Cafe Oto

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Exterior view of Cafe Oto
Roger Turner at Cafe Oto (London), July 2011. Photo: Andy Newcombe

Cafe Oto is a venue for free jazz , experimental and new improvisation music in London.

Founded in 2008, Cafe Oto (Japanese sound or noise ) is located in the London borough of Dalston at 18-22 Ashwin Street and offers a platform for experimental music that also includes folk , rock , noise and electronica . Well-known artists appeared on several days in a row; the Sun Ra Arkestra five evenings in a row. A number of concerts were recorded at the venue, including a. by Peter Brötzmann , John Butcher , Lol Coxhill , Phil Durrant , John Edwards , Fred Frith , Mats Gustafsson , Alexander Hawkins , Joe McPhee , Roscoe Mitchell , Thurston Moore , Paal Nilssen-Love , Steve Noble , Other Dimensions in Music , Han-Earl Park , Evan Parker , Eddie Prévost , Ivo Perelman , Matthew Shipp , Damo Suzuki , Ken Vandermark and Alex Ward .

Discographic notes

Web links

Commons : Cafe Oto  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The gig venue guide: Cafe Oto, London in The Guardian
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 12, 2014)