Thank you for making the shesaid.so showcase at Roundhouse’s Rising Festival a success!
Deto Black, Zanillya, TrueMendous
The showcase was all about the lyricism, powerful rhythms and empowering messages that these artists have created. You could feel how that had travelled through everyone in the room, leaving a feeling of longing to relive the night again.
The night opened with Flora Yin Wong, the room filling out quickly as she began her set. Flora's experimental, rhythmic tracks had the audience hooked, creating anticipation in the air for what the rest of the night would entail. Next was Zanillya, who only continued to build on the sturdy foundations Flora had built. The crowd warmed to Zanillya immediately, with her infectiously bright energy and impactful music pulsing through the audience.
This energy and enthusiasm within the crowd seemed to carry on through the night as they welcomed Truemendous to the stage. She had the jaws of everyone in the room touching the floor with her striking flow patterns and vocal techniques, carefully and articulately portraying her messages with an immense force that you simply could not ignore. We then had Deto Black to conclude our evening, she captivated the crowd with her powerful and magnetising performance in an instant. Hyping everyone up during her last few tracks they were sad the night had to end. Once Deto was finished the room was still humming with joy and excitement from the night, many people approached me to exclaim how brilliant the line-up was.
The highlight of the night for us would be seeing how much the audience and artists connect. We loved how welcoming and supportive the audience were towards each artist and how that was reciprocated right back from the stage. There was a fantastic exchange of energy, and we could feel that the artists used that energy to make their performances better than they could have imagined.
A big thank you to the Roundhouse staff for being great communicators and doing their best to fulfil every request we had on the day, no matter how big or small! It made all the difference to work with a team of people at the venue who were present and just as passionate to be there with us to make a great show.
Words by Vix Brand @vixkurtis
Photos by Jennifer McCord & Vix Brand