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Meljoann X Kristoffer Lislegaard Live Glide Full of Surprise

Tonight was a good night.

We tuned in to the Gravitons stream expecting to see Meljoann promote and perform her brand new single, Data Ghost. What we got was that plus a whole lot more.

The hyperjack star began her interactive performance to multiple audiences (us Fedizens were tuned in to the Owncast stream) with the usual crazed interactions between Meljoann and her Meljis. (You know, Meljis: Like ’emojis’ but a collective term for fans of Meljoann.)

She did warn us that her therapist might be calling midway through and before long that fear came to fruition. It wasn’t any old therapist though. Oh, no, it was none other than Synergy Myers, blissfully unaware that she was dishing out her sage advice to Meljoann in the company of her disciples. Mind you it was just as well she was unable to see us because one heckler commented that Ms Myers, ‘really put the sinner in to Synergy’.

The call did Meljoann the world of good. We could see all of her worries evaporate as it went on. So much so that she was then able to gift us shackle-free performances of Translate Me, Bye, Data Ghost and more.

In an attempt to raise awareness for the Scout Hardcastle Memorial Fund, @meljoann then surprised us all with a previously-unseen video that had been made for the late Mr Hardcastle just prior to his passing. Apparently it hadn’t seen the light of day as, being the perfectionist he was, he was never quite happy with it, but we all lapped it up.

The double surprise of a Synergy Myers appearance and a Scout Hardcastle exclusive prompted @limebar to question whether this was the first time the two had ever been seen in public together -A conspiracy theory going around Big Social thinks they are one and the same- but another audience member soon quashed that by confirming they’d once seen them together in Lucy & Yak in Brighton.

Before we knew it our hour was up but no sooner than we could begin to clap for an encore in came the next surprise. Meljoann offered us the chance to ‘glide’ in to an impromptu live stream of ambient electronic musician Kristoffer Lislegaard (Sgrow, Øy).

At the click of the button Meljoann and the Meljis were in Oslo where @lislegaard was sampling the final track from Meljoann’s live set and mixing it with various samples (including voices of passers being picked up by a mic out of his studio window) to create some lovely mellow sounds for us all to chill out to.

Chatting with us as he live sampled sounds from the interior and exterior to synthesize live tracks, Kristoffer made this another really great experience. Despite being from all over the world it felt as though we were in the studio with him helping to hone the drone!

After 90 minutes in the chill zone with Kris there was still space for one last surprise before signing off for the evening. He let us in to a very exciting little secret to do with Autechre, which I can’t repeat here just yet. He will make a public announcement in the coming days/weeks so be sure to follow his feeds for that.

This was a fabulous Friday night in the Fediverse, gliding from hyperjack to ambient textures, with lush sounds abound all round.

Keep your eye on the NHAM Attend page which will display future Fedi Live Streams if they’ve been listed.