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Heya I’m Francesca from Manchester (formally Chesca, never Fran). I came to Leeds for uni 4 years ago, I study Fine Art and I’m one third of my Leeds based girlband “Lunar Sounds”.<\/p>\n

I’m also learning to DJ so standby for the mix tapes to drop ;). My art practise revolves around sound, spoken word, film and installation, as music is my life and I especially enjoy performing.<\/p>\n

I’m also training to become a freestyle dance teacher and started PsychoGirls and Blank Space studios art collectives, in which we put on events and we’re about to launch podcasts.<\/p>\n

I hate to be a clich\u00e9 but I have a deep appreciation for all genres of music but the ones which hold are special place in my heart are funk, electronica\/dance, world, new-wave, psychedelia, musical theatre and alt-rock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heya I’m Francesca from Manchester (formally Chesca, never Fran). I came to Leeds for uni 4 years ago, I study Fine Art and I’m one third of my Leeds based girlband “Lunar Sounds”. I’m also learning to DJ so standby for the mix tapes to drop ;). My art practise revolves around sound, spoken word,…<\/p>\n