Cafe OTO
New music venue & cafe.
18-22 Ashwin Street / London / E8 3DL
cafeoto.co.uk
- Out this week on Otoroku! A vital, utterly cathartic set from the trio of Camila Nebbia (saxophone), Andrew Lisle (drums) and Caius Williams (double bass) recorded at OTO in April 2025: www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/camila-...
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- Coming up on Sunday! Radical long-form large-group free improvisation from ONe_Orchestra New! Guaranteed to induce gender euphoria AND musical joy: www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/one_o... Scroll through to read some highlights from our chat with ONe_Orchestra New's co-founder Caroline Kraabel..
- Coming up at the end of the month! The Berlin-based, aesthetically agnostic record label and loose collective, SACRED REALISM, celebrate 14 years of activity with three nights of incredible music: www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/sacre...
- Out this week on Otoroku, an invigorating, deeply interwoven recording from the pairing of Glasgow-born, London-based musician, Conal Blake and percussionist, improviser and sound artist, Regan Bowering! www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/conal-b...
- Out this week on Otoroku, a live recording of the debut OTO performance from Basque guitarist, Joseba Irazoki! Dense slabs of distorted tones and hissing static rub shoulders with featherlight arpeggios and beautiful, crystalline chords: www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/joseba-...
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- Out this week on Otoroku, a gloriously psychoactive set from Joke Lanz and Ute Wassermann! The sonic landscape keeps flashing by in an ever-brilliant sugar-rush of kaleidoscopic colour, and it's no hardship at all to just give yourself over to it: www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/ute-was...
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- Coming this Monday & Tuesday night! The Messthetics - featuring Fugazi members Joe Lally and Brendan Canty plus guitarist Anthony Pirog - join forces with the great American saxophonist James Brandon Lewis to absolutely barnstorming effect. www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/messt...
- Tonight and tomorrow (2 & 3 July) we welcome the brilliant Marek Pospieszalski Octet to OTO. www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/marek... "A stalwart of Polish contemporary jazz,” – Antonio Poscic, The Quietus
- Coming up this week! The great contemporary music ensemble DISTRACTFOLD celebrate their 15th anniversary with a 2-day festival exploring the acoustic ecology of geology/rocks, marine biomes, and human-machine interactions. Don't miss! www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/distr...
- Maggie Nicols launches her new album of jazz standards with Geoff Eales this Wednesday. Highly recommended! Opening the night will be a solo set by Ashley Paul - her first here in over 5 years. www.freejazzblog.org/2025/06/magg...
- Coming up in a couple of weeks! The Messthetics - featuring Fugazi members Joe Lally and Brendan Canty plus guitarist Anthony Pirog - join forces with the great American saxophonist James Brandon Lewis to absolutely barnstorming effect. Don't miss! www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/messt...
- More tickets just released for Late Works: Preparations iii tonight! With Gentle Stranger, otta & Stanley Welch – www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/late-...
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- On the 7 & 8 of July we welcome Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis to OTO for a set of intimate performances. Not to be missed! www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/messt...
- This Sunday at 5pm we present a special all-ages community event with food, KANTINE MUSIK. Featuring music and storytelling from: Peter Zummo Zoot Lynam Caroline Kraabel Flora Curzon Beanie Bhebhe Bex Burch www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/kanti...
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- On Saturday, a very special summer edition of MUSHAIRA — a night of poetry, music, and food with the87press: tinyurl.com/u874ux46 Four phenomenal poets: Sarah Ghazal Ali, Saba Keramati, Susan Nguyen, and Rushika Wick, DJs Jimmy Two Shoes + Dr Aditi, plus Sri Lankan food.
- Out today! Otoroku is delighted to present a remarkable, one-of-a-kind release from Swedish-Belgian sound composer, non-musician and cloud researcher, Valerie Mol, aka eurodyke (a play on the mythical Eurydice): www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/eurodyk...
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- Out today on Otoroku, a vital, discombobulating set from London-based, Scottish artist, Jackson Burton! www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/jackson-burton-8525 A heady, compellingly disorientating mix of live-performance, pre-recorded elements and spoken word to create a potent atmosphere all its own.
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- Now on sale for OTO Members! An extended 4-day residency with أحمد [Ahmed] - www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/ahmed... - don't miss! Tickets on general sale on Wednesday.
