The genre-defying poppy RnB feels fresh, exciting and Sans Soucis delivers every line with a stage presence that is the best we’ve seen all day.īy the time we exit the boiling hot venue, the sun has already set and everyone is starting to gear up for the evening’s headliners. Like a bubbly whirlwind, London-based songwriter and producer Sans Soucis gets the crowd dancing as soon as they arrive and leaves no-one feeling left behind.
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The Grade II listed library-turned-art centre is the only venue on the bill that isn’t a 3 minute walk from Hackney Central and you can tell that people might have misjudged the distance when the room goes from almost empty to almost full during the first few songs. Dreamy pop landscapes, tastefully auto-tuned vocals and dancy drums – think Bon Iver featuring Grimes – makes for a welcome injection of energy.įor a change of scenery, we stroll over to Chats Palace off Homerton High Street. The light, almost holy, reminds us that we’re lucky to have the chance to experience music in such an iconic venue, but it doesn’t take long until Oklou has us captured in her very own fantasy world. As producer, songwriter and vocalist Oklou appears on stage dressed as some kind of futuristic Indiana-Jones-explorer-meets-Star-Wars-pod-racer, the sun shines through the giant church windows.
The afternoon sun is smiling and an otherwise dormant spot has well and truly come to life.īack in the church the stage has been turned into a forest, with tree trunks majestically lining each side. On the other side of the church walls, on the lawn in front of the grand entrance, people have gathered in little groups, enjoying a break from the music, food from one of the local food stalls or a beverage or two from one of the independent breweries on site. A mix of new, unreleased material and songs from her debut EP lulls the cool East London crowd. Although all by herself on stage she has no issues owning the space. With only a small glowing moon as company, Sen moves back and forth between her stripped back, guitar-accompanied songs and her more bass-heavy electronic sounds. Reset and refreshed we move on to Hackney Church where French singer-songwriter Léa Sen takes the stage. In many ways it’s the polar opposite to the start of the day, but in a wonderfully weird way it is just what we needed. Layers of ambient electronics grow into waltzing organ-esque chords as we are treated to an, in her own words, “immersive cartography of the mind”. The former place of worship – now an arts and community venue – makes a perfect backdrop for Omori’s otherworldly soundscapes, atmospheric synths and angelic vocals.
The first human performer we catch is the London-based, Yokohama-born, musician and producer Hinako Omori at the Round Chapel. Pup after pup takes a spin around the crowd in the attempt to win the judges’ hearts and it becomes clear that the audience is fully invested too when the winner of the ‘Golden Oldie’ category receives one of the biggest cheers we hear all festival. This is not any dog show though, with categories such as ‘Waggiest Tail’ and ‘Best Rescue’, and proceeds going to All Dogs Matter and the Red Cross’ Ukraine Appeal, it turns out to be one of the most wholesome ways you can start a festival. It’s just after mid-day and you can clearly tell that many festival goers have made the journey down early to catch some of the dog action. An all-star panel of artist judges, all warming up before taking one of the stages at the festival later that day, were lined up on the Paddock behind Hackney Church.
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