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The club for… trendy eastenders
The King's Head
257 Kingsland Rd, E2 8AS
The King's Head is a recently launched, clandestine Dalston club for those working in the creative industries. DJ and main designer at Nok Nok Denim, Angel Nokonoko is a member.
What do you like about the King's Head?
‘The outside is run down so you would never expect it to be here. You need to know it's here. And you get – maybe – more of a particular type of person coming.’
What type of person?
‘The commitee are quite selective about who they pick, depending on what the person does, but they tend to go for arties, designers, people in the music industry.’
How often do you visit?
‘At least once a month because I DJ here. But you can book the butterfly room [the walls are lined with display cases of specimens] or the animal room [full of taxidermy mammals] and have dinner, so I like to do that when I've got people round.’
What's the vibe?
‘It varies. In the day they have yoga and drawing classes. And then it starts to kick off around midnight or 1am. There's a lot of people moving around the different floors – I play oldies on the ground floor and it's more dancey in the basement. It's open until 5am so you can come here after you've been out.’
Tell us about one of your favourite nights at the club.
‘I once brought Lee scratch Perry here. He was like a little kid taking pictures. He's this old-school Jamaican Rastafari, so he doesn't believe in doing this [points to the towering taxidermy polar bear]. We had to tell him it's fake. It's not.’
So where did the stuffed animals comes from?
They're secondhand. I know the story but I can't really tell you that. They come from somewhere far, far away.
I want in!
You'll need a committee member to act as your referee. It's £325 a year or £200 for under-27s.Read more about The King's Head
Pic: Ed Marshall
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