A night of new music inspired by survival.

'Tokohu - wall, silence,' by the Lappetites.

'Where are the wild ones?' by Kaffe Matthews

'fold from 0' by Ryoko Akama

The Lappetites, is an international collective of artists who create their work through online communication and occasional one place collision somewhere else in the world. Founded by Kaffe Matthews in 2001, their current members are Ryoko Akama(Japan), Antye Greie aka AGF (Germany-Finland), Kaffe Matthews, Blanca Regina Perez-Bustamante (Spain) and Eliane Radigue (France)

For their café Oto debut, Akama and Matthews will present, 'Tokohu - wall, silence,' a specially made work, with contribution from AGF and Radigue, that plays on and questions catastrophe, the planet, information and survival through the daily experiences of the players since the 3.11 tsunami.

'Where are the wild ones?' performed in 4 channels by KM follows the dangerous route Atlantic Salmon take from Greenland up the river Tyne to their spawning ground in Kielder Water, Northumberland. All music made from recordings taken in the River Tyne, England Jan, Feb 2010. Where are the wild ones? was A RIVERS commission by AV Festival 10 and the Environment Agency, curated by Rebecca Shatwell, premiered on March 14th 2010 at The Sage, UK.

Where are the Wild Ones review - Santa Barbara News Press

Ryoko Akama performs "fold from 0" with the memory of her own experience since 3.11. She is a Japanese artist who currently lives in Japan. She works with multiple media - acoustic/digital music, installation, performance, videos.

Ryoko Akama website
Ryoko Akama blog

the lappetites - new opera works `fathers` from ryoko akama on Vimeo.