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Theophilus London 14 photos

House of KOKO, Camden

  1. A performer in a white suit and cap leans forward singing into a microphone on a stand, caught mid-movement under blue and red stage light, drum kit to the right.
  2. A performer in a white shirt, white trousers and a white cap stands with their back to the camera on a red-lit stage, one arm raised. Orange and yellow light trails smear across the right of the frame.
  3. A group of people dance in a dark room holding drinks, one in red leather trousers and a red cap, another in a checked skirt. Blue light streaks across the top left.
  4. A keyboard player with long hair leans over a red stage keyboard, lit by warm light against a red curtain, motion blurring the frame.
  5. A performer in a white outfit and cap sings into a microphone in front of a red curtain, the long exposure doubling their figure into a ghost beside them.
  6. A close view of a hand gripping the rim of a large steel pan drum, the sticks blurred in motion, with red light streaking behind.
  7. A performer in a white outfit and cap crouches low with a microphone, heavily blurred by movement, under blue stage light with a drum kit behind.
  8. A drummer in a white T-shirt, dark cap and sunglasses sits behind a cymbal, sticks in hand, in front of a heavy red curtain.
  9. A performer dressed head to toe in white, in an embroidered cap, leans forward to clasp hands with someone at the front of the crowd. A long orange light trail curves through the frame.
  10. A bass player in a dark red T-shirt and sunglasses, locs falling past the shoulder, smiles while playing a five-string bass in front of a red stage curtain.
  11. A cropped view of someone standing in a cream denim jacket and matching wide trousers against a dark red curtain, a pale blue light streak running down beside them. An amplifier and a pedalboard sit at the left.
  12. A man in a red beanie, sunglasses and white jacket claps his hands in a dark room, a crowd behind him holding drinks.
  13. A man in a red patterned bandana and dark sunglasses, in a camouflage and diagonal-striped jacket, holds up a two-finger sign. A red neon tube glows on the wall behind him.
  14. Two men stand close together in a dark room under a red strip light, one in a red beanie and a loose white jacket with an arm across the other's shoulder, the other in a white cap and pale blue zip-up jacket holding a drink.

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Talib Kweli 12 photos

Jazu, Deptford

  1. A DJ in headphones and yellow-tinted glasses works the turntables in the foreground. A row of people stand watching from the far side of the booth.
  2. Two men lean in towards an open laptop, lit from below by the screen. One wears a cap and white T-shirt, the other an orange track jacket and dark glasses.
  3. A dense crowd fills a bright room with folding glass doors along one wall. One person holds a phone overhead to film. A large horn speaker is mounted on the wall above.
  4. A woman with curly red hair laughs with one hand raised to her face, beside a man with close-cropped bleached hair in a black fleece. A packed room behind them.
  5. A man in an orange and black track jacket, flat cap and dark glasses stands behind a mixer holding a record sleeve. Two men in caps watch from the right of frame.
  6. A woman in a red bandana and large hoop earrings holds a phone at chest height, looking off to one side in a busy room. A pale green blurred shoulder crosses the foreground.
  7. A DJ in a black sweatshirt and headphones stands at the decks, head down, in front of a floor-to-ceiling wooden shelving wall packed with vinyl.
  8. A woman in a black vest top with a monogrammed bag strap stands smiling beside a bearded man in clear-framed glasses wearing a black memorial T-shirt printed with a portrait. The film border runs down the right edge carrying a printed date stamp.
  9. A DJ in a cap and headphones, hair in locs, works a mixer in a white T-shirt. Record shelves fill the wall behind and a red record turns on the platter.
  10. A man with bleached hair dances with his eyes closed while another reaches an arm overhead, fingers spread. A tightly packed crowd fills the rest of the frame.
  11. People stand at the front of a DJ booth holding drinks. A woman with curly red hair laughs mid-sentence beside a man with bleached hair. Red light streaks across the image.
  12. A DJ photographed from behind in a black T-shirt printed with gold and white lettering, hands on the mixer. Two people laugh across the booth. A warm streak of lens flare crosses the frame.

