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Shogun Kunitoki / GUILLAUME VILTARD
MON 8 MAR '10 • 8PM • £6 Advance / £7 on the door
Shogun Kunitoki is a quartet from Helsinki with a love of vintage synths and keyboards, oscillators and ring modulators..... MORE>
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JOE MCPHEE + CHRIS CORSANO: 2 DAY RESIDENCY DAY 1 WITH JOHN EDWARDS + PAUL DUNMALL
TUE 9 MAR '10 • 8PM • £10 adv / £12 on the door / £18 for a 2day pass
Born in Miami in 1939, Joe McPhee was playing the trumpet by the time he was eight years old.
From the late 1960's onward, he worked a variety of instruments..... MORE>
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JOE MCPHEE + CHRIS CORSANO: 2 DAY RESIDENCY DAY 2 WITH
EVAN PARKER + LOL COXHILL
WED 10 MAR '10 • 8PM • £10 adv / £12 on the door / £18 for a 2day pass
Born in Miami in 1939, Joe McPhee was playing the trumpet by the time he was eight years old.
From the late 1960's onward, he worked a variety of instruments..... MORE>
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JOHN BUTCHER / DOMINIC LASH / JOHN RUSSELL + JAVIER CARMONA / WILL CONNER / STEVE NOBLE
THUR 11 MAR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
This completely acoustic free improvising trio includes, in John Butcher and John Russell, two of the UK's most internationally respected and innovative improvising musicians, along with the increasingly in-demand bassist Dominic Lash..... MORE>
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ATSUHIRO ITO / ADAM BOHMAN + DYLAN NYOUKIS
FRI 12 MAR '10 • 8PM • £7 adv. / £8 on the door
Japan’s Atsuhiro Ito performs using his device the Optron, essentially fluorescent light tubes with integrated guitar pick-ups sent through guitar amp stacks. ..... MORE>
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SVARTE GREINER / SIMON SCOTT / WILLIAM FOWLER COLLINS / HOME NORMAL DJ’S
SUN 14 MAR '10 • 8PM • £ 7.50 adv. / £9 on the door
Svarte Greiner is the one man project of Erik K. Skodvin (one half of the duo Deaf Center). While Deaf Centre create dusty grey soundscapes in a surrealistic world of sounds not far from that of David Lynch ..... MORE>
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ANGHARAD DAVIES / TISHA MUKARJI / MARK WASTELL / DAICHI YOSHIKAWA / TOM JAMES SCOTT
TUE 16 MAR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
Angharad Davies and Tisha Mukarji perform rarely together and their only cd 'endspace' is already 3 years old. so, to celebrate they invite Mark Wastell to join them to share an evening with a first ever solo by Daichi Yoshikawa on electronics and a set by Tom James Scott on acoustic guitar..... MORE>
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SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED PRESENTS: RYU HANKIL / STEVE NOBLE
+ SHABAKA HUTCHINGS
WED 17 MAR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door / £4 cocns
Ryu Hankil (typewriter bending) Ryu Hankil was born in 1975 in Seoul, South Korea. He worked for about two years as a professional graphic designer. Hankil was a keyboard player
in two famous Korean indie pop groups, but ..... MORE>
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BRIAN HARNETTY + JEREMY WOODRUFF
THUR 18 MAR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
Brian Harnetty creates a space to work with a wealth of American folk, parlour music, radio
shows and roaming archivists. Silent City weaves a melancholy spell of chiming pianos and
vibraphones..... MORE>
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CAFE CARBON AT CAFE OTO, PRESENTED BY THE GLUTS - GINA BIRCH / KAFFE MATTHEWS / HAYLEY NEWMAN
FRI 19 MAR '10 • 8PM • £5 / £3 concs
Café Carbon is a musical performance that considers the consumption and production of food from pre-historic times to the present day. Gina Birch, Kaffe Matthews and Hayley Newman, aka The Gluts, performed Café Carbon in the streets, bars and restaurants of Copenhagen during the 2009 Climate Summit...... MORE>
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BO NINGEN +
Hi / Zo / U / Bu / Tu
SAT 20 MAR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
"They're fantastically energetic, often brain-crushingly heavy, and quite probably the most exciting young band in London right now. The foursomes feral punk/metal approach and hectic tempo changes nod to Jap freak-out combos such as Acid Mothers Temple, Melt-Banana, Boredoms and Boris." ..... MORE>
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TONY MARSH / SHABAKA HUTCHINGS / GUILLAUME VILTARD
MON 22 MAR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
Tony is a regular player on the London improvising scene who, according to The Guardian's Richard Williams has a: "marvelous ability to erase the boundary between time and no-time" and "an exquisite feeling for percussive texture". Tony regularly plays with Evan Parker, John Edwards.... MORE>
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ROLAND RAMANAN TENTET
TUE 23 MAR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
Wailing, whispering; sighing, roaring; this Tentet comprises some of the most exciting musicians to emerge from the UK, Madrid.... MORE>
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GRAVID HANDS PRESENTS – PICASTRO / WILD DOGS IN WINTER / SHOES AND SOCKS OFF
