Loefah

{{Infobox musical artist

| honorific_prefix = Loefah

| birth_name = Peter Livingston

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|09|08|df=y}}

| alias = ASBO (with SGT. Pokes)

| origin = Croydon

| genre = Dubstep, UK garage

| occupation = Producer, DJ, Label Owner

| years_active =

| label = Swamp 81, Ital, 81

| associated_acts = Coki, SGT Pokes, Kevin Martin, Vex'd, Skream, Paleman, Addison Groove, Mala, Benga

}}

Peter Livingston (born 8 September 1980), known professionally as Loefah, is one of the pioneering founders of dubstepLauren Martin [https://www.vice.com/en/article/an-oral-history-of-dubstep-vice-lauren-martin-610/ Vice: An Oral History of Dubstep]DMZ club night [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/jul/29/urban The Guardian Urban music column]Loefah on Dangerous Dogs act [http://www.spiked-online.com/newsite/article/2210#.V8CFnJgrLIU Spiked Online: Dangerous dog act] most notable for his releases on one of the genre's founding labels, DMZ. Loefah started off collaborating with the Digital Mystikz on the DMZ nights run in BrixtonDMZ feature [http://www.dummymag.com/features/dmz DMZ label feature] and was part of Mary Anne Hobbs' Dubstep Warz radio show that contributed to breaking the genre to the mainstream.Mary Anne Hobbs' Dubstep warz celebrates 10th anniversary [http://www.musictimes.com/articles/61229/20160111/mary-anne-hobbs-dubstep-warz-celebrates-10th-anniversary-listen.htm Mary Anne Hobb's Dubstep warz] He was known for having a dark and minimal style that used powerful basslines and menacing vocal samples in order to create a sense of dread.Low End Theory: Bass, Bodies and the Materiality of Sonic Experience[https://books.google.com/books?id=yC1oCwAAQBAJ&q=loefah&pg=PR3 Paul.C.Jasen]

In around 2007 Loefah began to fall out of love with the genre. In 2009 he founded the record label Swamp 81 which originally released dubstep records by the likes of Kryptic Minds and Skream. However, following the release of Addison Groove's "Footcrab", the label began to focus on an increasingly wider spectrum of Bass music.Behind the scenes at Swamp 81 with loefah [http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/vinyl-is-like-the-audio-version-of-a-book-behind-the-scenes-at-swamp81-with-loefah Thevinylfactory feature Swamp 81]/ His label holds a regular show on Rinse FM.