The Co-Op club first opened its doors back in 2000, the brain child of artists and DJ's Afronaut, Mark force and headed by Dego 4Hero, IG Culture, Mr Phil Asher, Demus 2 Banks and Zsa Zsa. .
To those in the know, word of those original parties rapidly spread making attendance to these understated Sunday nights compulsory.

The music played was progressive but with a foot still firmly planted in the roots of Soul, Jazz and sound system culture predominantly released through their Co Operation Label ran by distribution hub Goya music.
This policy attracted the good nd great who came through the doors whenever they were in town including the likes of Roy Ayres, Don Blackman, Ed Motta, 
King Britt, Quest Love and Roni Size to name just a few. 

Over the years of tis club driven scene, the growing Community took the broken beat genre that they pioneered to international levels, attracting overseas collaborators that in turn 
have contributed to defining and expanding this initially niche genre of music, making it more relevant today to other musical genres from funky house & Dub-step to hip hop, Jazz soul and more accessible to the wider population who may not have even realised they ACTUALLY like "broken beat"!
Community is at the heart of this phenomenon and in 2007 a new chapter was born in the shape of COOPR8, a network for futuristic DJs, producers, graphic designers that are continuing to push the boundaries within their own creative disciplines whilst attracting established overseas artists and yet nurturing tomorrow's talents inspired by this scene.