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Cafe OTO
@cafeotodalston.bsky.social
New music venue & cafe.

18-22 Ashwin Street / London / E8 3DL

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You can now pre-order the new Anna Högberg Attack LP from @cafeotodalston.bsky.social www.cafeoto.co.uk/shop/anna-ho...
Anna Högberg Attack – Ensamseglaren ← Cafe OTO
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September 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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..
September 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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...
August 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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...
July 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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-...
July 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Thrilled to share my latest "oral history" for Time Out, exploring the history and legacy of Dalston's inimitable outsider arts hub
@cafeotodalston.bsky.social with Thurston Moore, Suzanne Ciani, Brady Corbet, Stewart Lee, @hotchipofficial.bsky.social & many more...
www.timeout.com/london/music...
‘You always know you’ll get something interesting’: an oral history of Cafe OTO
The story behind the legendary Dalston music venue.
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July 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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...
July 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Atonal Kat returns to @cafeotodalston.bsky.social on 22 July! Featuring Seaming To, Tom Challenger and yours truly playing #AnneaLockwood to celebrate our new release on Unsounds label. Get your meow now! www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/atona... Cappuccino the Cat photographed by @vanessawhy.bsky.social
July 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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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...
July 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Tonight! 'Mute Teachers' played by Distractfold @cafeotodalston.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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...
July 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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
July 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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...
June 30, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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...
Maggie Nicols and Geoff Eales - Beautiful Love (33 Jazz records, 2025)
Free Jazz Collective, reviews of avant garde and free jazz music and media
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June 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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...
June 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
More tickets just released for Late Works: Preparations iii tonight! With Gentle Stranger, otta & Stanley Welch – www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/late-...
June 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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The final Salon in our AI and music series is on Tues 24 June @cafeotodalston.bsky.social.

Featuring Lore Lixenberg, Elaine Mitchener, Mattie Colqhoun (Xenogothic), Vicki Bennett/People Like Us (pictured).

More info/tickets:
www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/the-w...

📷 by Polly Brown
June 20, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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...
June 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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...
June 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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At the Wire Salon @cafeotodalston.bsky.social on 24 June, Lore Lixenberg and Elaine Mitchener will perform Fluxus works by Alison Knowles, Emmet Williams, Mieko Shiomi, Ben Patterson and Dick Higgins.

More info and tickets: www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/the-w...

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June 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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.
June 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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...
June 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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June 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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.
June 4, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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In one week @cafeotodalston.bsky.social we start of 30 years 3 night residency - come and listen www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/apart...
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM