It’s a bright, sleepy Sunday evening in Peckham, but Vespers – an intimate, concrete basement – engulfs you in the thrill of darkness. Qiri, 26, stomps out on the stage, bandmate Estratosfera, 22, standing to her left. “I love music”, they purr repeatedly over scattershot kicks, as Qiri waves an enormous flag bearing the slogan: DANCE. RESIST. REPEAT. A 200-strong crowd screams back every lyric in English and Spanish and party furiously to t...
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