OTOProjects is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) that has been set up to manage the programme at Café Oto.
In addition to managing and delivering the programme of live events at Cafe Oto most evenings, OTOProjects is also developing new strands including workshops, film screenings and salons that will run alongside the core programme.
OTOProjects is also working with artists and institutions in the UK and abroad to expand the programme beyond the walls of the venue.
Made possible with the support of the Goethe Institut, this was a celebration of Peter Brötzmann's 70th year and the first London appearance of his Chicago Tentet - one of the great ensembles of improvised music. The whole three days was met with incredible enthusiasm and garnered strong reviews. The third day of the residency was also recorded and broadcast on BBC Radio 3.
SAM/OTO is a pilot commissioning project conceived by Sound and Music and Café Oto to provide grass-roots event organisers with the resources and opportunity to produce bold new programming here.
In spring 2010 we issued a public call for new event proposals of any genre, format or description. The only stipulation was that they must have a leaning towards experimental/fringe/underground activity and feature artists from outside the UK who have not previously performed at Café Oto.
After receiving almost 200 submissions from all over the globe, four were selected and awarded £2000 towards their development and realisation.
20-22 January 2011 Balloon & Needle: The New Korean Avant-Garde
Produced by: Hong Chulki with support from LIG Arts Foundation
11-13 February 2011 Lost Sounds: Miki Yui and Rolf Julius
Produced by: Rie Nakajima in collaboration with Helen Frosi of SoundFjord
24-25 March 2011 Michel Chion and Ghédalia Tazartès
Produced by: Penultimate Press & Cenatus
9-10 April 2011 Keiji Haino
Produced by: Miles of Smiles
A series of concerts in April and May 2011 curated by Israeli musician Maya Dunietz. The events included performances by Oren Ambarchi, Joe Talia, Christoph Heemann, Daniel Higgs, Assaf Talmudi, The Rebel, Perpetuum Disco, Fritz Welch, Keren Rosenbauma and four piano quartet with Steve Beresford, Tania Chen, Veryan Weston and Maya herself.
We paired up with The Barbican for two days will the brilliant Japanese drummer Tatsuhisa Yamamoto. Yamamoto is the rising star of Japan's experimental music scene. At OTO he was joined by Polar Bear's Seb Rochford (Drums) and Leafcutter John (Electronics) and at the Barbican he tore it up in a duo with UK improv mainstay Pat Thomas - one of the scene's most distinctive keyboardists.
Tatsuhisa Yamamoto & Pat Thomas at The Barbican (picture: Marie Roux)
OTOProjects is proud to announce a new collaborative series of events realised with Electra. The programme builds on Cafe OTO's live events and takes the form of talks, discussions, screenings and workshops by artists and musicians performing at Cafe OTO. The series provides a platform to explore the performers' practices in a more discursive format.
Ghedalia Tazartes in conversation with Mark Harwood of Penultimate Press Sunday 11 December 2011 | 2PM | £4 (includes brunch) Buy Tickets
Ahead of his presentation of Häxan at Cafe OTO on Sunday 11th December, Ghedalia Tazartes will make an additional appearance at Electra at 2pm for an interview and Q&A led by Mark Harwood of Penultimate Press, discussing his work and some of the music that has influenced him. Places are limited and we recommend booking in advance.
Electra. 3rd Floor, 18 Shacklewell Lane
London E8 2EZ
We contribute as a curator to the Free Music Archive, an interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads. The Free Music Archive is directed by WFMU, the most renowned freeform radio station in America. Our contribution includes a diverse array of artists all recorded live in concert at Cafe OTO.
Every Wednesday from 12-1pm one member of the team working at the cafe or behind the scenes enters the studio to present an hour long show of their own particular taste, drawing on their personal collections and the archive of live recordings from the venue with occasional special guests.
