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Loren Connors/Alan Licht two day residency at Cafe Oto, London May 5 & 6

Loren and I will be playing two nights at London’s Cafe Oto next week. Friday May 5 will start with a solo set by me, followed by our duo; Saturday May 6 will have a Loren solo set then the duo. Full details are here. The screen print pictured above will be on sale too.

[dushume]

DARK ENERGY PRESENTS DUSHUME

More Dark Energy....Cafe Oto - 30th July 2024

Some great images taken by John van Aitken.

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Lament at Cafe OTO, London UK

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Vivien Goldman

Via @Cafeoto

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Masami Kawaguchi. Festival Sonic Protest. Eglise st Merry.Paris. III. Mars 2018

cafeOTO · DS121 - Masami Kawaguchi "II" from 13.3.18

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Alexander Hawkins and Roberto Ottaviano - Cafe Oto, Hackney, 20 January 2023

Another fantastic evening at @Cafeoto with @hawkinsmusic and Roberto Ottaviano. My birthday present membership is the gift that keeps giving. Read about the evening here:

The beauty of having been gifted a membership to Cafe Oto is that it reduces ticket prices to such a ridiculously cheap level that I am minded to take a chance on things I’m unfamiliar with.  It’s a chilly Friday night in the middle of January, and I’ve paid £8 to watch Alexander Hawkins and Roberto Ottaviano perform together. Roberto Ottoviano (left) and Alexander Hawkins (right) What piqued…

[whiteemotion]

Join us to Pianos, Toys, Music, and noise book presentation and performances evening, this Wednesday 16th March at @cafeotodalston Around a year ago, @bloomsburypublishing published ‘Pianos, Toys, Music and Noise’ by Andy Hamilton. Based on a series of conversations with Steve Beresford, it also included notes putting the chats in context and contributions from many of Steve’s collaborators. There was also a section of very good photographs. The cover photo and title (used for the three days at Café Oto on Steve’s 70th birthday) were supplied by Unpredictable’s @blanca_regina As Bloomsbury classified the book as academic, its price was quite high. But now there’s a paperback edition at a much lower price. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pianos-toys-music-and-noise-9781501366468/ Now,@unpredictableseries presents Pianos, Toys, Music, and Noise: an evening that includes a 30-minute conversation with Steve Beresford and author Andy Hamilton and performances by @steveberesfordmusic , @angharaddavie @patthomas_official @blanca_regina and visuals by @pierrebouvierpatron #pionner #music #freeimprovisation #spontaneous #london #cafeoto #soundartist #performance #booklaunch #celebration (at Café OTO) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbGD1LDMzBv/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Decoy with Joe McPhee "AC/DC" [sample] - live at Cafe OTO

Two totally infectious sets from Decoy - the trio of John Edwards, Steve Noble and Alexander Hawkins - reunited with pocket trumpet and saxophone player Joe McPhee on the closing night of his four day residency at Cafe OTO.

In the eight years between the recordings which make up ‘AC/DC’ and their last release ‘Spontaneous Combustion’, Decoy and each of its members have been practicing individually at the very top of their form. Coming together again in such celebratory circumstances and in the good company of a fantastic crowd set the scene for a very special night.

As they begin, Alexander Hawkins casts a needling surface between his Hammond organ and John Edwards’ loose splatters and slaps of low end bass. McPhee skitters over them with his pocket trumpet by way of introduction; Steve Noble strikes his rims in anticipation. The mood in the room is that of a rock band reformed, of a certain number of “boys” being “back in town”.

The first set sees moments of frenetic free jazz peel off into weirdo soul territory and when switched to saxophone halfway through, McPhee’s romantic lyricism is utterly beautiful. When a groove sets in, Hawkins’ B3 ascension in harmony with an ever powerful Edwards-Noble rhythm section sees the room thicken and swirl to the point of giddiness. There is one unreal part at 22:22 where we’re sure you can hear Edwards’ bass vocalising.

Regrouped for a second set, Steve Noble’s metallic textures meld with detuned arco bass to create an unholy atmosphere, ripe for Hawkins to play out the eerier end of the Hammond. When McPhee sounds a sax motif the band catches it quickly and it’s soon wickedly morphed and stretched by each player, recurring to absurdity in a stoned out funk free for all.

The whole recording bleeds enthusiasm and joyful imagination and is a brilliant document of an unforgettable evening. Decoy are a limitless band who play nowhere near enough. We cannot attest to them any more, Book them, buy this, go and see them if you can.

John Edwards / bass Alexander Hawkins / hammond b3 Joe McPhee / pocket trumpet, alto sax, voice Steve Noble / drums

Recorded live at Cafe OTO by Shaun Crook on Friday 10th May, 2019. Mixed and mastered by James Dunn. Artwork and layout by Oliver Pitt. Printed in an edition of 1000. OTOROKU023CD.

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A team favourite! #thething #thurstonmoore #freejazz #improvisation #vinyl #live #matsgustafsson #paalnilssenlove #ingebrigthåkerflaten #cafeoto #london #beachedrecords #independent #recordlabel https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Bx418HSH2/?igshid=57wouvwk3n56

[khabir]

"LR295 - Dominic Duval / John Heward / Joe McPhee ‎ "Undersound II"" by cafeOTO

[dushume]

It was great to play and bring some Deep Noise and Harsh Bass at Cafe Oto for Dark Energy - 30th July 2024 to a sellout discerning audience.

Big Thanks to Aniruddha Das aka Dhangsha for curating, and other amazing performers Shamica Ruddock and Gary Stewart and all staff at Cafe Oto.

[ykoyko]

【お知らせ】フランス現代音楽の偉才、リュック・フェラーリさん(Luc Ferrari)の誕生90周年を記念してイラストを描かせていただきました！来月(2/7～)よりロンドンのCafe OTOにてリュックさん生誕(超豪華)イベントが催されますので近くにお住いの方は是非！ . なんとこちらのイラスト。リュックさんの奥様でもあるブリュンヒルドさん(Brunhild Ferrari)よりお墨付をいただくことができました。とても名誉なことであります✨✨😭今回、制作に協力してくださいましたプレスク・リヤン協会の村上さん。岡本さん。本当にありがとうございました！ . >> http://association-presquerien.hatenablog.com/entry/2019/01/22/213129 >> https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/stereo-spasms-festival/

[saramencken]

James Chance.

Pic by @MrPilatusP at Cafe Oto

Pic via @Cafeoto

[simonpentleton]

🎼Les protorythmiques 🍌song🎸 Luc Ferrari⚡️ performed by Erikm + @thurstonmoore58 played in Dalston #cafeoto yes it was brilliant thank you @thurstonmoore58 #musicforpleasure #thurstonmoore #thurstonmoore58 #art #stereospasmsfestival #artperformance #lucferrari #ladymodular #robinrimbaud #viciousworld🌍 (at Dalston) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtwEA_7AKYx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wc604v2dvh1f