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This collection of writings by artist and filmmaker Tiffany Sia gathers six essays that offer a framework for an exilic, fugitive cinema. Sia addresses geopolitics in cinema, image circulation, and national imaginaries, highlighting the stakes of deterritorializing the discursive formation of new media and film practices and making the case for the continued relevance of …
Cafe OTO
This recording from the earlier years of Cafe Oto documents the impossible pairing of four contemporary giants. Its one of those miraculous one off groupings that reminds us why the venue opened in the first place.’ “The magic of the first minutes – an alto solo by Joe McPhee of true purity – soft-spoken, masterful and accomplished – brought back to mind the blissful Coleman/Haden ...
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3 days ago · Show + live stream: Strangeness of Jazz with Edward George and Eddie Prévost. £12 £10 Advance £5 MEMBERS. £3 Live Stream.
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The OTO Project Space is now closed, but ran for a decade from 2013-2023, just around the corner from Cafe OTO at 1-7 Ashwin Street - E8 3DL. It was created as a space for artists to develop new work and for OTO Projects to present workshops, talks, film screenings and installations relating to the core programme at Cafe OTO.
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In Straight Up, Without Wings, Joe McPhee surveys sixty years in creative music. Starting with his trumpeter-father's influence and formative years in the U.S. Army, McPhee recounts experiences as a Black-hippy-cum-budding-musician based in upstate New York, perched at an ideal distance from Manhattan’s free jazz demimonde of the 1960s and its loft scene of the 1970s.
3 days of music dedicated to Peter Brötzmann - Cafe OTO
Saturday 10 February 2024, 6.30pm3 Days Of Music Dedicated To Peter Brötzmann - Concert 3. When Peter Brötzmann played what would turn out to be his last ever concerts at Cafe OTO in February 2023, he played with such power it would have been hard for anyone present to believe he would never play publicly again, or that now exactly a year on ...
OTOROKU - Cafe OTO
Otoroku is proud to present a prodigious, captivating album of solo guitar improvisations from Basque musician, Joseba Irazoki. Ranging across 23 tracks, the two parts of the album act almost as fractal mirrors; each reflecting the other in myriad ways, teasing out fresh threads and intricacies with each listen.
John Edwards ← People ← Cafe OTO
John Edwards. John Edwards is a true virtuoso whose staggering range of techniques and boundless musical imagination have redefined the possibility of the double bass and dramatically expanded its role, whether playing solo or with others. Perpetually in demand, he has played with Evan Parker, Sunny Murray, Derek Bailey, Joe McPhee, Lol Coxhill ...
Gavin Bryars ← Cafe OTO
Gavin Bryars and his ensemble return to Cafe Oto for a special programme inspired by his jazz roots and collaborations. With Gavin on double bass, the group will perform pieces written specially for his own ensemble. The programme will also include a previously unheard arrangement of End Of Vienna, by Carla Bley, who passed away last year.
Takuroku - Cafe OTO
This is music about desire and liberation: fiery, sonically rambunctious and forever reaching for new heights. -- Alya Al-Sultani - voice Mariam Rezaei - turntables -- Recorded in Cafe OTO by Shaun Crook on the 30th of June, 2021 Mixed & mastered by Oliver Barrett.