Just the three shows remaining before we close for a couple of days over Christmas but no slackening off in quality. Tonight sees the return of Goodiepal & Pals – a refugee organisation disguised as a contemporary Tek-Rock-Band – conducted by Faroese / European-master trickster: The Goodiepal. Tomorrow we host Oslo and Berlin based composer / producer Jessica Sligter, and then on Friday we have the first OTO show from Nkisi – aka Melika Ngombe Kolongo, an artist raised in Belgium and now living in London; a producer, DJ and co-founder of NON Records.
Delighted to share two killer sets from Han Bennink‘s recent residency this week – a percussion duo with London legend Steve Noble, and a duo with highly distinctive pianist Alexander Hawkins. Combining equal parts virtuosity and anarchic irreverence, Bennink has never rested on his laurels, and these two duos are no exception.
Seeing in the new year in style with the irresistible stylings of The Scorpios – who’ve provided some our favourite moments of 2017 – and a DJ set from Soho’s excellent IF Music record store!
Hailing from Central Sudan and now based in London after fleeing the fundamentalist takeover in that region, the Scorpios are a septet that melds Arabic rhythms and guitar chops (and a kind of swooning cyclical ecstasy) with a raw Eastern funk feel, properly dismantling cultural barriers in pursuit of a unifying rhythmic bliss. Heavy bass, synths, horns and percussions drive through traditional Sudanese forms to create a sound that owes as much to Detroit as it do to Khartoum.
We’re pleased to present MP3 / FLAC of the latest three releases on OTOROKU. Please note that all pre-orders for the Haino / Butcher and Mikami / Edwards / Neilson LPs and CDs are now shipping…
Recorded live at Cafe OTO in July 2016 the results are an uncompromising milieu of swirling sound played out as a total union of these two legendary performers.
Recorded live at OTO in May 2015 and mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi, the LP comprises four typically genre-defying and sonically dexterous pieces from one of the UK’s most extraordinary pianists.
Soundcrash present cosmically talented electronic/soul producer Andrew Ashong at Oslo, Hackney for a night of soul-stained vocals with tinges of smokey jazz, and innovative electronica. An unmissable night for lovers of both classic and contemporary soul.
