AUTOPLAY: Kevin Shoemaker, Inkara, Aeon Black, Emma Elizabeth
Folklore, E2 7QL [Venue Details]
A night of boundary-pushing pop, experimental electronics, and music for the chronically online.
The Listening Project / Search Engine Quartet
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Two young ensembles taking contrasting approaches to scored music share sets of new pieces from across the experimental / new music / DIY spectrum. Both offer eclectic sets rooted in a spirit of adventure and taking an expanded notion of the score as a jumping-off point.
McCabe (Album Launch) ft. Jacklyn + Cafe House
Paper Dress Vintage, E8 1HR [Venue Details]
Paper Dress Vintage are proud to host McCabe and his live band playing the highly anticipated debut album ‘Sunset Boulevard’. Plus special guests Jacklyn & Cafe House.
SPACE21 Festival: Day One
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Archive Khanah on Kurdish, Palestinian, & Armenian Archives in Crisis
How do we listen to archives in times of crisis? How do fragile histories, lost songs and displaced voices resonate in the present?
SPACE21 Festival: Day Two
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Archive Khanah on Kurdish, Palestinian, & Armenian Archives in Crisis
How do we listen to archives in times of crisis? How do fragile histories, lost songs and displaced voices resonate in the present?
Lim Orion Album Preview: Gig + Limited Edition Artwork + Video Screening
Servant Jazz Quarters, N16 8JN [Venue Details]
We will be previewing the new album before it's release with full band, as well as a screening of the new music video.
TGT: August in August #1: Rockpool Dramas & The Wheel 2!
George Tavern, E1 0LA [Venue Details]
TGT presents the first edition of August in August - 3 x shows of @augustbyproxy in August, with the supporting line-up curated by August themself. Expect art-rock, experimental indie, lofi pop and post-punk.
Grimm Grimm – 'Death Stranding 2: On the Beach'
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Join Grimm Grimm for a special evening celebrating the soundtrack contributions to Death Stranding 2: On the Beach — the long-awaited sequel to Hideo Kojima’s cult science fiction video game.
The live set will feature a full band line-up including...
THOMAS BUSH + SASKIA + DJ GONZ + RAP (DJ)
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
An exhibition of visual material relating to the label will take place simultaneously (01.08.25 - 03.08.25) at Allotment 01 in Haggerston. More info via jollydiscs.co.uk or instagram.
TGT x Hot Freaks: Morgan Noise / Lifeloose / That Fog / Public Money
George Tavern, E1 0LA [Venue Details]
No further information available at time of listing.
TGT: August in August #2: Millie Turner & Sorrel
George Tavern, E1 0LA [Venue Details]
TGT presents the first edition of August in August - 3 x shows of @augustbyproxy in August, with the supporting line-up curated by August themself. Expect art-rock, experimental indie, lofi pop and post-punk.
Selvhenter – Two-Day Residency
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Going past musical genres and instead straight towards something more elemental -Selvhenter’s music creates a strikingly direct, physical experience of sound composed of polyrhythms, acoustic and electric melodies, heavy music and improvised beauty.
Selvhenter – Two-Day Residency
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Going past musical genres and instead straight towards something more elemental -Selvhenter’s music creates a strikingly direct, physical experience of sound composed of polyrhythms, acoustic and electric melodies, heavy music and improvised beauty.
Dudù Kouate
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Renowned for his mastery of pan-African traditional instruments and rhythms alongside cutting-edge experimental jazz, Dudù Kouate journeys through his cultural influences in this rare solo show.
Dudù Kouate
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Renowned for his mastery of pan-African traditional instruments and rhythms alongside cutting-edge experimental jazz, Dudù Kouate journeys through his cultural influences in this rare solo show.
John Edwards – Three-Day Residency
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Friday 15 August 2025, 7.30pm
Khabat Abas / Caroline Kraabel / John Edwards + Lee Patterson / Sharon Gal / John Edwards
John Edwards – Three-Day Residency
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Saturday 16 August 2025, 7.30pm
Jason Yarde / Crystabel Efemena Riley / John Edwards + Amidea Clotet / Mark Sanders / John Edwards
John Edwards – Three-Day Residency
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Sunday 17 August 2025, 7.30pm
John Edwards (Solo) + Camilla Nebbia / Sun Mi Hong / John Edwards
Surface Press presents: Charlene from Big Data and other stories
Servant Jazz Quarters, N16 8JN [Venue Details]
Surface Press presents the album launch of Charlene from Big Data and other stories by Peter Falconer & The Zöllner-Roche Duo. Each composition is made of six original microfictions (stories written in three hundred words or fewer) by Rose Biggin and Keir Cooper set to music by Olly Sellwood.
Surface Press presents: Charlene from Big Data and other stories
Thu, 21 Aug 25 @7.30pm
Servant Jazz Quarters, N16 8JN [Venue Details]
Jackie-O Motherfucker – Two-Day Residency
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Jackie-O Motherfucker was founded by Tom Greenwood in the mid 90’s, the group has had more than forty members over the years drawn from the U.S. experimental scene, notably Natalie Mering, who now records under Weyes Blood, briefly on bass. The current line up is a 4 piece lead by Tom Greenwood.
Jackie-O Motherfucker – Two-Day Residency
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Jackie-O Motherfucker was founded by Tom Greenwood in the mid 90’s, the group has had more than forty members over the years drawn from the U.S. experimental scene, notably Natalie Mering, who now records under Weyes Blood, briefly on bass. The current line up is a 4 piece lead by Tom Greenwood.
Magic Carpathians Project + Juho Toivonen + Luke Cowan
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Great triple-bill from the Infinite Expanse label, featuring a first-time UK performance from legendary Polish experimental group Magic Carpathians Project, alongside Finnish minimalist composer Juho Toivonen and London-based enviro-ambient composer Luke Cowan.
Purelink
Cafè Oto, E8 3DL [Venue Details]
Purelink is a New York (via Chicago) based project made up of Tommy Paslaski (Concave Reflection), Ben Paulson (kindtree) and Akeem Asani (Millia).
Adem Live on The Golden Hinde
The Golden Hinde, SE1 9DE [Venue Details]
Presented by Hapless Museum Worker, this special one-night-only event will see ADEM bring his distinct blend of atmospheric songwriting and experimental soundscapes to the unique setting of The Golden Hinde, London’s full-scale reconstruction of Sir Francis Drake’s legendary galleon.
BLUE BENDY
Oslo Hackney, E8 1LL [Venue Details]
Blue Bendy have stretched out into vast new sonic terrain with their debut album ‘So Medieval’.