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Amongst the shows over the next seven days, it’s a (dual) pleasure to welcome back the the sax/drums duo of Ken Vandermark and Paal Nilssen-Love to OTO. Having played together for more than a decade, the pair continue to use free improvisation to explore all levels of dynamics, density, rhythm, timbre, form and tonality for some of the most intense, exhilarating, and boundary breaking music around.

This week’s digital release is from Body/Head – aka Bill Nace and Kim Gordon. Prior to Body/Head’s 2013 release ‘Coming Apart’, Bill Nace quietly put out a limited 12” of the duo’s material on his own label, Open Mouth. Largely instrumental, with lattices of interwoven sustained guitar, “Where Did You Go?” is as much of a ‘song’ as the record holds, with Gordon ditching lyrics in favour of channelling improvising vocalists like Alice Coltrane. Long sold out in print, it’s a pleasure to share this one as a digital release. More from Open Mouth to follow.

A load of new announcements this week, including a two-day residency for Container, plus shows for Otim Alpha and Lee Ranaldo.

Full listings and all new shows below. We look forward to seeing you here.

Cafe OTO

– 24 MAY: THE HERMES EXPERIMENT
– 25 MAY: OTOMO YOSHIHIDE / CHRIS PITSIOKOS (DUO)
– 26 MAY: HORSE LORDS
– 27 MAY: PIECES FOR PAULINE: A TRIBUTE TO PAULINE OLIVEROS
– 27 MAY: A TRIBUTE TO PAULINE OLIVEROS: ’DEEP LISTENING’ WORKSHOP
– 28 / 29 / 30 MAY: ANTHONY BRAXTON ZIM MUSIC – THREE DAY RESIDENCY

– 10 JUNE – OTO PROJECT SPACE: ANTIUNIVERSITY 2018: LISTENING AND FOUND SOUNDS PART 2 – MAKING SOUND
– 25 JUNE: TISHA MUKARJI WITH ANGHARAD DAVIES / ÁINE O’DWYER / DOMINIC LASH
– 29 JUNE: THE EXPERIMENTAL LIBRARY: ORGANIC MUSIC
– 15 JULY: JAY GLASS DUBS + CVX + BOKEH EDWARDS (DJ)
– 18 JULY: HOUSE AND LAND + RED RIVER DIALECT + SARAH LOUISE
– 19 JULY – OTO PROJECT SPACE: HIBY / BARDON / HESSION + ALAN WILKINSON (SOLO)
– 31 JULY: CRAM – MARK SANDERS (SOLO) + MAGGIE NICOLS / HANNAH MARSHALL (DUO) + TOM JACKSON / DANIEL THOMPSON / BENEDICT TAYLOR (TRIO)
– 6 AUGUST: ROB NOYES + JON COLLIN
– 9 +10 AUGUST: CONTAINER – TWO-DAY RESIDENCY
– 15 AUGUST: OTIM ALPHA
– 31 AUGUST: PHILL NIBLOCK + TIM SHAW
– 1 OCTOBER – CONFRONT RECORDINGS PRESENTS: THE SEEN + FERAL CONCORD
– 10 SEPTEMBER: LEE RANALDO

BODY/HEAD – BODY/HEAD

£6 (£5 Venue Members) /
Digital Members: Download with credits

Prior to Body/Head’s 2013 release ‘Coming Apart’, Bill Nace quietly put out a limited 12” of the duo’s material on his own label, Open Mouth. Largely instrumental, with lattices of interwoven sustained guitar, “Where Did You Go?” is as much of a ‘song’ as the record holds, with Gordon ditching lyrics in favour of channelling improvising vocalists like Alice Coltrane. Long sold out in print, it’s a pleasure to share this one as a digital release. More from Open Mouth to follow.

Available as 320k MP3 / 24 bit FLAC