Coming to Cafe OTO

From London’s Cafe OTO:

N.E.W. + SPECIAL GUEST: LOL COXHILL
WED 19 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door

The unstoppable power trio of Steve Noble (Drums), John Edwards (Bass) and Alex Ward (Guitar) return to Cafe OTO… MORE>

BALLOON & NEEDLE
THE NEW KOREAN AVANT GARDE
(THREE DAY RESIDENCY)
THURS 20 JAN ’11 • Films/Workshop • 8PM • £5 films / £10 workshops
FRI 21 JAN ’11 • Performance • 8PM • £8 adv / £10 on the door
SAT 22 JAN ’11 • Performance • 8PM • £8 adv / £10 on the door

Through live performance, screenings and workshops, this three day residency explores the unique sonic and visual world of a group of young South Korean artists and noise makers appearing in the UK for the first time. Within Seoul’s almost non-existent experimental underground, this tight-knit collective has developed a sound, style and approach to creativity outside the influences of their Japanese and European kin, conjuring a distinct vocabulary that reflects the collective spirit of a new South Korean avant-garde…. MORE>

ALCHEMICAL REACTIONS
SUN 23 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door

Alchemical Reactions presents the visual and sonic results of collaborations between 7 artists and musicians for an evening of immersive sensory experience that experiments with the language of the film score. Participants include Zoe Dorelli, Karolina Hedstrom, Will Hutchinson, Gabrielle Iwelumo, Nicholas Pankhurst, Kevin Quigley, Marianne Walker, Jussi Brightmore, Miles Copeland, Oli Don, Mrs Alice Iwelumo and Mark Wagner… MORE>

JEAN-DANIEL HÉGÉ + UTE KANNGIESSER + GUILLAUME VILTARD + GRUNDIK KASYANKSKY + DALE BERNING
MONDAY 24 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £4 adv. / £5 on the door

A night of contemporary composition and improvisation with solos and collaborations from double bassists Jean-Daniel Hégé and Guillaume Viltard, Ute Kanngiesser (cello), Grundik Kasyansky (electronics) and Dale Berning (voice, objects, toys)… MORE>

PRIMATE ARENA’S ONE DAY FESTIVAL
W/ ADAM BOHMAN, VALERIO TRICOLI, FRITZ WELCH, DYLAN NYOUKIS, SHARON GAL, DANIEL DAVIDOVSKY, NICO TEEN, TOM ROBERTS, MOSHI HONEN, ALEX (DROOL) YUNOVICH
TUES 25 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £6 adv. / £8 on the door

Curated by Eran Sachs & Alex Drool, PRIMATE ARENA is Israel’s first consistent platform for a wide palette of experimental and improvised music. It touches down at Cafe OTO for collaborations with a clutch of like-minded souls from the UK and beyond… MORE>

NECESSITY + SNORKEL + CREWDSON
WED 26 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £5/£7 on the door

Stepping into the void created by an injury to bassist Nick Doyne-Ditmas – this night will now be headed up by a new quartet, aptly called NECESSITY, featuring major players on the experimental scene, Charles Hayward, Viv Corringham, Pat Thomas and Ashleigh Marsh. They’re joined by the improv/electronica and soundart of Snorkel and Crewsdon’s gravity defying electronic music….MORE>

SPRAWL 15TH BIRTHDAY: COMMON OBJECTS + SIMON FISHER TURNER + VIV CORRINGHAM, PETER CUSACK, CLIVE BELL
THURS 27 JAN ’11 • 7.30PM • £8 adv. / £10 on the door

Experimental audio event organisers Sprawl celebrate their 15 years of regular, and occasional projects – including mini-festivals and electic music evenings – since 1996, with this very special night featuring a fantastic and unique line-up of performances…. MORE>

ZEA (ARNOLD DE BOER / THE EX) + TEMPERATURES + LITTER
SUN 30 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £5 adv. / £6 on the door

Zea is the solo project of The Ex’s Arnold de Boer. Performing solo, armed with a mic, guitar and a sampler, de Boer makes high energy songs with urgent lyrics over punky beats and grimy bass lines. Joyfully obstinate, wonderfully bonkers… He’s joined on the bill by uncategorisable drum/synth and bass/vox duo Temperatures and staccato punk combo Litter…MORE>

THE WORKSHOP SERIES
MON 31 JAN ’11 • 8PM • £5/£4 concs

First concert for the new year of experimental improvised music drawn from participants of Eddie Prévost‘s weekly workshop. This month’s musicians are Philip Somervell (Piano), Jamie Coleman (Trumpet), Grundik Kasyansky (Electronics), Arthur Swindell (Trumpet), David Papapostolou (Cello) and Matt Hammond (Guitar) ….MORE>

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