The current issue of i-D includes a half-page full-page feature on the forthcoming HMD album, illustrated with some of the photos Strut commissioned from me for the accompanying booklet. Hunt it down, and make sure you’re at the Eagle Sunday 8th August for the launch party. [Above: Ernesto poses with a 7-inch. Click for more photos from the shoot…]
Back home at The Ghetto…
The Film Noir crew took over both floors of the Superstore on the hottest Friday night of the year. Severino’s and Helen Noir’s back-to-back sets of take-no-prisoners, hands-in-the-air afterhours disco and electro set the basement on fire. Fabulous. Pix here.
Helen Noir and Philippos N downstairs, Dickie Beau, A Man To Pet, Ingenue St. John and Nando Messias upstairs. Pix here. We’re counting down the days to their Dalston Superstore takeover — July 3rd.
New(ish) Southwark venue Cable continues on its mission: to bring boutique superclub facilities and a kicking sound system to the East End underground scene. Last night saw the debut of Mark Moore and Jerry Bouthier’s night Can Can, with special guests club legends Kash Point. Pix here.
What more needs be said? Pix here.
i-D has featured Dalston Superstore in its 300th anniversary issue, and included some of my shots from the pre-pre-opening party. Very happy to see the shot of Spiro with his drill on the dancefloor in print…
The Metropolis “gentlemen’s club” on Cambridge Heath Road has started to hire itself out as a club venue, to offset the recessional downturn in revenue from its usual business. Good news for clubbers, as the space as amazing. Three floors of neon-signposted, fantasy-luxe craziness — from the cozy VIP lounge, up the spiralling sweep of the central stairs, past the wet room (featuring a sparkly 70s-style dune buggy as a prop for any in need of a good hosing-down), to the sandy-but-cozy ‘harem’ room at the top. Magnificent: the only venue I’ve visited in London which comes anywhere near the …
Helen Noir, Ingenue St. John and Ma Butcher doing their thing upstairs at the Horse and Groom. We left early and missed Ma playing my favourite Sparx track ever. Next time! Pix here.