The Null Device

I just came back from the Empress Hotel, where I saw a number of bands. The last one on was Minimum Chips, who played some tracks not on their EP. Their bass player was absent, leaving the band with drums, a guitar and two keyboards (a Korg MS-10 and a retro-looking Yamaha organ). Afterwards I chatted a bit with Nicole (the vocalist/multi-instrumentalist), bringing up the obvious Stereolab influence. She said that Minimum Chips were inspired by the same records as Stereolab, hence the similarity, and that there's also a Nick Cave/Birthday Party influence in there somewhere.

In between sets, there was a sort of DJ/electronica/noise performance by a chap calling himself Son Of Icewoman, who made soundscapes with two old reel-to-reel tape recorders, a number of spliced-together loops of tape (kept in old Twinings tea boxes on the table) and a GameBoy (running the camera cartridge, not NanoLoop). Quite a creative use of improvised technology; check him out if you get the chance.

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