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Dele Sosimi 18 photos

TDS Brixton

  1. A keyboard player in a dark grey tunic and long strings of blue beads plays a red synthesiser with his eyes down, a crowd and a lit ceiling grid behind him.
  2. A man in a dark tunic with a string of pale beads sings into a handheld microphone while playing a red keyboard, a second keyboard beside him.
  3. A drummer in a patterned headscarf and a yellow and white wrapper grins mid-strike behind a kit of cymbals and hand drums, in a brick-walled room hung with a painted cloth.
  4. A man in a dark tunic and pale beads plays a red stage keyboard with both hands, head down, in a brick-walled room with a mic stand to his left.
  5. Two performers: one at a red keyboard in a dark tunic, one standing at a microphone in a white printed T-shirt holding a drink. Yellow light trails cross the frame.
  6. A singer in a white T-shirt and a dark cap sings into a handheld microphone. In the foreground someone in a purple top holds a phone up to film. Orange light trails streak across the frame.
  7. A crowd dances in a concrete-floored room, several people holding drinks and looking towards the camera. A vertical red light streak falls across the middle of the frame.
  8. Two men behind a DJ deck: one in glasses and headphones works the mixer while the other, in a flat cap and a checked scarf, laughs into a gold microphone.
  9. Six people stand together posing for the camera with drinks in hand, in a room with exposed ceiling pipes. Loops of yellow light trail across the frame.
  10. A woman in a purple cardigan raises a drink above her head in a crowded low-ceilinged room. Behind her a man in a slogan T-shirt and a halo-shaped hat dances, with a cymbal in the foreground.
  11. A man in a cap and black T-shirt works a DJ mixer beside a brick wall, arms crossed over the controls. Orange light trails blur the left half of the frame.
  12. A woman in a pale grey roll-neck jumper and dark glasses, hair in braids, sings into a handheld microphone. Yellow light trails curve across the frame.
  13. Two women dance in a bare low-ceilinged room with speaker cabinets fixed to the wall, loops of yellow light trailing across the whole frame from a long exposure.
  14. Dancers packed close in orange light: a man in a dark jacket holding a drink at the left, a woman in a grey top behind him, and a large white-patterned coat filling the right of the frame.
  15. Looking down on a keyboard player with an afro and a long beaded necklace, head bowed and both hands on the keys of a red stage piano stacked above a second keyboard.
  16. A couple pose arm in arm in a crowded room, one in a brown beanie and a red T-shirt printed with block lettering, the other in a striped red, yellow and green jumper. People stand talking around them in orange light.
  17. The room seen from the back of the crowd: a band playing on a low stage under a painted canvas on a brick wall, a drummer at the left, and people standing with drinks in the foreground. Orange light streaks down the left side.
  18. A drummer in a white vest and a brightly patterned wrap and cap raises both sticks over a kit of cymbals and hand drums, a painted canvas hanging on the brick wall behind him.

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The Ascension 9 photos

22 Sep 2023 · TDS Brixton

  1. A performer in dark sunglasses and a red and white fringed dress holds a bouquet of flowers, standing in front of a wall completely covered in overlapping photographic prints.
  2. Two performers face each other and clasp hands in front of a crowd holding up phones, in a white room lit warm.
  3. Two performers dance together on a patterned rug in the middle of a room, one in a green jacket and orange trousers, the other in a red and white fringed outfit, watched by a ring of people.
  4. A singer with long pale hair sings into a handheld microphone under pink and orange light, in front of a brick wall. A hand-painted banner is visible to the right.
  5. A person in a lime green suit jacket and orange trousers grins and holds something above their head, surrounded by a seated and standing crowd in a white-walled room.
  6. Two people pose cheek to cheek in front of a wall of overlapping photographic prints, one holding a bunch of flowers wrapped in white paper.
  7. A crowd stands watching in warm orange light, several holding phones up. A performer with long pale hair and headphones is turned away in the foreground.
  8. Two people pose close together in front of a wall papered with repeated printed posters. The posters carry large display lettering and several lines of smaller text.
  9. Overhead view of a person with pale hair kneeling on a patterned rug, laying out small instant photographs in rows on a red and white printed cloth.

