w/ MKO, Scraps
It’s always fun when three local bands get together to put on a show
and when these three acts are incredibly fun electro acts, it makes it
rather rad. We have Michelle Xen to thank for this.
Opening the night was experimental act Scraps. She had a
really cool vibe to her music, with vocals that floated over the top. I
would have loved it however, if you could actually understand the
vocals. They were so far in the back of the mix that it didn’t really
add to anything she was creating on stage apart from another layer of
effects. Also, there was so much reverb and delay I’m blowed if I could
understand anything of what she said when when she tried to talk to the
audience. As a producer, she is rad. And what she created was fabulously
amazing.
Next up was MKO, and oh my! What a set of chops. Backed by a talented group of musicians, frontwoman Hannah Macklin's
voice is certainly a force to be reckoned with. They produce a really
cool funk vibe with their music. The bass was fat, the synths were
captivating and the drums were insane. Mid set they broke from their
funky vibe to play “Shadows”, which had a really different feel to it.
It proves that this band is quite amazing. They closed with “Sexy You”
another really rad tune that was the perfect way to close the set.
Headlining the night was the beautiful Michelle Xen. She came
out donned in a patterned dress, with an outrageous cloak thrown over
the top. You have to understand that I mean 'outrageous' in the most
fashionably amazing way possible. Throughout the course of the set there
was also a black fluffy, and a colourful material coat. I love it!
“Cleopatra” was something I was not expecting; it was even more weird
and wondrous. Michelle’s music had much more of a chilled electro than
the other two bands, but at the same time it was still true to the
electro genre.
Michelle is such a spirited and dramatic performer, matched only by
her synth player. It certainly makes for something entertaining to
watch. The new single “Lose My Cool” was definitely the highlight of the
set. She picked up a dozen roses and during the casually decided to
toss them away, pulling petals out as she went.
It was such an amazing even filled with music made for dancing, and let me tell you, there was certainly a lot of it.
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