Alexander Hawkins - Matthew Wright: ´Suite Duke' + Neil Charles (solo) Monday 2 December 2024

Mon 2 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
the music of Duke Ellington as a fundamental influence. It is certainly his longest-standing one
... solo performances, but this is the first time he has devoted an entire concert to this music. This has... perhaps been his inner music fan guiding him: when the records are so perfect, what could possibly be... undermining the originality and single-mindedness which is the fundamental beauty of Ellington´s music - but

Tuesday 3 December 2024:
Richard Youngs performs 'Advent' Tuesday 3 December 2024

Tue 3 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
labels (including his own "No Fans" label) Richard’s music has been heaped with accolades since the 1990
... back then. Middle-aged now, I hear it as the beginning of my music making and the end of doing maths

Wednesday 4 December 2024:
Rashad Becker - 'The Incident' Album Launch + Seymour Wright (solo) Wednesday 4 December 2024

Wed 4 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
the cycle Traditional Music Of Notional Species released across two volumes on PAN, and a multi-part

Thursday 5 December 2024:
Shovel Dance Collective - Day One Thursday 5 December 2024

Thu 5 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
A performance of a new longform continuous piece of music written specifically for our Cafe OTO
... residency and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
"The way we perform [our songs]... we don’t hold

Friday 6 December 2024:
Shovel Dance Collective - Day Two Friday 6 December 2024

Fri 6 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
A night of unaccompanied folk song.
"The way we perform [our songs]... we don’t hold back on the emotiveness," says Nick Granata, organ player of Shovel Dance Collective. An ensemble of nine, the group journeys through the traditional folk of the British Isles with a modern political lens, exploring its relationship with queer culture, proto-feminist beliefs and working-class stories. Althoug

Saturday 7 December 2024:
Shovel Dance Collective - Day Three Saturday 7 December 2024

Sat 7 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
Two live sets with support, performing material from 'The Shovel Dance' and some newer arrangements.
"The way we perform [our songs]... we don’t hold back on the emotiveness," says Nick Granata, organ player of Shovel Dance Collective. An ensemble of nine, the group journeys through the traditional folk of the British Isles with a modern political lens, exploring its relationship with queer cu

Sunday 8 December 2024:
MUSIC FOR TROMBONES, BASS CLARINETS & TUBAS Sunday 8 December 2024

Sun 8 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
WITH JAMIE TWEED, STUART BEARD, ED LUCAS, JAMES TAVARES, CHRIS CUNDY, YONI SILVER, CALLUM DAVIS, JASON ALDER, TIM HODGKINSON
Two trombones, four bass clarinets, three tubas and a contra-bass clarinet with new and contemporary pieces by Ana-Maria Avram, George Lewis, Edison Denisov, David Smith, and Karlheinz Stockhausen including "Veiling Asterism" a quartet for two trombones and two bass clar
MATINEE: CA Conrad & Jacken Elswyth Sunday 8 December 2024

Sun 8 Dec 2024, 14:00 - Café Oto, London
poetry by CA Conrad and music by banjo instrumentalist Jacken Elswyth, alongside a celebration of CA
... , and Isabel Waidner, with music by Jacken Elswyth. Limited editions of A Cast of Flowers and signed

Thursday 12 December 2024:
BEAM SPLITTER x XIUXIU: Audrey Chen + Henrik Munkeby Norstebo + Jamie Stewart + Hyunhye 'Angela' Seo + Tashi Dorji + Thom Nguyen + Che Chen + Lucia H Chung + Rie Nakajima Thursday 12 December 2024

Thu 12 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
across two countries, split between KM28 in Berlin and London´s Cafe Oto.
BEAM SPLITTER and Xiu Xiu
... expressions are shaped by our shared diaspora.
The first two nights of the Cafe Oto residency will present... operate in different corners of the extended experimental music spectrum, but also share a lot of sonic... across in how the music is presented by others (media, festivals, etc.), and our goal is to deepen the

Monday 16 December 2024:
Baba Yaga´s Hut: Puce Mary - Day One Monday 16 December 2024

Mon 16 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
music - Puce Mary has a reputation for intense live performances that span from gripping renditions of
... experimental electronic and noise music.






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