Saturday 2 July 2022, 7pm
- Klara Lewis & Nik Colk Void (duo)
- Bruce Gilbert
- Mark Fell & Jim O'Rourke (duo set, w/Jim presenting remotely from Japan)
- Ana Quiroga
- Concrete Fence (DJ)
Proud to present three days celebrating the life and work of the hugely influential British-Austrian musician and record-label head, Peter Rehberg, whose shocking and untimely death last year left such a hole in so many of the extended communities relating to OTO's programme.
Whether through his groundbreaking solo work as Pita, his collaborations with Jim O'Rouke, Stephen O'Malley and more, the many incredible releases issued through his Mego label (later Editions Mego) or his archival work with Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) - to name just a few of the projects he was involved in - Peter left an enormous legacy. Over the course of these three days, curated by Russell Haswell and OTO in liaison with his close family and friends, we'll be celebrating that legacy with packed line-up featuring many of Peter's friends and collaborators.
Klara Lewis is a critically acclaimed sound sculptress who has performed in clubs and art galleries around the world. Lewis builds her work from heavily manipulated samples and field recordings, creating a unique combination of the organic and the digital. Her debut album Ett was released by Editions Mego in 2014. Later the same year her Msuic EP was released by Swedish producer Peder Mannerfelt. She was named Emerging Artist of the Year by BBC 6 Music DJ Mary Anne Hobbs. Lewis is currently collaborating with Simon Fisher Turner and Rainier Lericolais on a series of live performances of their new soundtrack to Walter Ruttmann’s classic 1927 silent film Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Großstadt. She is also collaborating with To Rococo Rot member and raster-noton artist Robert Lippok. Lewis’ second album Too was released in 2016 on Editions Mego to great acclaim.
Nik Colk Void is a UK-based electronic musician and artist known for her experimental approach to sound, collaboration, and live performance. With a background in visual arts, she has become a key figure in contemporary electronic music through her work with Factory Floor, Carter Tutti Void, and as a solo artist.
Void’s practice explores the relationship between analogue and digital tools, using voice, guitar, modular synthesis, and extended techniques to create a distinctive language of sound. Her work moves between techno, noise, experimental and abstract composition, often through improvisation, manipulation, and cut-up sampling. As a member of Factory Floor and Carter Tutti Void, Void has developed a reputation for bold sonic experimentation and uncompromising live performances. She has released numerous albums through labels including Mute, DFA, Industrial Records, and Editions Mego. Through her collaborative project NPVR, Void worked with Peter Rehberg, creating improvised live performances at venues including GRM Paris and Tresor Berlin. She also collaborated with Klara Lewis and visual artist Pedro Maia on Full-On, a project developed over three years and released via Alter Records. The work was performed internationally at venues and festivals including Sónar, Dark Mofo, and the Centre Pompidou. As a solo artist, Void approaches each live performance either as a completely improvised and fresh experience or as a continuation of an ongoing process. Often working with the idea of ‘now’, she creates work that is deeply personal, rooted in the present moment, and constantly evolving. Void’s debut solo album, Bucked Up Space, released via Editions Mego, established her as a solo artist with a distinctive voice. The album was mixed by Marta Salogni and mastered by Rashad Becker, receiving widespread critical acclaim for its innovative approach to electronic composition. It reflects both the adaptability of her performance set-ups, designed to resonate within diverse spaces, and her commitment to challenging conventions and creating new dialogues through sound. Nik has presented live performances at international festivals including Mutek, Sónar, Primavera Sound, and Dark Mofo, and has presented installation works at institutions including the Barbican Centre, Tate Modern, and the Centre Pompidou. Nik Colk Void’s work continues to explore the space between sound, technology, and performance, creating an evolving practice rooted in experimentation, collaboration, and transformation.
