Dave Swindells | PARTIES ARCHIVE

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The Lift Blooze Party in Stockwell. Hallowe'en, 1983. Click here to see the photos larger!
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 stage at the Brixton Academy at Westworld, 1987
Double denim renegades at Westworld, 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
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
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 mere notions of fashion or style. This was the meeter-greeter in 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
It's all gone… Wrong at Masque on a Sunday afternoon, 2006
Rakehell's Revels in the Grill Room at The Café Royal, 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
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
Can You Dance To My Beat, Notting Hill Arts Club, 2013
Clark Gable? at 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