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Super Luminum at Northern Quarter Huddersfield, Huddersfield, 18 November 2019, free entry
Australian duo Cate Hope and Lisa MacKinney combine into the unit that is Super Luminum. Calling them ‘noise music’ is the easy part: pinning down what exactly they do is a lot harder. Influenced by Rhys Chatham and Eliane Radigue, their swirl of guitars is something else, offering a patient and considerate take on textural overload. MacKinney and Hope make slow, repetitive movements, letting their layers of guitar and bass wash over in a succession of ripples. The results are both hypnotic and heavy – like fuzzy dream pop played with a droning Sunn O))) chug.