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Wednesday 8 May 2024:
Elaine Mitchener - with Neil Charles + Roy Claire Potter + Mark Sanders + Xhosa Cole + Pat Thomas + Dam Van Huynh + Jay Bernard (w/ Femi Oriogun-Williams) Wednesday 8 May 2024

Wed 8 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
an opportunity for people to play together who wouldn’t normally do so from the world of dance

Thursday 9 May 2024:
Elaine Mitchener - with Petals + Shamica Ruddock + Neil Charles + Mark Sanders + Xhosa Cole + Pat Thomas + Gaika Thursday 9 May 2024

Thu 9 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
an opportunity for people to play together who wouldn’t normally do so from the world of dance

Friday 10 May 2024:
Bird on the Wire and Cafe OTO present Joe Rainey Friday 10 May 2024

Fri 10 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
Rainey grew up a Red Lake Ojibwe in Minneapolis, a city with one of the largest and proudest Native American populations in the country. The Red Lake Reservation sits five hours to the North, a sovereign state unto itself, but Rainey grew up down in what Northerners call "The Cities," in his mom’s house on historic Milwaukee Avenue on Minneapolis’ South Side. He was raised less than a mile away fr

Saturday 11 May 2024:
Beyond 1932 Residency: Hardi Kurda + Archive Khanah ?????? ???? Saturday 11 May 2024

Sat 11 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
What is the role of citizens and local communities in preserving the sound of their region? Who decided what music and sounds are 'worth’ being archived? And how should we engage with archives as sites of both remembering and forgetting? 
As part of the ERC’s Beyond 1932 Research Project at King’s College London, sound artist and composer Hardi Kurda will launch his new project, Archive Khanah

Sunday 12 May 2024:
Archive of Listening Sunday 12 May 2024

Sun 12 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
The night will begin with a panel discussion about the concept of the Archive of Listening, aiming to exchange listening experiences and practices with other archive platforms. The panel will feature Mark Gergis, Yamen Mekdad (Syrian Cassette Archives), Christina Hazboun (Christina Hazboun, Founder of The Sonic Agent from Palestine) and Hardi Kurda (Archive Khanah founder from Kurdistan), moderate

Monday 13 May 2024:
Lori Goldston / Jem Finer (duo) + Sasha Elina Monday 13 May 2024

Mon 13 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
Excellent cello and hurdy-gurdy pairing of Lori Goldston and Jem Finer!


Tuesday 14 May 2024:
Seijiro Murayama / Jean-Luc Guionnet (duo) + Lucien Rapilly (solo) + Structure Couple (Christophe Macé / Lotus Edde Khouri / Jean-Luc Guionnet) Tuesday 14 May 2024

Tue 14 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
played in Oto.
So, a knotwork of différent stories : from Stevie I first saw with Machine for Making
... days music we do together with Jean-Philippe : Angle 4. And then, the endless spiral of the duet with... old settings in solos... but many other things, that´s for sure." - Jean-Luc Guionnet

Wednesday 15 May 2024:
Jean-Luc Guionnet (solo) + Nicolás Carrasco (solo) + Fritz Welch (solo) Wednesday 15 May 2024

Wed 15 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
, and friendships. I also wanted to invit artists who rarely or never played in Oto.
So, a knotwork
... with Fritz. The everyday collaboration with Lotus. The rare but back in the days music we do together... solos... but many other things, that´s for sure." - Jean-Luc Guionnet

Thursday 16 May 2024:
Stevie Wishart (solo) + Andrew Choate (solo) + ANGLE (Jean-Philippe Gross / Jean-Luc Guionnet) Thursday 16 May 2024

Thu 16 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
invit artists who rarely or never played in Oto.
So, a knotwork of différent stories : from Stevie I
... with Lotus. The rare but back in the days music we do together with Jean-Philippe : Angle 4. And then... machine, speculative gesture, up side down old settings in solos... but many other things, that´s for sure

Friday 17 May 2024:
CONFRONT RECORDINGS PRESENT: NAT BIRCHALL UNITY ENSEMBLE + special guests ALAN SKIDMORE and MARK WASTELL Friday 17 May 2024

Fri 17 May 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
concert at Cafe? Oto last year, the resulting performance showing just how compatible all the musicians






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