Welcome to London.. London in New York. BackToLife is an authentic slice of London's nightlife, creativity, culture and music. The party is influenced by their upbringing in London, and musically weaves through genres through Garage, House, UK Funky and Broken beat, to Hip Hop, dancehall and afrobeats, and into Jungle, DnB and more.
Since Launching in Oct 2015 at Louie & Chan in NYC, BackToLife has produced events at venues including Output, Rough Trade, Le Bain, Jolene Sound Room, Elsewhere, Chelsea Music Hall, Baby’s All Right, Miami Art Basel at Soho House, Soho House New York, Afropunk Afterdark.
BackTOLife has twice toured Asia, with shows in Tokyo, Osaka, Shanghai, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Seoul and Singapore. Produced events in London, Toronto and Lille, France, and have been booked to play The Guggenheim Museum, Everyday People and Soulection's 7 year anniversary party. They’ve collaborated with Colors Studios for their very first in person events in 2019, hosted afterparties for Blur, Ezra Collective and NAO, and played support sets for Craig David, AJ Tracey, Novelist, Dave, Virgil Abloh and Kenny Dope amongst others, with private bookings for the likes of Adwoa Aboah & Stella Maxwell, Donae’o and Martha Hunt. BackToLife has also hosted radio shows on Balamii Radio, Eton HK, Seoul Community Radio and The Lot Radio.
Previous booked artists include
Sampha, Little Simz, David Rodigan, Just Blaze, Idris Elba, Kojey Radical, Wookie, Ezra Xollective, Daniel Bedingfield, NAO, DJ EZ, Jyoty, J Rocc, Donae'o, DJ Spinna, Alewya, Richard Russell (XL Recordings), Roska, Henry Wu, Budgie, 808INK, Venus X, DJ Moma, Eliza, Maseo (De La Soul), Jordss, Daz-I-Kue, Clara Amfo.