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Nik Colk Void: ‘On stage is the only time I can let go and stop the worry’ | Musique Non Stop

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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Nik Colk Void: ‘On stage is the only time I can let go and stop the worry’

From her first guitar to hyped post-industrial trio Factory Floor, the musician struggled to find an identity – but wild experimentation and parenthood have helped

“Full of carnage and tension,” is how Nik Colk Void describes playing with Factory Floor, the ferociously intense, wildly hyped group who created a clattering concoction of post-industrial electronic rock, noise and live techno.

That intensity contrasts starkly with Void herself. When she bought her first Fender Telecaster guitar, she sanded off the red paint because she felt it was too much of a statement. At a recent solo show, when playing her song Interruption Is Good – a crisp, bristling piece of electro-techno – the yelps and eruptive dancing from the crowd forced her to hide behind the desk to mask her reaction. Even in Factory Floor, her face was often hidden behind a curtain of hair.

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by Daniel Dylan Wray via Electronic music | The Guardian

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