Project

DEVIATION: THESE ARE THE LEVELS

Year

2025

Type

Location

Published for the 18th anniversary of Deviation — the seminal London club night founded by DJs Benji B and Judah Afriyie — this 402-page volume serves as the first comprehensive visual archive of the party’s influence on London’s nightlife and music culture. The book is constructed as an unbroken photographic sequence: a tightly edited flow of mostly black-and-white images, many captured on phones, where resolution matters less than immediacy and memory.

A dedicated section on Notting Hill Carnival is printed on pink copy paper, recalling the flyers that circulated through London’s club scene and signalling a shift in rhythm within the book. Text is deliberately restrained. The front matter lists artists and DJs in a straightforward list, while a central timeline indexes every Deviation event by year, venue and line-up — anchoring the otherwise immersive visual record in a clear documentary structure.