Mermaid Chunky

Mermaid Chunky. It’s all in a name, sometimes. The danceable, costumed, curiosity rich duo of artists Freya Tate and Moina Moin are as imaginative as they profess. Or, to get more to the point, as we all need them to be.

Freya and Moina are two visual artists and musicians from Stroud and South London, places where they importantly found communities (Stroud’s SVA and the capital’s Total Refreshment Centre) of like minded people just as willing to chase down an idea to its possibly illogical conclusion. And it is in the collective and the idea of participation that Mermaid Chunky really clicks. Thisis a party, a collective dance, made all the better with more: people, ideas, layers, kick drums, recorders, saxophones, frogs.

You might be wondering how we, DFA Records, all the way over incynical Brooklyn, entered the picture. There was a day a few years ago, sun shining in full Springtime splendor, when James heard something while waiting for a coffee down the street from the office. It sounded simple yet deceptively complex: a dance track, but one where the one -that anchoring first beat in a measure -could be heard a thousand different ways. He Shazamd the song, and brought it back to the office, where we all listened to it about fifty times. It led to an invitation to open for LCD at Brixton Academy in 2022. Mermaid Chunky has also played alongside The Comet Is Coming, Alabaster Deplume, Snapped Ankles, and many others.

Presented by Love Thy Neighbour.

This is an 18+ event