Formed in 2016, Scene + Heard is a London-based creative collective that focuses on exploring the mainstream and sub-cultures across the black diaspora carefully curated nights that bring together film and music.
Founders Darryl Daley and Daniel Spinola are childhood friends born and raised in South London whose mutual love for both mediums served as a motivation to express themselves as creative individuals. Soon they would come together organically to create a project which would evolve into S+H.
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Daley explains the early motivations for linking film and music: “(I) was interested in the idea how you create a night which bridged the gap between the two mediums. “Looking at the close relationship between the two mediums, we created soundscapes through music genres and DJ line-ups which reflected the visuals the film and engaged with the audience.”
Previous editions Scene + Heard have seen the collective pair cult films including South London reggae drama Babylon, drag ball doc Paris Is Burning and banlieue based classic La Haine with specially-curated DJ sets featuring the likes Touching Bass, queer black DJ and art collective BBZ and Gal-dem.
