Dave Swindells | PARTIES ARCHIVE

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The Lift Blooze Party in Stockwell. Hallowe'en, 1983.
Steve Swindells and friend on board The Lift Adrift boat party, July 1984
Andria Law, Margo Bovell and Melanie Amaresekera at Dodo's, Busbys, 1984
Roy Brown backstage at The Lift Hallowe'en party, Legends 1984
Juicy Lucy and Roy Brown backstage at The Lift Hallowe'en party, Legends, 1984
The Kit Kat Club (mannequin attached to dance cage) at Fouberts, 1984
Fritz and Fiona at The Kit Kat blues party in Westbourne Grove, 1984
Astral Flight at The Embassy, 1985
Philip Sallon as pinball wizard at one of The Scala all-nighters, 1985
Getting down and dirty at The Circus, Bagleys Studios, 1985
Neo-naturists celebrating American Independence at Taboo on July 4, 1985
Phil Howells at Taboo, Maximus, 1985
Trojan, Nicola Bateman and Leigh Bowery at Taboo, 1985
Beth and friend at Vive L'Anarchie (Anarchy) at Studio Valbonne, 1986
Nicola Bateman on her way home from Anarchy, November 1986
Cav Manning breakdancing at Legends, 1986
Stephen Patrick and Dominik Schleppinghof at the Cafe de Paris, 1986
BMX high-fliers on stage at Delirium at The Astoria, 1987
Helter-skeltering at Delirium, The Astoria, 1987
Dodgems on the stage at Westworld 3-Disney at the Brixton Academy, 1987
Double-denim renegades at Westworld 3-Disney, Brixton Academy, 1987
Neo-naturists painting a brand new recruit at Pyramid, Heaven, 1987
Gary Haisman, Simon C Wright and Johnny Rocca at The Shak Shak, Spats, 1987
Pandemonium flare groove party, 1988
Discotheque at Busby's 1988 (the whole dancefloor doing the 'rowing dance')
City of Angels at Raw, 1987
Can you feel it? Acid house! In the Time Out Tent for Spectrum, June '88
Gyroscope at the Downham Tavern in Kent, 1988
Bhangra in Birmingham, 1988. Members of the Playboy crew.
Land of Oz at Heaven, 1989
Soul II Soul at The Fridge, Brixton, 1989
Orbital raving at 5am: World Dance, near East Grinstead, Surrey, August 1989
Always gotta get higher… Boy's Own Party near East Grinstead, August 1989
Talking Loud Saying Something, Dingwalls, 1990
Waiting for The Stone Roses to play at Spike Island, near Manchester, 1990
Indie boys at The Charlatans' gig at The National in Kilburn, 1990
That indie dance crossover look at Dingwalls, 1990
Sean McLusky, Mark Wigan and club regulars at The Brain, 1989
Kerry Baldry at The Brain, 1990 (artwork by Mark Wigan)
You want attitood? Kinky Gerlinky at The Empire, Leicester Square, 1991
The guest list queue on the opening weekend at the Ministry of Sound, 1991
The Ministry of Sound shows off its new sound system, 1991
Bhangra party at Le Palais in Hammersmith, 1992
Trade at Turnmills,, 1992, before the Muscle Marys started really packing steroids.
Talkin' Loud at The Fridge, July 1992 (visuals by Swifty)
Kinky Gerlinky Carnival do Brasil at The Equinox, 1992
The marvellous Smashing at Maximus, 1992
Dancing to 'The Old Bamboo' at Smashing, 1992
'RUSH' at the Roller Express, Edmonton, 1992
Have white gloves, will travel: The Roller Express in Edmonton, 1992
Bob's Full House at Bagleys Studios, 1993
Truth or Dare? Flipside at The Iceni in Mayfair, 1993
Happy hardcore meets junglism at The Labrynth in Dalston, 1993
AWOL (A Way Of Life) at SW1, Victoria, 1993
Faceless techno bollox? No siree! Final Frontier at Club UK, 1994
'You're Going Home In A Fuckin' Ambience': Club UK, 1994
Baby doll looks at High & Dry at Bohemia, 1994
Boy babe looks at High & Dry at Bohemia, 1994
Chatting on the stairs at Blow Up at The Laurel Tree in Camden, 1995
Felchley B Hawkes and Count Indigo at Indigo, Madame JoJo's, Soho, 1995
Grandmaster Flash (left), State of Bengal (front) and friends set up the DJ desk at Anokha, 1996
Talvin Singh, DJ Mukhul and Ozmani Soundz at Anokha, The Blue Note, 1996
Keep it modern! Blow Up at the Leisure Lounge, 1997
Aim! Target! Fire! Blow Up at the Leisure Lounge, 1997
7am at The Ministry of Sound, 1998
Strawberry Sundae at Cloud 9 in Vauxhall on a Sunday afternoon, 1998
Don't be a dummy (unless it feels good). Return to the Source, The Fridge, 1997
Freedom at Bagley's, Kings Cross, 1998 (can you see his 'DAD' ring?)
The devil swears by his amyl nitrate: Trade at Turnmills, 1998
Rotation at Subterania, 1999
B-boy bizniss at Scratch, The Scala, 1999
Twice As Nice at The Colosseum, Vauxhall, 1999
Twice As Nice at The End, 2000
Launch night at Fabric, 1999
Trash at The End, 2001
Karen O and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing at Queens of Noize, The Barfly, 2003
Mairead Nash, Tabitha Denholm, Har Mar Superstar and friend at Queens of Noize, The Barfly, 2003
Club hostess Lotta (from Vladivostock) at Kash Point, 2003
Kash Point went beyond 'fashion' or 'style'. Jordi the meeter-greeter, 2003
Erol Alkan and Trash club regulars at the Christmas party, The End, 2004
Kash Point, 2005
Moshing at The Frog, The Mean Fiddler, 2006
Host Scottee and guest DJ Jodie Harsh at Anti-Social at Bar Music Hall, September 2006
Rakehell's Revels in the Grill Room at The Café Royal, 2006
Wrong at Masque (Barry Crump & Barbara Paparazzi), 2006
BoomBox at the Hoxton Bar and Grill, 2007
Kubicle and Circo Loco After Party, Unit 7, Cable Street Studios, 2008
Club Cool presents Image Lust, The White Hart in Whitechapel, 2008
The Coolness play at Club Cool, The White Hart in Whitechapel, 2008
Alien invasion at Bestival, Isle of Wight, 2009
Bestival, Isle of Wight, 2009
Hungry Clangers at Bestival, Isle of Wight, 2009
Communion at Notting Hill Arts Club, 2010
DJ Derek at Sweet Memory Sounds, Notting Hill Arts Club, 2010
SBTRKT fans at Bestival, Isle of Wight, 2011
Bestival on the Isle of Wight, 2011
Bestival on the Isle of Wight, 2011
Death 2 Disco at the Notting Hill Arts Club, 2011

