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Sunday 1 December 2024:
Lithuanian Contemporary Music Series at CAFE OTO: Eye Gymnastics + Liudas Mock?nas Sunday 1 December 2024

Sun 1 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
In Partnership with Lithuanian Cultural Institute


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

Mon 2 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
Commissioned by the Torino Jazz Festival
Pianist and composer Alexander Hawkins has long cited the music of Duke Ellington as a fundamental influence. It is certainly his longest-standing one - hearing the 1929 Ellington recording ´Saturday Night Function' is one of his very earliest memories. It has not been uncommon over the years for Hawkins to touch down on snippets of Ellingtonia during

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

Tue 3 Dec 2024, 19:30 - Café Oto, London
figure of the modern UK underground ... Richard Youngs evolves in the shadows where most won’t look, but

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
'Rashad Becker’s work is probably the closest thing we currently have to a disturbing glimpse through a rupture in the fabric of reality. Cherish it appropriately' - Brainwashed
Excited to host a launch show for Rashad Becker´s long awaited third album, 'The Incident'. Becker´s compositions are multilayered narratives populated by an ensemble of sonic entities, some smug, some shy, some agitat

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

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:
MATINEE: CA Conrad & Jacken Elswyth Sunday 8 December 2024

Sun 8 Dec 2024, 14:00 - Café Oto, London
Join Lanterne Records and Peninsula Press for the launch of A Cast of Flowers , a collaboration of poetry by CA Conrad and music by banjo instrumentalist Jacken Elswyth, alongside a celebration of CA Conrad’s new book, Advanced Elvis Course . The event will feature readings from CA Conrad, Oisín Roberts, and Isabel Waidner, with music by Jacken Elswyth. Limited editions of A Cast of Flowers and si
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, Dave Smith, and Karlheinz Stockhausen including "Veiling Asterism" a quartet for two trombones and two bass clari

Wednesday 11 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 Wednesday 11 December 2024

Wed 11 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... Norstebo (NO).
Since 2020, Audrey and Henrik have been organizing DEDICATED PLAY in Berlin, where they... understanding of this wider community, while creating an inviting environment where the audience doesn't feel






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