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Peopledem 14 photos

  1. Two men stand for a portrait indoors, one in a pale sweatshirt and glasses, one taller in a dark T-shirt. A soft light leak washes vertically through the middle of the frame.
  2. Two men embrace and talk closely at a party, one in a dark T-shirt, one in a white top with braided hair. Others stand behind against a dark curtain.
  3. Two people lean over a table in a dark bar, one of them in a wide-brimmed hat, while looping trails of coloured neon light swirl across the whole frame.
  4. A man in an orange and black track jacket, beret and sunglasses sits on a metal chair outdoors at night, exhaling smoke, a table and string lights behind him.
  5. Two men stand for a portrait in front of a graffitied shop shutter at night, one in a black printed T-shirt, one in a dark sweatshirt holding a drink. A sign above the shutter advertises services in blue and white lettering.
  6. A man in a camouflage cap and a studded denim jacket leans forward in a warm-lit room with his head down, a framed painting and a microphone stand behind him.
  7. Three men stand shoulder to shoulder for a portrait, smiling at the camera. A warm blur and light leak softens the edges of the frame.
  8. A man in a slogan T-shirt, a gold chain and a pale cap raises a can above his head in a crowded room, with orange light leaking across the frame.
  9. A portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed felt hat with long locs, wearing a T-shirt printed with a lion's face, lit by a warm haze with green light behind him.
  10. Two men stand side by side in a garden, photographed from low down against a pale overcast sky, one in a dark cap and a track jacket with tartan sleeves, the other with long fair curls in a plain black sweatshirt. An overgrown hedge, a flowering shrub and the corner of a house are behind them.
  11. A man in a dark cap and a loose white T-shirt smiles at the camera, holding a clear plastic cup of drink towards the lens, against a plain pale green wall.
  12. A man in headphones and a cap holds a record sleeve over a speaker cabinet while another man in a white beanie and pale jacket looks off to the right.
  13. A man in a black T-shirt laughs, looking off to one side, a red drinks can in his hand as he leans on a railing. Green and yellow light trails blur across the lower half of the frame.
  14. A man in a spotted black jacket, dark glasses and a headscarf leans into a dance step in the middle of a suburban street, one leg kicked out behind him, with parked cars and a brick block of flats behind.

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summer camp 15 photos

  1. A white picket fence covered in black spray-painted tags at night, with light trails streaking across the pavement in front of it.
  2. A man in a checked shirt and headphones stands facing a large studio microphone on a stand, holding a phone in one hand, under a slatted wooden ceiling panel.
  3. Close crop of a person's arm and hand holding a compact film camera by its strap, standing among other people on a wooden floor.
  4. Black and white frame of two pairs of hands over a record sleeve. One hand holds a marker pen; the sleeve carries large display lettering and has been signed across the front.
  5. A man photographed from behind wearing a black long-sleeved top with flowing script lettering printed across the back, standing in front of shelved records.
  6. A dark room of silhouetted figures. At the far end a lit projection of four bright panels is the only source of light.
  7. Close view of a drum sampler and a mixing desk under red light, the sampler's pads glowing red and orange, a small screen showing a grid of cells.
  8. A man holds a phone up to film. A thick yellow light trail loops across the frame in front of him and coils into a spiral.
  9. Seen from behind, a person in a grey slogan T-shirt stands at the decks. Cans sit on a ledge to the left and a warm orange light leak washes the right of the frame.
  10. Stage equipment at rest in front of a red curtain: a keyboard on a stand, a guitar amplifier, an acoustic guitar, and cables run across a wooden floor. A pale light trail curves in from the right.
  11. Two people adjust a large cine camera mounted on a tripod beside a draped wall, with a small crowd standing and talking behind them.
  12. A person in a black T-shirt, grey cargo trousers and white trainers stands looking at their phone against a shuttered shopfront covered in graffiti, beside a brick pillar.
  13. Prints hung on a white display board in a dark room: three swirling abstract photographs in a row and a larger framed print of a red and yellow starburst. Neon lettering glows on the wall above and a small painting hangs on the bare wall at the left.
  14. A print of a densely painted canvas of faces, eyes and lettering, reading INHERIT THE EARTH across the top left, hangs on a peeling plaster wall with a handwritten price card beside it. Orange striped tote bags hang from a rail to the left.
  15. Two men sit side by side in a studio, one in a black cap and a studded denim jacket making a two-finger sign, the other with long fair hair in a black sweatshirt. A keyboard, a plant and shelves of equipment fill the wall behind them.

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