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Not All Heroes Wear Capes: Man Danced 24 Hours to Raise Funds for fabric London

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Fabric Griffith

When you love something, you will go to any length to protect it.

That was exactly the case for a London fabric fan by the name of Tim Griffith, who decided to dance for 24 hours straight outside of the closed club in an attempt to raise £2,000 for its legal battle to re-open.

Griffith’s gofundme page clearly explains how music is his number one passion, a love that translates to a job as an audiovisual technician and a DJ/music production career which he continues in his spare time.  When talking about his planned exploit, Griffith explained, “A few weeks back I made the decision to organise a 24 hour, non-stop dance outside the doors of fabric, in order to raise money to contribute towards fabric’s legal fees, which the club needs to raise in order to appeal the revocation of their licence.”

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The Islington club has officially appeared against the local council’s decision to revoke its license, with a formal court date set for Monday, November 28th. Dance music fans all over the world are raising funds online to assist with the legal fees and to ensure that the club staff are able to survive through this period. Thus far a total of £282,918 has been raised, with a series of dedicated benefit nights featuring top-tier acts such as Ricardo Villalobos, Nina Kraviz and Seth Troxler all scheduled for October and December. Griffith began the 24 hour dance marathon at noon GMT of Friday and terminated it successfully today.

 

Fight With fabric: Join the Fundraising Campaign to Save the Club

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Fabric Campaign

London’s fabric is acting on their promise to fight to re-open the venue, launching an official campaign to raise money for its appeal against Islington Council’s decision to revoke their license.

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fabric London Will Appeal License Revocation

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savefabric

Fabric will fight back and appeal Islington council’s decision to revoke the club’s license. In partnership with the UK based Night Time Industry Association, they are launching a campaign to raise €500,000.  Deputy chair of NTIA, Alexander Proud, referred to the current situation as a “critical moment” for UK clubbing.

The campaign will seek funds from its members, the 150,000 people who signed the #Savefabric petition, and Proud himself will donate €10,000 to the campaign. The funds will be used to “keep fabric going until the appeal and [to] make sure that we have the best QC [senior lawyer] in the world working for us and winning this case, which we will do”, said Proud who was resolute about fabric winning the appeal.

During his passionate phone call with Mixmag he also stated, “fabric is one of the greatest clubs in the world and I don’t want to see it close on my watch, while I’m apparently some kind of influencer in the world of nightclubs.”

“I want my kids to go to a brilliant club that’s internationally famous and is on their doorstep. I would willingly tell my kids to go to fabric when they’re of age. If only all clubs were run that well, by people who are passionate and caring and love their customers. I don’t want my kids to not be able to go to clubs like that.”

The campaign is set to launch next week and directly on fabric’s website. We will notify our readers when the campaign goes live.

Remembering fabric: 10 of Our Favorite Live Set Recordings from fabric London

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Sasha playing Room 1 at fabric in on the 21st of June 2003

Sasha playing Room 1 at fabric in on the 21st of June 2003

Less than 24 hours after the dance music community learned of fabric London’s forced closure, I choose to begin remembering the greatness of the iconic London venue through what it did best: its music.

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DJ Sneak Shocks (Or Maybe Not) The Industry Claiming He Doesn’t Care About fabric Closing

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DJ Sneak

Despite an extensive resume that undoubtedly marks him as one of the true house music OGs, DJ Sneak is not new to controversy when it comes to his statements and opinions within the scene.

Yesterday, the head of the I’m A House Gangster label and an old school house pioneer caused quite the stir when he posted a picture on Instagram mocking the current campaign to save fabric nightclub from closure. 

The image, which is a mockery of the #savefabric campaign that is currently encouraging music fans from all over the world to sign a Change.org petition to keep the London institution open, depicts the venue’s logo with a different hashtag underneath that reads #idontcare. 

Although he has deleted the post since, screenshots of it are doing the rounds on social media platforms much to the dismay of other DJs and industry professionals who have backed the Islington club and are hoping it will reopen following an official review on September 6th.

fabric is known to be weaved into the London clubbing community as one of the true nightlife beacons of the international house and techno industry. The petition was launched recently following a temporary license suspension by the local council and Met Police due to two recent deaths connected with drug usage.

The #savefabric petition, which has received the backing of innumerable artists around the world, has collected over 86,000 supporters as of publishing time, and will be delivered to the Mayor of London and the Islington Borough council as proof of the club’s importance in the local and international community.

At a time where the nightlife industry should all come together as a community to support the future of fabric, DJ Sneak’s words have left some to wonder if he genuinely doesn’t care about the fate of the London club or is simply trying to take advantage of an unfortunate situation. While due to his track record some may have found no surprise with his comment, DJ Sneak did release Fabric 62 on Fabric Records in March 2012 and has played the venue before.

Following the backlash from his original Instagram post, Sneak took to Facebook to post the following statement. Let there be absolutely no mistake that voicing an opinion is completely fine, and holding opinions contrary to those of others is also not a problem, but considering the overwhelmin issues the electronic music industry has faced over the decades, it is shocking to some that a true house music pioneer such as Dj Sneak would hold this view on he subject of fabric London’s closing.

There is absolutely no doubt that at 6AM we fully support fabric and hope to see it re-opened following the license review early next month.

Make Your Voice Heard and #savefabric From Closure!

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Save Fabric banner

fabric is facing an upcoming license review on September 6th that could potentially close the venue for good.  The club is now asking its patrons and music fans from all over the world to join the #savefabric campaign by signing a petition to keep the club open.

The London nightlife institution could be closing down for good after its license was suspended by the local council in liaison with the Metropolitan police following the recent death of two clubbers from drug overdoses. The situation has sparked international attention, with artists, record labels and other venues lending their voice to save the club and asking the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to step in to assist.

Mr. Khan has called for a solution that both saves the venue and safeguards patrons, going a step further by launching a hiring campaign for the first ever Night Czar in London that will be charged with shaping London’s future as a 24-hour city.

Islington Council will hold a scheduled review of the club’s license on September 6th, where both councillors and authorities will forward their arguments and push for one of three solutions: a change of license, a suspension of license or even closure.

In an effort to ensure that the club does not shut down, the venue is encouraging supporters to sign a  Change.org petition to underline the club’s importance.

You can sign the petition here.

The club released the below full statement on the current situation via its Facebook page: