Spit it out invite you to a night of live music performances at Stereo.
Femme Castratrice
Chao-Ying Rao (performing under Femme Castratrice) is an East Asian multi-disciplinary artist whose interests circulate around fringe and contentious topics as she playfully analyses our habitual discomforts. Fascinated by their undertones, she finds them to speak volumes about our shared anxieties and social values. Her practice combines her lived experiences alongside questions of censorship, objectification, fetishisation, and bodily autonomy.
In this new performance work, Femme Castratrice pays homage to Aileen Carol Wournos (1956-2002), a female serial killer revered amongst sex workers for killing her abusive clients.
Bee Asha
Bee Asha Singh is a spoken word artist and musician born and living in Edinburgh. Between Rap and Poetry her work is a cathartic outlet that she uses to explore themes of sexuality, trauma and gender equality, characterised by an openness to talk about her lived experiences.
In 2019 Asha starred in the BBC Documentary, Spit it Out and in 2021 she co-founded an award winning charity, The Spit it Out Project, released her first album ‘From Girl to Men’, won the SAMA best newcomer award and was featured in YWCA 30 under 30’s.
Shogun Shato
Shogun Shato’s clever lyricism and wordplay brings a fresh air to Scotland’s Rap and R&B scene. Hailing from London, the influences of grime can be heard in his tracks’ but his sound doesn’t stop there. Read on to delve into the versality his music offers.
Muya
Muya stands up to be creative and versatile. A true lyricist by heart, eccentric and up beat in his flow. He writes and composes his songs. Inspired by the wide spectrum of different musical influences, from Hip Hop culture of the 90s , Funk and Soul to traditional African rhythms and Afrobeat. He was born in Maputo, Mozambique, growing up in Portugal and currently is based in Scotland, expanding different music projects across the UK.
Ringu
Ringu, a neo soul singer currently in Scotland. Her unique way of storytelling has allowed her to escape from reality and understand her own identity through music. Ringu has loved learning about different styles and will be exciting to watch her produce and develop sound in the future
Pocket Monica
Pocket Monica are a Leith-based weird pop/psych-folk duo comprised of multi-instrumentalist Erez Yotam Bertrand and vocalist Iona Zawinski.
Expect big punchy beats from tiny wee synths, middle-eastern flavoured harmonica and flute ripping across the top, guitars slip sliding away - a banjo if you’re lucky, and cheeky, trickily truthful word-smithery in a voice as deep and true as the love of the dog for the bone.
18+
Content : Flashing Imagery, Mental illness, Sexual Violence, Racism Murder, Child abuse, Sexism, Suicide, Domestic violence, Death
Non-wheelchair accessible
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