WED 24 MAR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
Canadian group Picastro craft beautiful, ethereal songs which escape their own structures to develop and soar through passages of unusual instrumentation and..... MORE>
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SPRAWL PRESENTS: JAMES BLACKSHAW / ENSEMBLE + TBC
FRI 26 MAR '10 • 8PM • £9 adv. / £ 11 on the door
Amazing 12-string guitarist James Blackshaw has been noted for his faultless playing and songwriting techniques and despite still being in his 20s has already been compared to the likes of Bert Jansch, Robbie Basho,..... MORE>
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PAUL HESSION / ALAN WILKINSON / SIMON FELL
SUN 28 MAR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
For the last ten years or so, the three men have been mainly pursuing individual projects - such as Simon Fell's compositional work, Alan Wilkinson's London based trio and Paul Hession's solo work and collaborative projects - but they have decided .....MORE>
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THE WORKSHOP SERIES: JENNY ALLUM / UTE KANNGIESSER /
ROSS LAMBERT / EDDIE PREVOST / MIREI YAZAWA / DAICHI
YOSHIKAWA
MON 29 MAR '10 • 8PM • £5 / £4 concs (Ticket on door Only )
Each musician should look at the materials they use for making music, as an infinite resource for sound production […] the relationship between musician and sound source is fluid and capable of far more responses that can be imagined......MORE>
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THE WIRE SALON: REVENANT FORMS: THE MEANING OF HAUNTOLOGY
THUR 1 APR '10 • 8PM • £4 Ticket on the door Only
A new series of monthly salon-type events, hosted by The Wire magazine, and dedicated to the fine art and practice of thinking and talking about music. The evenings, which will take place on the first Thursday of each month, will consist of readings, discussions, panel debates, film screenings, DJ sets and even the occasional live performance.......MORE>
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SMALL BUT PERFECTLY FORMED AND LUX PRESENT: METALKING: RICHARLES BRONSON / RIOJIM + PAUL ABBOTT / SEYMOUR WRIGHT / ROSS LAMBERT
SAT 3 APR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
Small But Perfectly Formed and LUX present the UK premiere of two performances fuelled by an equal interest in improvisation, film, video and music..... MORE>
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MATS GUSTAFSSON 2 DAY RESIDENCY - DAY 1 WITH PAT THOMAS + PHILLIP WACHSMANN
FRI 9 APR '10 • 8PM • £8 adv. / £10 on the door / £15 for a 2-day pass
Gustafsson has worked with everyone from Peter Brötzmann to Sonic Youth, Merzbow, Jim O´Rourke, Barry Guy, Otomo Yoshihide, Yoshimi, Joe McPhee, Paul Lovens, Barry Guy and Derek Bailey as well as groups such as The Thing, Sonore, Gush, Boots Brown, Swedish Azz and ..... MORE>
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MATS GUSTAFSSON 2 DAY RESIDENCY - DAY 2 WITH john russell + phil minton
SAT 10 APR '10 • 8PM • £8 adv. / £10 on the door / £15 for a 2-day pass
Gustafsson has worked with everyone from Peter Brötzmann to Sonic Youth, Merzbow, Jim O´Rourke, Barry Guy, Otomo Yoshihide, Yoshimi, Joe McPhee, Paul Lovens, Barry Guy and Derek Bailey as well as groups such as The Thing, Sonore, Gush, Boots Brown, Swedish Azz and ..... MORE>
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THE SUN RA ARKESTRA - UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MARSHALL ALLEN - 3 DAY RESIDENCY - DAY 1
MON 12 APR '10 • 8PM • £22 adv / £25 on the door / (no more 3-day passes available)
Sun Ra Arkestra returns to Café Oto for three exclusive UK shows. This is an extremely rare chance to see one of the most influential big-bands of all time play in a small intimate setting.......MORE>
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THE SUN RA ARKESTRA - UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MARSHALL ALLEN - 3 DAY RESIDENCY - DAY 2
TUE 13 APR '10 • 8PM • £22 adv / £25 on the door /(no more 3-day passes available)
Sun Ra Arkestra returns to Café Oto for three exclusive UK shows. This is an extremely rare chance to see one of the most influential big-bands of all time play in a small intimate setting.......MORE>
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THE SUN RA ARKESTRA - UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MARSHALL ALLEN - 3 DAY RESIDENCY - DAY 3
WED 14 APR '10 • 8PM • SOLD OUT (there maybe a limited number of tickets on the door please arrive at 8pm to queue for tickets)
Sun Ra Arkestra returns to Café Oto for three exclusive UK shows. This is an extremely rare chance to see one of the most influential big-bands of all time play in a small intimate setting.......MORE>
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EAT YOUR OWN EARS PRESENTS:
ÓLÖF ARNALDS + guests
THUR 15 APR • 7:30 PM • £8
In spite of her young age ÓLÖF ARNALDS has been active on the Icelandic experimental scene for many years. She played with electronica virtuosos Múm between 2003 and 2007, and her debut album 'Vid og Vid' was produced by Kjartan Sveinsson from Icelandic greats, Sigur Rós....... MORE>
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CHARLES HAYWARD / HAN-EARL PARK / IAN SMITH
SUN 18 APR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
