Naytronix is a synth trio anchored by Tuneyards bass player Nate. Together with drums and guitar, Naytronix played pop songs with a heavy dose of synth looping. Nate sang and gestured like Merrill Garbus, the freaky frontwoman vocalist for Tuneyards. The drummer had an interesting synth pad in addition to his regular kit. Nate and guitar player used keyboard and loops to amplify their sound. The dreamier introspective songs were not as interesting as the uptempo numbers. One hipster turned to me and said "a lot of pre-recorded tracks", yeah that's the whole point.
Cindertalk is the one man band of Jonny Rogers. He had a square table with about 20 glasses with varying levels of water in front of him. Each glass was individually mic'd so that CT could get sound by rim rubbing or tapping. The glass sound was recorded and looped. CT added to the sound with guitar and/or keyboards, his slimline loop pedals seemed very high tech. CT vocals reminded me of Gary Numan.
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