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\'we don\'t stop until the music does\': inside fold, london\'s newest 24-hour nightclub

by:Marslite     2019-09-05
At Fold, London\'s latest nightclub, something special happens at noon.
After a night of revelry in the dark, the stage lights closed and the blinds opened.
Come in from the afternoon sun and bathe everyone in the amber glow.
\"It\'s so beautiful,\" club partner Lasha Jorjoliani
The founder, when we saw him and another founder Seb Glover in the room behind the venue, told the Standard.
\"All you see is smiling faces, and everyone is actually in a positive state.
\"Thanks to Fold\'s 24-hour license.
The club opened in August and is located in an industrial zone in the town of Kanning.
The building itself is a former printing factory, so it already has sound insulation
It\'s also a good thing to see the sound system inside make a 110db noise, louder than any other club in London.
\"We won\'t stop until the music stops,\" said Jorjoliani, who is also a dj nicknamed \"Voicedrone.
\"We can hold on until we think we should.
This is the person we come into contact with slowly.
We don\'t close at six o\'clock A. M. , seven o\'clock A. M. or eight o\'clock A. M. .
We close the music when it stops.
\"It\'s these huge parties, as a result of London\'s history --
Strict licensing laws are rarely found elsewhere in the city.
\"As the party that London is used to is getting shorter and shorter ,[people are]
\"Going out, it\'s completely wiped out,\" Glover explained . \".
\"But here you have time to grow into a party.
Then, at about nine o\'clock A. M. or noon, this new energy suddenly appears, and there is this connection between people.
\"The search for a space that can mimic this vision has allowed them to go through a two-year dead end until Glover finds something in the fall of 2017.
\"Seb called me one day and he said, \'You should come and see this place, \'\" Jorjoliani recalls \'. \".
\"We walked in, it was a completely abandoned space, nothing but garbage.
\"Well, we have this idea,\" we said . \"
When we look at it now, it looks like it was when we first walked in.
Glover added: \"We also took a big risk because we did it before we got the license.
Obviously we did the research before we started, but we actually got this license six months later here.
\"We are confident that we will get it.
We \'d be a little bad if we didn\'t, \"he laughs.
Without the help of an external contractor, jorjolliani and Glover completed all the work to transform the abandoned building into a fully functional site, meaning that the place still has industrial,
The building has no sign that it is a nightclub and the interior design is bare and all you can see from the smoker\'s terrace is a pile of ruins.
This helps make the club feel different from the rest of London, where club members can take refuge and lose themselves in the music without worrying about prying.
\"I feel more free --
This is mobile compared to the rest of London, \"Glover said.
\"Of course, we are running a tight ship and we have had a very good record since we opened in terms of welfare, safety and security.
But once you get in, it feels more relaxed.
I don\'t know if it\'s an extended working hours or a safe space policy, but people feel like they can breathe and relax.
The term \"safe space\" means
Defined one, but in many ways it seems to be a proper description of a place like Fold, especially when the club is actively working to create an inclusive atmosphere --
There are signs on the wall that remind people to respect others and encourage no cameras on the dance floor.
Jorjoliani said: \"It\'s hard to implement when people are used to defending things when they go out, even now we have 10 to 15 people removing [stickers]
Door staff on their mobile camera]
And take pictures.
But, slowly, people began to tell other gamblers, \"Well, you can stop taking pictures . \".
\"The folded crowd is significantly more diverse than many other London clubs, and the retention rate in this place is high --
According to Glover, although it has only been open for three months, one out of every five clubs has become a regular visitor.
This could be proof of a strong plan so far that Egyptian lovers, radiologists and DMX Krew stopped to provide excellent sets.
However, it is not no challenge to book a dj.
\"The size of the club we have may be quite large,\" Glover said . \". “[The club has a]
With 500 capacity, we can\'t compete with people like moderators.
They just booked all the headlines, even the mid-term news.
Range artists, so their expenses go up.
\"We are not against it, but we have our own position, and we take up the space --
We do our own things in an intimate environment.
This is what London lacks.
\"So where is Fold next?
It is planned to open a second room, develop a label, start a radio station and continue to operate five studios currently on site where artists can mix, master and produce music.
The future of the club also seems to have something to do with the development of the town of Kanin, as Glover said, \"it feels like Hackney Wick before it all starts --
Five, ten years ago \".
This is a mature middle-class region (relatively)
Low house prices and commitment to both
The hour DLR link and the Elizabeth line go through the nearby strafu in the next few years.
Glover said: \"Hackney wake has a real scene that seems to be migrating to the town of Kanin
Closed club shape in E9.
\"We don\'t want this to be Hackney wake, and we don\'t want to be a middle-class supplier.
We love that we are hidden a bit, so there is a reason why you are here, not just passing.
\"Whatever the future of Fold, it feels like a whole new way for the London club right now.
Go, don\'t leave until the blinds open.
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