Japanese noise makers Melt Banana returned to the UK to promote their new album, the mysteriously titled ‘3+5’, the follow up to ‘Fetch’ which came out way back in 2013, though ahead of them we had the delights of VX, and the wonderfully named Horsebastard. VX aka Neil Whitehead is moonlighting from space rockers VRTX, he is hunkered down over a keyboard stand acting as a mount for an array of noise generators, a compact drum machine and a primitive synthesiser, the starkly lit stage perfectly complimenting the powerful rhythmic noises he is creating, squalling electronic pulses cut through the murk, sampled voices bounce around the room, it’s reminiscent of toned down Japnoise – the frequencies aren’t up there with the likes of Merzbow, and so had me thinking of perhaps t...