcase of diverse electronic music with a female touch, Dizzygotheca are as appropriate an opening act as one could imagine. The most austere music of the night, the now four-piece group also unveil their new name. Now called My Cerulean Heart, frontwoman Heidi Millington explains to the audience they were seeking a “less industrial” title, while their celebratory on-stage make-up reveals the blue-green shade of their new moniker. Particularly striking is synth wizard Anthony Smith, looking like an electro version of Mayhem’s Attila Csihar. With looped live violin, two-part female harmonies and sounds that veer from dark folktronica to Goldfrapp synth-glam, the newly christened MCH are as musically adventurous as ever.
Next, Melbourne duo Sietta (about to relocate to Darwin) bring da funk, as James Mangohig energetically bounces about his equipment, unleashing lots of squelchy grooves with deep, rolling bass frequencies. Lead vocalist Caiti.B has powerful soul vocals, and futuristic R&B is the order of the set, including some well chosen covers – for example, Marcy Playground’s Sex And Candy is cleverly transformed into a cyberfunk stormer.
Finally, local duo Edge Of Colour provide the highlight in terms of actual performance. Colourfully costumed lead singer Michelle Xen not only has a decent set of Roisin Murphy-esque pipes, she’s also a brilliant pop star, slinking through the audience like a ‘30s socialite at a Salvador Dali bash. When their laptops decide to chuck it in, John Teh proposes to “go analogue” and the enjoyment level is not dimmed one iota. Throwing in everything from hip hop to almost symphonic dance pop, their set is loud, surreal and enormously entertaining.
The evening ultimately proves Lady Electronica to be a thoroughly worthwhile exercise – so here’s to the next one. And let’s have a bigger crowd next time to enhance the party atmosphere a little more, eh?
MATT THROWER
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