Friday 15 May 2026, 7.30pm
From the Lips to the Moon returns to Cafe OTO for an electrifying long-form improvisation of music and words led by live-electronic musician Pouya Ehsaei and performer-writer Tara Fatehi.
This event marks the launch of their debut album produced by Pouya Ehsaei coming out on Akazib Records featuring poets and musicians from their live shows including Tim Etchells, Tara Fatehi, Tamar Osborn, Nisha Ramayya, MA.MOYO.
Each From the Lips to the Moon show features a fresh lineup of guest musicians and poets, creating an intimate yet expansive space of playfulness and transformation. Line up to be announced.
Weaving together live electronics, performative poetry, unearthly melodies, noise, twisted beats, heavy subs, and glitchy words, the night invites audiences into a space where dark fantasy, experimentation, and unexpected encounters unfold.
Since 2022, From the Lips to the Moon has become a driving force in London’s experimental performance scene, with past shows at Southbank Centre, V&A Museum, Cafe OTO, 180 Studios, Sophiensaele, Teatro Lucido, NTS and Soho Radio. Lipstomoon press has published two poetry+sounds publications In times of darkness (2024), Noise Complaint (2025). www.lipstomoon.com // @lipstomoon
‘Lively – hypnotic – surreal’ The Wire
‘Futuristic, colourfully surreal and fantastical—like looking through a kaleidoscope.’ Worms
POUYA EHSAEI is a live electronic musician, composer and sound designer working on the intersections of experimental electronic music, live improv and dub techno, characterised by influences from industrial music, breakbeat, jazz, noise, and Iranian folk and classical music. He is the band-leader of Cuban-Iranian ensemble Ariwo and co-founder of Parasang where he led long-form improvisations in a clubbing context. His latest album People of the Wind is out on Akazib Records (2025).
www.pouyaehsaei.com
TARA FATEHI works with theatre, movement, voice, and text. She creates poetic-political pieces spiced up with everyday absurdity. She has performed at Nottdance, Horizon, Southbank Centre, Montpelier Dance, Dansens Hus among others. She is part of People of the Wind album (Akazib, 2025), author of Mishandled Archive (LADA, 2020) and the first ever resident artist at the United Nations’ Archives (Geneva, 2021).
www.tarafatehi.com
