Few collectives embody East London’s creative pulse quite like Night Group. Hosting everything from album launches and live jazz to club nights, the Hackney-based independent operator has built a reputation for delivering exceptional cultural experiences and doing so with sound quality at the heart of its offer, courtesy of Funktion-One partner Sound Services Ltd.

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It’s a collaboration that began in 2013 with intimate pop-up events and has since evolved to three of Hackney’s most distinctive venues. Night Tales, the group’s award-winning flagship, is a 1,000-capacity music venue and events space spread across three vast industrial railway arches. NT’s Loft offers a 2,000-square-foot New York loft-style club with a large outdoor terrace, while Netil 360 crowns a Hackney rooftop with panoramic city views.

Through it all, the formula for success has been built on a sustaining ethos, explains Night Group’s Co-Founder and Director Jamie Rule: “Each venue has its own energy and musical identity, but the common thread is a deep respect for the culture, the community and the sound. I’ve always been obsessed with sound quality. It’s our ongoing mission to deliver the best sound experience in town - music is at the heart of our identity.”

Read the full article in the Nov/Dec 2025 issue of Mondo DR.