Sunday 5 July 2026, 7.30pm
Pleased to welcome back French-American cellist, composer and sound artist, Leila Bordreuil to OTO for the first time in 7 years!
Bordreuil's music accesses concepts from noise, free jazz, contemporary classical and other experimental traditions but adheres to no single genre. Mixing melancholic cello melodies with harsh noise walls, she creates “steadily scathing music, favoring long and corrosive atonalities.” (New York Times). Driven by a fierce interest in pure sound and inherent texture, Leila challenges conventional cello practice through extreme extended techniques and amplification methods, to the extent she sometimes seems to be playing the P.A rather than her cello. Her composed works frequently incorporate sound-spatialization by way of site-specific pieces and multichannel installations.
Her panoramic vision of form and genre is reflected in the diversity of her collaborative projects, which include artists such as Tamio Shiraishi (Fushitutsa), Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Kali Malone, Laurel Halo, Drew McDowall (Coil), Zach Rowden (Tongue Depressor), Julia Santoli and Luke Stewart (Irreversible Entanglements).
Leila’s longstanding dedication to Improvised music has led her to perform with musicians Marina Rosenfeld, Zeena Parkins, Bill Nace, Toshimaru Nakamura, Eli Kessler, Thurston Moore, Chris Corsano, Nate Wooley, Susan Alcorn, Ingrid Laubrock, Joanna Mattrey, Michael Foster, C. Spencer Yeh, Aki Onda, SENYAWA and many others.
Maureen Hallomas is a long-standing experimental sound artist based in Brighton, working solo as Teignmouth Electron. Seen most often as a live performance guise, Teignmouth Electron moves through sound collage, voice, tape noise, fractured song-form and unstable electronics, telling tall tales, conjuring spirits and exorcising demons through intimate, haunted sound worlds.
Hallomas has also been involved in projects including Polly Shang Kuan Band, Rubber Demon, Leopard Leg and Men Oh Pause, with Teignmouth Electron’s small but significant catalogue stretching back to 2007 across labels including Hex Out Tapes, Chocolate Monk, Research Laboratories and adhuman.
https://teignmouthelectron9.bandcamp.com
Regan Bowering is a percussionist, improviser and sound artist based in London. Her solo work explores various combinations of drums and percussion, objects, amps, speakers, and feedback. Her debut album “Solos for _ _ _ _ Spaces” (Dec 2023 on Bezirk Tapes) was described as “a play of contrasts, contradicting voluminous expressions with confined phrases, taming resounding feedback with faint percussive flutters, but one that feels driven by the desire to craft electrifying drama rather than pure autotelic dissonance.” (The Quietus). She is one third of a collaborative project with Li Song and Conal Blake, with two releases: “2 Movements” (Feedback Moves, 2024) and "Music for Snare Drums and Portable Speakers" (Infant Tree, 2023). Her debut LP “A Technology of Feeling” was released January 2026 on Infant Tree.