Death 2 Disco at the Notting Hill Arts Club, 2011
Jubilee street party (indoors due to the rain), Silk Weaver Street in Bethnal Green, 2012

Jubilee street party (indoors due to the rain), Silk Weaver Street in Bethnal Green, 2012
On the trampoline at a Jubilee street party in Bethnal Green, 2012
The Floripa tent at Lovebox, 2012
Clark Gable? at Notting Hill Arts Club, 2013
Clark Gable? at Notting Hill Arts Club, 2013

Clark Gable? at Notting Hill Arts Club, 2013
Can You Dance To My Beat, Notting Hill Arts Club, 2013
Juicebox at Notting Hill Arts Club, 2014
Count Skylarkin' and Natty Bo at Sweet Memory Sounds, Notting Hill Arts Club, 2014

Count Skylarkin' and Natty Bo at Sweet Memory Sounds, Notting Hill Arts Club, 2014
Count Skylarkin' and Natty Bo at Sweet Memory Sounds, Notting Hill Arts Club, 2014
Seb Chew and guest MCs at YOYO, The Deadhouse Sessions, Somerset House, May 2015
YOYO at the Deadhouse Sessions, Somerset House, May 2015
Carnival time at the Rampage stage, Notting Hill Carnival, 2016
D Double E of the Newham Generals guest MCs on Benji B's Deviation stage, Notting Hill Carnival 2016
Who needs a dancefloor when there's a bus shelter? Notting Hill Carnival, 2016
DJ Bishi is caught in the projections at Matthew Glamorre's Scism, 2016
Mikko Karhu performing at Scism, summer 2016
Oscar, Rocky, Tony & Masumi at Talking Loud & Saying Something, Dingwalls 2017
Masumi Endo on the dancers' stage, Talking Loud & Saying Something 30th Anniversary, Dingwalls 2017
Benji B's Deviation takes over Mick's Garage, Hackney Wick, May 2017
Deviation at Mick's Garage, May 2017
Brexit Fckrs & Al Bhed Soundsystem rave, Walthamstow Marshes, 2018
Brexit Fckrs & Al Bhed Soundsystem rave, Walthamstow Marshes, July 2018

PARTIES ARCHIVE

The Lift Blooze Party in Stockwell. Hallowe'en, 1983.

