Out Of Body Pop is a new kind of day party that provides a co-creative space for the many, founded as a direct response to the lack of forward-thinking, low-intensity music spaces. Curated and consummated by Will Soer, Threads radio host and member of music collective, Loose Lips, out of need for necessity in today’s party-sphere as he himself navigates the scene via a neurodiverse lens.
Out Of Body Pop is set to take place on Sunday 29 September 2024 at EartH Kitchen in London, England. The day party takes place from 12:30-20:30 providing an array of natural light throughout the space – no darkness here.
Today, Out Of Body Pop announces Kindness aka Adam Bainbridge to play a very rare DJ set. The British alt-pop solo artist, composer, equal rights campaigner is renowned for collaborating with the likes Robyn, Dev Hynes, Kelela, and Solange, and whose ethics and balanced pop music has been a huge inspiration for OOBP and its playful, therapeutic energy.
As well as the space to paint, dance, and create, the day will be back to back with music. Joining the line-up is Don Sinini – a singer and producer making ‘neo-dancehall’ whilst blending sensitivity and playful posturing throughout their sets, REGALJASON – London based, Jamaican singer-songwriter who is crowned ‘inventive’ for fusing magnetic pop melodies with alternative electronic soundscapes, accompanied by oobp’s own Will Soer on decks, Harietta – the self proclaimed ‘trans David Guetta’ who runs the weekly Dalston Superstore series ‘Bodyswap’, raising money for gender-affirming surgery, Megalashhh – the band bringing creative post-punk and electronic music lined with English realness, Betul Arik – Turkish-British DJ playing tunes from the SWANA region, exploring heritage through modern and traditional sounds, ranging from folk and arabesque to electro, house and techno, Yungirie – Rhythm Section team member and DJ, and DJ Plant – resident DJ for therapeutically adjacent collective Umbilical Chords.
Visual artists Brooks Paintings – self-taught, local artist, Darcey Salt – singer, songwriter, trousers painter, Lihui Liang – a visual artist playing with alternative and elevated worlds, Lola Missouri – OOBP family, collagist, and zine-maker, Raman Uppal – contemporary geometric shapes and line-work creator, Samme Snow – renowned playful doodle illustrator, Sunny Geng – multimedia painter who draws inspiration and light from her real life experience of living with cerebral palsy, and Xinde Ren – experimental digital artist and writer. Note: paint and materials will be available for everyone to get involved.
Plus, performances throughout the day from local dancers, including Noesikaa – Glitchtopia and Cyberdog resident, Italian contemporary Yvonne Rossi, as well as Tia P27, and Valentina Gonzalez – from the OOBP family.
Out Of Body Pop was born to counter the current trend of hard’n’fast club nights in London that largely only offers dark, intense, and often overcrowded parties – an intimidating setting for a lot of partiers, especially following the pandemic. It has been designed with a mindful and safe capacity, with a themed, but varied line-up with live performances, DJs, dancers, and artists, as well as the offering and encouragement to create: craft, paint, draw, dance. The music and curation has no ego – the concept is not over-intellectual or ironic or tongue-in-cheek or no-nonsense. It is accessible and exists to tackle the underrepresentation of the many.
Out Of Body Pop includes –
Co-creative arts.
Art materials are provided for all attendees to use.
Visual artists are invited to create ‘cover art’ for each musical set.
Guest dancers are on stage, modelling interaction with the music and helping the crowd express themselves without the need for darkness or inebriation.
The music, dance and visual lineups are made of diverse, independent local artists.
Open space.
The event takes place in the daytime on Sundays from 12:30-20:30.
The party runs at reduced capacity at EartH Kitchen, a venue which provides plenty of natural light, comfy seating and a mezzanine area separate to the dancefloor.
The mezzanine is an alternative creative space within earshot of the music, but offering painting, another way for partiers to connect and express themselves.
Out of body pop music.
The music policy is colourful, emotional and modern exploring therapeutic, experimental, but accessible sounds.
A focus on under-represented music in London’s clubs; full of chords and syncopated mid-tempo rhythms, with fresh takes on R’n’B, Electronica, House, Dancehall, Pop.
There are live performances in the middle of the day, and a variety of DJs on either side.
Last year, Out Of Body Pop held two debut parties at EartH Kitchen in Hackney, London – each a great success, championing the inclusivity, creation, and community,the mission that we set out to achieve within the city’s party scene. It truly was the party that we wish existed.
Out Of Body Pop Founder, Will Soer, says –
“Our goal has been to create a totally different kind of party that responds to the current emotional needs of our friends and those who don’t go to music events anymore.
OOBP connects different practices and bridges the gap between audience and artist, and I’ve seen the amazing things that can come from seriously rethinking the format of a party; people having fun, opening up and expressing themselves through mediums that they didn’t think were ‘for them’.
Guests at our fourth event can expect to enter a party that feels unlike anything else in the city, except maybe a really cool birthday party where everyone is given art tools, comfy seats and space to dance. The lineup is full of musicians, DJs, dancers and painters who have fully captured the ‘Out Of Body Pop’ vibe, at one of our previous parties or – in the case of our headliner Kindness – throughout their career.”
