History — Our Roots

inSpiral Lounge opened its doors on 16th December 2007, founded by Dominik Schnell and a team of dedicated investors and collaborators. From the very first night — a New Year's Eve celebration headlined by System 7 — it was clear that something genuinely special had arrived in Camden.

The roots of inSpiral go back further, to the festival world. The founding team were deeply involved with IDSpiral, which organised chill-out spaces at music festivals across the UK and Europe. The philosophy developed in those festival fields — of combining conscious food, ambient music and community — was the direct seed of the Lounge.

The venue grew out of a recognition that the values championed in festival spaces had no permanent home in London. There was nowhere you could eat genuinely nourishing, plant-based food, hear the music that mattered, and be part of a conscious community — on a Tuesday afternoon or a Saturday night.

In its first years, inSpiral rapidly established itself as one of the most talked-about food venues in London. It was featured in The International Raw Food Restaurant Guide (2011), attracted a devoted following and became home to a remarkable roster of artists including Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Gaudi, Eat Static and dozens of others.

In 2011 inSpiral launched a wholesale food business, producing its own range of 33 organic, gluten-free, raw and vegan products including its legendary raw kale chips, cakes, crackers, granolas and chocolates. The inSpiral Visionary Products range is now available at Whole Foods, Planet Organic and over a thousand health food stores internationally.

The inSpiral story is, at its core, the story of what happens when a group of people with a shared vision decide to make that vision real — and refuse to compromise on what matters.