- We have a packed month this June at OTO Join us - www.cafeoto.co.uk/events
- It's our great pleasure to welcome back our dear friend and incredible artist, the one and only Joe McPhee, to OTO next week. He'll be playing 3 shows. Two with his new group 'MONSTER', a duo with John Edwards and a discussion. Details & tickets at www.cafeoto.co.uk/events
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- Pleased to announce a large set of new shows today. Including: Zoh Amba - Three Day Residency Jan Jelinek Dudù Kouate Space 21 Festival Marek Pospieszalski Octet Thomas Bush Elvin Brandhi Mikolaj Trzaska & many more! www.cafeoto.co.uk/events
- One week until the deadline! Full details and how to apply 👉 www.cafeoto.co.uk/job-vacancy-...
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- A handful of returned tickets just put back on sale for our shows with The Necks this weekend - www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/the-n... - when they're gone they're gone!
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- JOB VACANCY - SENIOR PRODUCER We’re looking for a new Senior Producer to help plan our programme and make it happen: www.cafeoto.co.uk/job-vacancy-...
- The sun is out in London. A perfect opportunity to spin Sachiko Kanenobu's remarkable 'Misora' album from 1972. An all time favorite of ours. We're very pleased to welcome Sachiko Kanenobu to Cafe OTO for her long awaited UK performance on the 14th of May. www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/sachi...
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- Two phenomenal new Otoroku releases announced today! On digital, a mesmerising, chimerical set from Japanese-American multi-instrumentalist, Patrick Shiroishi - www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/patrick... Plus a live LP of the first ever duo of Evan Parker and Bill Nace - www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/evan-pa...
- The Loraine James residency this week is sold out! We have some amazing residencies coming soon. Including: - Reading Group / Fred Moten & Brandon Lopez - Dali de Saint Paul - Charlemagne Palestine - Marc Ribot & many more! www.cafeoto.co.uk/events
- On Sunday Cafe OTO turns 17! To mark the occasion we've selected a release from each of those years from our in-house digital label, Otoroku, all recorded in the venue. Dig in! www.cafeoto.co.uk/archive/2025...
- Free release out today on Otoroku! To celebrate our 17th birthday, we're delighted to offer a free recording of the phenomenal first meeting between Theodora Laird (voice), John McGrath (guitar) and Douglas Benford (harmonium): www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/theodor...
- On the 13th of April Cafe OTO will turn 17. For us to be able to celebrate our 20th Birthday and beyond we need your help. 👉 www.cafeoto.co.uk/cafe-oto-nee...
- Tonight: A very rare chance to catch the legendary Amina Claudine Myers live. Just a handful of tickets left: www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/amina...
- Massive month ahead this April at OTO Come see some amazing music! www.cafeoto.co.uk/events
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- Listen back to this one hour mix by us dedicated to the work of AACM legend Amina Claudine Myers She plays a very rare solo show at OTO on the 2nd of April. Unmissable! www.nts.live/shows/in-foc...
- Out today on Otoroku, the first meeting of guitarist Tashi Dorji and drummer Steve Noble, recorded at OTO in June 2023. Two masters of their respective instruments seemingly bringing all of their skills to bear across the set’s 35-minute running time: www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/tashi-d...
- Coming up this week - eavesdropping returns to Cafe OTO for another four-day festival, curated by Juliet Fraser, which includes four evening double-bill events and a weekend-long forum of provocations exploring 'Experiments in Magic': www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/eaves...
- Ahead of their 2 day residency at OTO on the 3 & 4 of April, Jennifer Lucy Allan speaks to Tori Kudo (Maher Shalal Hash Baz) in @theQuietus to offer 10 points of musical entry to his extensive back catalogue 💗 thequietus.com/interviews/s...
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- This Saturday we welcome the crème de la crème of extreme computer music: - Florian Hecker, in his long awaited OTO debut. - Tom Mudd, performing his fantastic 'Guitar Cultures' work www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/flori...
- Tune in now (11am-12 GMT) to NTS for an In-Focus show on Amina Claudine Myers, spanning her work from the late 60s 'til today. Amina plays a very rare live show at OTO on the 2nd of April. Unmissable! www.nts.live/2