Steve Swindells and friend on board The Lift Adrift boat party, July 1984

Andria Law, Margo Bovell and Melanie Amaresekera at Dodo's, Busbys, 1984

Roy Brown backstage at The Lift Hallowe'en party, Legends 1984

Juicy Lucy and Roy Brown backstage at The Lift Hallowe'en party, Legends, 1984

The Kit Kat Club (mannequin attached to dance cage) at Fouberts, 1984

Fritz and Fiona at The Kit Kat blues party in Westbourne Grove, 1984

Astral Flight at The Embassy, 1985

Philip Sallon as pinball wizard at one of The Scala all-nighters, 1985

Getting down and dirty at The Circus, Bagleys Studios, 1985

Neo-naturists celebrating American Independence at Taboo on July 4, 1985

Phil Howells at Taboo, Maximus, 1985

Trojan, Nicola Bateman and Leigh Bowery at Taboo, 1985

Beth and friend at Vive L'Anarchie (Anarchy) at Studio Valbonne, 1986

Nicola Bateman on her way home from Anarchy, November 1986

Cav Manning breakdancing at Legends, 1986

Stephen Patrick and Dominik Schleppinghof at the Cafe de Paris, 1986

BMX high-fliers on stage at Delirium at The Astoria, 1987

Helter-skeltering at Delirium, The Astoria, 1987

Dodgems on the stage at Westworld 3-Disney at the Brixton Academy, 1987

Double-denim renegades at Westworld 3-Disney, Brixton Academy, 1987

Neo-naturists painting a brand new recruit at Pyramid, Heaven, 1987

Gary Haisman, Simon C Wright and Johnny Rocca at The Shak Shak, Spats, 1987

Pandemonium flare groove party, 1988

Discotheque at Busby's 1988 (the whole dancefloor doing the 'rowing dance')

City of Angels at Raw, 1987

Can you feel it? Acid house! In the Time Out Tent for Spectrum, June '88

Gyroscope at the Downham Tavern in Kent, 1988

Bhangra in Birmingham, 1988. Members of the Playboy crew.

Land of Oz at Heaven, 1989

Soul II Soul at The Fridge, Brixton, 1989

Orbital raving at 5am: World Dance, near East Grinstead, Surrey, August 1989

Always gotta get higher… Boy's Own Party near East Grinstead, August 1989

Talking Loud Saying Something, Dingwalls, 1990

Waiting for The Stone Roses to play at Spike Island, near Manchester, 1990

Indie boys at The Charlatans' gig at The National in Kilburn, 1990

That indie dance crossover look at Dingwalls, 1990

Sean McLusky, Mark Wigan and club regulars at The Brain, 1989

Kerry Baldry at The Brain, 1990 (artwork by Mark Wigan)

You want attitood? Kinky Gerlinky at The Empire, Leicester Square, 1991

The guest list queue on the opening weekend at the Ministry of Sound, 1991

The Ministry of Sound shows off its new sound system, 1991

Bhangra party at Le Palais in Hammersmith, 1992

Trade at Turnmills,, 1992, before the Muscle Marys started really packing steroids.

Talkin' Loud at The Fridge, July 1992 (visuals by Swifty)

Kinky Gerlinky Carnival do Brasil at The Equinox, 1992

The marvellous Smashing at Maximus, 1992

Dancing to 'The Old Bamboo' at Smashing, 1992

'RUSH' at the Roller Express, Edmonton, 1992

Have white gloves, will travel: The Roller Express in Edmonton, 1992

Bob's Full House at Bagleys Studios, 1993

Truth or Dare? Flipside at The Iceni in Mayfair, 1993

Happy hardcore meets junglism at The Labrynth in Dalston, 1993

AWOL (A Way Of Life) at SW1, Victoria, 1993

Faceless techno bollox? No siree! Final Frontier at Club UK, 1994

'You're Going Home In A Fuckin' Ambience': Club UK, 1994

Baby doll looks at High & Dry at Bohemia, 1994

Boy babe looks at High & Dry at Bohemia, 1994

Chatting on the stairs at Blow Up at The Laurel Tree in Camden, 1995

Felchley B Hawkes and Count Indigo at Indigo, Madame JoJo's, Soho, 1995

Grandmaster Flash (left), State of Bengal (front) and friends set up the DJ desk at Anokha, 1996

Talvin Singh, DJ Mukhul and Ozmani Soundz at Anokha, The Blue Note, 1996

Keep it modern! Blow Up at the Leisure Lounge, 1997

Aim! Target! Fire! Blow Up at the Leisure Lounge, 1997

7am at The Ministry of Sound, 1998

Strawberry Sundae at Cloud 9 in Vauxhall on a Sunday afternoon, 1998

Don't be a dummy (unless it feels good). Return to the Source, The Fridge, 1997

Freedom at Bagley's, Kings Cross, 1998 (can you see his 'DAD' ring?)

The devil swears by his amyl nitrate: Trade at Turnmills, 1998

Rotation at Subterania, 1999

B-boy bizniss at Scratch, The Scala, 1999

Twice As Nice at The Colosseum, Vauxhall, 1999

Twice As Nice at The End, 2000

Launch night at Fabric, 1999

Trash at The End, 2001

Karen O and The Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing at Queens of Noize, The Barfly, 2003

Mairead Nash, Tabitha Denholm, Har Mar Superstar and friend at Queens of Noize, The Barfly, 2003

Club hostess Lotta (from Vladivostock) at Kash Point, 2003

Kash Point went beyond 'fashion' or 'style'. Jordi the meeter-greeter, 2003