Sunday 25 October 2026, 7.30pm
Delighted to host a very special evening with pioneering composer, Carl Stone! Featuring avant-garde electronics, forensic sampling, and live computing unveiling a strange musical language, this will be his first London show since we celebrated his 70th birthday with a 3 day residency in 2023.
For this concert Carl will be joined by a special guest, oxford based singer and shamisen player, Marin Naruse. Silvia Kastel who blew the roof off the final night of Carl's 2023 OTO residency will be back on DJ duties for the evening. Plus an always chaotic and wild live set from Excel DJ.
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Dubbed the King of Sampling by the Village Voice, and one of the pioneers of live computer music. Carl Stone started originally with tape recorders and turntables in 1972. In 1986 he adapted his performance to include live computing, which he continues to this day. In addition to solo performance, he often collaborates with other musicians in ensembles that merge and blend musical reality. Pitchfork called Stone’s music “like a dance party in a room made of funhouse mirrors” and the New York Times called it “a powerful stimulant with lingering euphoric effects”.
“{Stone’s music is} a powerful stimulant, with lingering euphoric effects.” - Steve Smith, New York Times
“One of American experimental music’s most eloquent advocates” - Time Out New York
Carl Stone is one of the pioneers of live computer music, and has been hailed by the Village Voice as “the king of sampling.” and “one of the best composers living in (the USA) today.” He has used computers in live performance since 1986. Stone was born in Los Angeles and now divides his time between Los Angeles and Japan. He studied composition at the California Institute of the Arts with Morton Subotnick and James Tenney and has composed electro-acoustic music almost exclusively since 1972. His works have been performed in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, South America and the Near East. In addition to his schedule of performance, composition and touring, he is on the faculty of the Department of Media Engineering at Chukyo University in Japan... more
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"avant-garde", post-, thinking about how we all ended up like this and music for young people who get it
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Silvia Kastel Hailing from Puglia in Southern Italy, artist/DJ Silvia Kastel’s musical background began in experimental voice and electronics while studying sound engineering and electronic music in New York. Evolving into DJing while based in Berlin between 2014 and 2018, first on radio and then in clubs, and now based in London with a monthly residency on NTS, her range has expanded to combine her history of sonic exploration of the outer edges with sensual club music that fuses pop with bass-heavy driving polyrhythms. Her debut album, ‘Air Lows’ dropped on Blackest Ever Black in 2018. Recent releases include Shakey (Palto Flats, 2020), debut from her collaboration with Wilted Woman and the track “Ormai”, out on the Hyperdub x Adult Swim compilation. Her last EP Xantharmony was released in July 2022 by Youth.
https://silviakastel.bandcamp.com
