Loefah gets The Message. Photo: Ashes 57

We’re excited to announce that we’re heading back to The Rag Factory on 22nd July. This time we’re showcasing the photography of Ashes 57 – see the events page for details. It is going to be a cool show; so many beautiful photos in there. My personal favourites would have to be the portraits of Madlib and Benga, which are both stunning.  As her thousands of Flikr followers will testify, Ashes is a prolific and talented photographer with a massive back catalogue to choose from.

The Rag Factory is one of our favourite exhibition spaces and in many ways it suits us down to the ground. Situated just off Brick Lane, the location is good, and Silas and his merry band of brothers are really accommodating and friendly. The smoker-friendly courtyard is a valuable asset and it is a great place for a party!

This show is on for one night only; we’ll be open from 6-11pm. We’ve invited Standard Place resident Jon Rust to DJ at the event, with support from LAVA DJs .The dubstep fraternity will be out in force for this one, so don’t be surprised if some very special guests pop up behind the decks at some point. We’ll be serving up drinks in the courtyard – have a free one on us but if you’re planning on getting drunk, we’ll be taking donations at the bar.

Director: Shane McNamara  Editor: Stephanie Tasker

Image courtesy of Big Up Magazine

LAVA returns to Gramaphone on 11th March, and this time we’re taking over the whole building for a combined art and music event!

As the designer for Swamp 81, Ashes 57 is heavily involved in the dubstep scene. As well as designing album artwork and flyers, she is the definitive dubstep photographer, capturing intimate portraits of the scene’s leading artists.

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Ashes has been invited to showcase her artwork in the ground floor bar area at Gramaphone. To celebrate the opening of the show, she has invited Loefah to throw a Swamp 81 party in the basement.

We are renting a pulsating Funktion 1 soundsystem – no more messing around with substandard audio! Full line up and further details will be released next month.