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#7 of 50 on the PEAKTIME Club Index · London, GB · est. 1999 · index score 89.6/100.
Farringdon institution, Room One's bodysonic floor and a near-religious devotion to the music.
The room
Opened 1999 in a former Smithfield meat cold-store, fabric's Room One is built on a 'bodysonic' floor, bass transducers under the dancefloor so you feel the low end through your feet. Its mix CD series became the most respected in the world. In 2016 a licensing battle briefly shut it down; a global outcry and £300k crowdfund forced London to reverse course, a landmark moment for nightlife rights.
Reputation
London's flagship and a symbol of the fight for clubbing's survival. The 2016 closure-and-reversal made it a cause célèbre for nightlife everywhere.
What makes it singular
The bodysonic Room One floor: you don't just hear the bass, the dancefloor vibrates it into your body.
Signature nights
fabriclive heritage · the FABRIC mix series
Iconic sets
Craig Richards & Terry Francis' founding residencies that set the musical compass.,Ricardo Villalobos' legendary marathon Room One sessions.,Countless fabric/fabriclive mix recordings that defined careers (Ricardo, Omar-S, Goldie).
Capacity: ≈ 1,600 (three rooms) · Origin: Keith Reilly & Cameron Leslie