A lip-reed, six strings, numerous membranes and metal discs. Three valves; one potentiometer plus twenty-two frets; chains, sticks and beaters. Six arms, six legs; three bodies coupled to artifacts. No scores, many tactics; negotiated boundaries..... MORE>
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MIE MUSIC PRESENTS: STEFFEN BASHO-JUNGHANS / C JOYNES
MON 19 APR '10 • 8PM • £7 adv. / £8 on the door
Currently residing in Berlin and Thuringia, Steffen Basho-Junghans is one of the most innovating and encouraging members to emerge from the East-German guitar scene in the last 30 years..... MORE>
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GILLES PETERSON AND BROWNSWOOD RECORDINGS PRESENT: HALF SEAS OVER
TUE 20 APR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
Half Seas Over is a brand new project from acclaimed pianist Elan Mehler who, while working together with singer-songwriter Adam McBride-Smith on ‘The After Suite’..... MORE>
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ALASDAIR ROBERTS / CATH & PHIL TYLER
WED 21 APR '10 • 8PM • £8 adv. / £10 on the door
Glasgow-based Alasdair Roberts has now released 5 albums of tender yet driving folk music, since his ‘discovery’ via Will ‘Bonnie Prince Billy’ Oldham’s advocacy on hearing a demo tape
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HEDDY BOUBAKER / SEYMOUR WRIGHT / EDDIE PREVOST / PHILIP
SOMERVELL / GUILLAUME VILTARD
THUR 22 APR '10 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door
Boubaker sounds like a host of seals, like water bouncing in a pan left in the sink, like the consequences of asthma..... MORE>
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KEN VANDERMARK + PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE 2 DAY RESIDENCY - DAY 1 WITH JOHN EDWARDS
FRI 23 APR '10 • 8PM • £10 adv. / £12 on the door / £18 for a 2-day pass
For the past 20 years, Ken Vandermark has been working to expand the possibilities of improvised and composed music in North America and Europe, both as a performer and organizer ..... MORE>
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KEN VANDERMARK + PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE 2 DAY RESIDENCY - DAY 2 + PHILLIPP WACHSMANN
SAT 24 APR '10 • 8PM • £10 adv. / £12 on the door / £18 for a 2-day pass
For the past 20 years, Ken Vandermark has been working to expand the possibilities of improvised and composed music in North America and Europe, both as a performer and organizer ..... MORE>
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INCIDENTAL MUSIC - JULIA ECKHARDT / NORMISA PEREIRA DA SILVA / STEFAN THUT / MANFRED WERDER / ANGHARAD DAVIES / TIM PARKINSON
SUN 25 APR '10 • 8PM • £9 / £6 cocns
incidental music explores experimental music where there are no other categories other than allowing the phenomena of sound to emerge. incidental music places something, or performs a selection of activities, in space and time..... MORE>
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THE WORKSHOP SERIES: TOM MILLS / JERRY WIGENS / GUUILLAUME VILTARD / MATT HAMMOND / JAMES O'SULLIVAN / MATT MILTON
MON 26 APR '10 • 8PM • £5 / £4 concs Ticket on the door Only
'Each musician should look at the materials they use for making music, as an infinite resource for sound production […] the relationship between musician and sound source is fluid and capable of far more responses that can be imagined..... MORE>
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LEAFCUTTER JOHN / MANDELBROT / LINA LAPELYTE
THUR 29 APR '10 • 8PM • £6 adv. / £7 on the door
Since his first release on Planet-Mu records in 2000, John has developed a strong musical identity using processed instrumental and environmental recordings.... MORE>
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CARLA BOZULICH WITH FRANCESCO GUERRI
MON 3 MAY '10 • 8PM • £8 adv. / £10 on the door
Beginning with her first Constellation release in 2006, Carla Bozulich's Evangelista project has steadily been gaining recognition for its complex beauty and fierce, raging appeals
Bozulich has been knocking these and other ideas in art, writing and conceptual..... MORE>
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THE WIRE SALON: SONIC WARFARE: THE POLITICS OF FREQUENCY
THUR 6 MAY '10 • 8PM • £4 Ticket on the door Only
For the second event in the series, Sonic Warfare: The Politics of Frequency, Steve Goodman (Kode9, Hyperdub) leads a discussion based on his book Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect And The Ecology Of Fear (MIT Press). Plus related films, DJs and other participants ...MORE>
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ROOM 40 PRESENTS: TIM HECKER / MACHINEFABRIEK / SIMON SCOTT
TUE 18 MAY '10 • 8PM • £10 adv. / £12 on the door
We've added a second show a day earlier. This time Machinefabriek & Simon Scott will join the bill.
Tim Hecker's music is focused on exploring the intersection of noise.... MORE>
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ROOM 40 PRESENTS: TIM HECKER + CHIHEI HATAKEYAMA
WED 19 MAY '10 • 8PM • SOLD OUT
Tim Hecker's music is focused on exploring the intersection of noise, dissonance and melody, fostering an approach to songcraft which is both physical and emotive..... MORE>
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