Live Review: The Kite String Tangle, Kilter, Leure

Since scoring the #19 position on triple j's Hottest 100 with his breakout single Given The Chance, Mojo's Bar was just one venue in a series of sold-out performances for The Kite String Tangle, the experimental solo project from Brisbane electronic artist and producer Danny Harley.

Shortly after doors opened, former Wolves At The Door singer Ash Hendriks started the show playing under her solo project Leure, which fused ethereal sounds with electronic beats amongst other interesting sounds. While the audience was still growing through the set, Hendriks set got a warm reception, particularly on older songs Tired and Battle and some of the material from her upcoming Light Fields EP. Ash's brother ame up midway through the set to add electronic drum and percussion to new song, Hands Held, before Hendriks closed the set with Hollow, getting a great response from the now visibly larger crowd.

Sydney electronic artist Kilter got the crowd moving quickly with an energetic set of remixes and originals, programming sample pads and sequencers while adding spacey synth sounds and heavy percussion. His driving, club-friendly remixes of Snakadaktal's Fall Underneath and London Grammar's Hey Now both got a great reaction from the crowd as they advanced further towards the front of the stage and the dance floor filled out.

It was then time for The Kite String Tangle to make his way onstage, playing the ambient synth sounds that started off one of the several unreleased songs of the night, Moved By Them. As he drummed out the rhythm on sample pads, several bare light bulbs set up onstage behind him started flashing in time to the beats on the drum, creating a hypnotic effect with the music that captured the crowd immediately. “I'm from Brisbane,” he said after the song. “And it's so nice to come across to the other side of the country and have people come to your gig.” After putting his own stamp on a great cover of Lorde's Tennis Court, Harley brought Hendriks onstage to perform Stone Cold with him, the pair's vocals working well against the songs stark, minimal sounds. The show was capped off by killer performances of both Headlines and Given The Chance, with the latter drawing arguably the biggest response of the night and making another successful performance by an artist already well on their way to achieving big things this year.