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Speaking at London's Proud Gallery venue, he said: "This whole venue is about as big as the entire stage Blur were playing on at Glastonbury a couple of years back. This is one of my favourite venues though.

By eight o'clock the queues were snaking thirty deep down the cobbled alley feeding into Proud; maybe it was Graham Coxon - maybe it was word of mouth - that for breadth and adventure, the Levi's Craft of Music roster was well worth the hassle at the Camden Crawl.

Things had started early. By 2pm the private rooms flanking the arena - that used to stable horses injured pulling barges up Camden Lock - were packed with backstage activites, from opportune photoshoots and interviews, to the solemn figure of Fyfe Dangerfield trying various jeans on. Martyna Baker kicked things off - an Eska Mtungwazi-mould soul singer, 'Going hard tonight' she told us, her tone asperated and grainy like it came through a saxophone valve.

"This isn't a new discovery or a "hidden gem" - for over a decade now Proud Galleries has brought behind the scenes insightful and sometimes controversial photography to the public ... The venue is a mix I see often in London: grime and glamour combined. Proud Galleries is an old horse hospital so the individual booths for drinking, dancing and chilling in are original horse stables with dancing poles on tables ... The newly refurbished, glass-clad outdoor area was once a courtyard and all the old brick floors have remained in tact. There are two gallery rooms - both turn into dance floors once the club nights, offering new and established bands and DJs, kick off. Come in the early evening for dinner to watch the transition from gallery to club."