SUZANNE CIANI (London Union Chapel, 20/09/24)

Not even an airline 'misplacing' her iconic Buchla synthesizer could fully derail the "Diva of the Diodes", who instead presented a pre-recorded set using her trademark quadrophonic setup. Still sounded epic (although the sound quality dipped towards the sides where the pillars were) but....does this still count as a gig? Also, I don't tend to post about support acts, but I found myself completely mesmerised by Hekla Magnúsdóttir's haunting fusion of theremin and dark electronics. Music you could raise the dead to; necromancer-core if you will.