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https://nikcolkvoid.bandcamp.com
Bruce Clifford Gilbert (born 18 May 1946) is an English musician. One of the founding members of the influential and experimental art-punk band Wire, Gilbert branched out into electronic music, performance art, music production, and DJing during the band's extended periods of inactivity. Gilbert left Wire in 2004 and has since been focusing on solo work and collaborations with visual artists and fellow experimental musicians.
Mark Fell is a multidisciplinary artist based in Sheffield (UK). After studying experimental film and video art at Sheffield City Polytechnic he reverted to earlier interests in computational technology, music and synthetic sound. In 1998 he began a series of critically acclaimed record releases on labels including Mille Plateaux, Line, Editions Mego and Raster Noton. Fell is widely known for exploring the relationships between popular music styles, such as electronica and club musics, and typically academic approaches to computer-based composition with a particular emphasis on algorithmic and mathematical systems. Since his early electronic music pieces Fell’s practice has expanded to include moving image works, sound and light installation, choregoraphy, critical texts, curatorial projects and educational activites. He has worked with a number of artists including Yasunao Tone, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Okkyung Lee, Luke Fowler, Peter Gidal, John Chowning, Ernest Edmonds, Peter Rehberg, Oren Ambarchi and Carl Michael Von Hausswolff.
The diversity and importance of Fell's practice is reflected in the range and scale of international institutions that have presented his work which include - Hong Kong National Film archive, The Baltic (Gateshead), Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, La Casa Encendida (Madrid), Laboral (XIxon), The Institute of Contemporary Art (London), Royal Festival Hall (London), The Serpentine (London), The Australian Centre For Moving Image, Artists Space (NYC), Issue Project Room (NYC), Corcoran (DC), Curtis R.Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (NY), Lampo/Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts (Chicago), Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (Karlsruhe), Hanger Biccoca (Milan) and others. Fell's work is in the collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (Vienna) and has as been recognised by ARS Electronica (Linz).
Jim O'Rourke (born January 18, 1969, Chicago, Illinois) is a Tokyo-based American musician, composer and record producer. He has released albums across varied genres, including singer-songwriter music, post-rock, ambient, noise music, and tape experiments. He was associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene when in around 2000 he relocated to New York City, before moving to Japan, where he currently resides. O’Rourke is best known for his numerous solo and collaborative music projects, many of which are entirely instrumental, and for his tenure as a member of Sonic Youth from 1999 to 2005.
Ana Quiroga is a London-based music composer, producer, and sound designer. Her work spans various media, including arts, film, audiovisual, immersive and interactive projects.
Ana has recently joined Houndstooth and released her first solo album 'Azabache'. 'Azabache' is shaped by Ana’s deep connection to her homeland Asturias and her experience since moving to London, the project is both intimate and enchanting. From the rich Celtic heritage of Asturias – the mines, minerals, and mystical feminine energy – to the urban occultism of the city, ‘Azabache’ embodies the connection between deep and highly symbolic ancestral roots and these contemporary new beginnings.
Ana has extensive discography, releasing music on prestigious labels such as Editions Mego, Other People, and Modern Obscure Music. She is also known for being one half of the duo LCC, who released two albums and an EP on eMego, Subtempo, Comfortzone, and Irregular, among others. Additionally, Ana has released music under the alias NWRMNTC on Arboretum and QTZL.
With a prolific career performing live, she has played and showcased her work at renowned venues and festivals around the world, including Barbican London, Berlin Atonal, Cafe OTO, Sónar Barcelona, Lisboa and Hong Kong, MUTEK Montreal, Argentina and Mexico, Superblue London, Somerset House Studios, MIRA Festival, LEV, Espacio Fundación Telefónica Lima, CCD Mexico, and Corsica Studios.
The pedigree of this collaboration should need little explanation. Luminaries of British electronic music spanning over two decades, Russell Haswell (Gescom, Haswell & Hecker) and Downwards label founder Karl O'Connor (Regis, Sandwell District, British Murder Boys) come together for a very special DJ set.
