Thrilled to host the great Palestinian musician and sound artist, Dirar Kalash for a two-day residency, alongside Improvesistance Ensemble on day one, and collaborators Adrian Utley, Neil Charles, and Youmna Saba on day two.

Dirar Kalash's work spans a wide range of musical and sonic practices within a variety of instrumental, compositional and improvisational contexts. He is mostly known for his politically driven soundscape / electro-acoustic project "The Sonic Front", and the compositions "we can't breathe (for eric garner, george floyd, and frantz fanon)" and "by any means necessary (for Malcolm X)".

In recent years, Kalash has provided some incredible moments at OTO with his Improvesistance Ensemble - featuring the likes of Pat Thomas, Shabaka Hutchings, John Edwards, Caius Williams, Momoko Gill and more - creating sound as a direct act of solidarity, disruption, and insistence. A restlessly creative and deeply committed aritst, Dirar Kalash's work has a visceral, undeniable power, and we're very excited to welcome him back to OTO for two nights.