Available to pre-order soon!

Otomo Yoshihide - Guitar 
Sachiko M - Sine Waves 
Evan Parker - Saxophones 
John Edwards - Double Bass 
Tony Marsh - Drums 
John Butcher - Saxophones (Side B)

Recorded during Otomo Yoshihide and Sachiko M's first residency at Cafe OTO in 2009. The excerpt above is from the second (Sextet) side of the LP.

Otomo is in residency again at Cafe OTO on 20 & 21st September and also joins FIRE! as a special guest (alongside Mariam Wallentin) on the 19th! 

More info: http://cafeoto.co.uk/fire-with-special-guests-otomo-yoshihide-mariam-wallentin.shtm

Otomo Yoshihide / Sachiko M / Evan Parker / John Edwards / Tony Marsh / John Butcher

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noumenalloom.bandcamp.com/album/driftw…ound-objects - cassette + digital preorder

Entire album created using a Casio CZ-1 Phase Distortion Synthesizer (+ Electric Bass on Tracks 1 + 3). Although the album was recorded more than five years ago now, these tracks feel very beyond time to us. The record sits nicely alongside works from electronic music pioneers like Isao Tomita, Wendy Carlos, Vangelis and others. Music for Interiors.

Written and Recorded by Rob Collier in Fall of 2016
Mastered by Howie Gano at Louisville Recording Arts
Titles by Madison Stubblefield
Design and Layout by Alison Kleiman

Driftwood (and Other Found Objects)

The Shimmer of the Lamps Above

Rob Collier - The Shimmer Of The Lamps Above

Having fun hooking up a 1983 PPG Waveterm A to a Wave 2.2 Digital-Analog hybrid synth from 1982 following upgrades and an overhaul. The Wave was one of the first commercially available wavetable synths offering wavetable sequencing and lead the way to the Waldorf Wave series and the Korg Wavestation. Unlike the later derivatives, the early models definitely had a sound of their own thanks to their 8-bit DACs and SSM2044 filters. The whole thing has a raw yet warm sound about it and can cover a surprising amount of sonic territory. I have long since loved the unique sound of 8-bit digital audio into analog filters!

Composition & Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio 2022.

1983 PPG Waveterm A: Monster Waves (Hosting a Wave 2.2)

Full doomload here : https://vaaticanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/garbage-spell-kid

Garbage Spell Kid

Doin' The Same Thing & That's Safe

Sigh In My Ear

Saps /h

from the "Une Cartographie Idéale" CS (NNF348)
Not Not Fun / 2018

MAGNETIZE:
magnetophonique.bandcamp.com/album/une-cartographie-id-ale
midheaven.com/item/une-cartographie-ideale-by-magnetophonique

Magnétophonique "Moist Jungle Mist II"

Taken from the album, Swimming Amongst The Dregs. Out October 30, 2020 on A Colourful Storm.

Pre-order: https://acolourfulstorm.bandcamp.com/album/swimming-amongst-the-dregs

Swimming Amongst The Dregs

Suburban Cracked Collective - So Much Unlicked Air

Island of The Hungry Ghosts
A film by Gabrielle Brady
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Aaron Cupples, with field recordings by Leo Dolgan

Format: Deluxe Vinyl edition with booklet & full stream of the film + download / Digital
Cat.No. PAN 110
Release Date: 29 January 2021
Purchase: pan.lnk.to/iothg

Island of the Hungry Ghosts is a hybrid documentary that moves between the natural, human and spiritual worlds. Located off the coast of Indonesia, the Australian territory of Christmas Island is inhabited by migratory crabs travelling in their millions from the jungle towards the ocean, in a movement that has been provoked by the full moon for hundreds of thousands of years. Poh Lin Lee is a trauma therapist who lives with her family in this seemingly idyllic paradise. Every day, she talks with the asylum seekers held indefinitely in a high-security detention centre hidden in the island’s core, attempting to support them in a situation that is as unbearable as its outcome is uncertain. As Poh Lin and her family explore the island’s beautiful yet threatening landscape, the local islanders carry out their “hungry ghost” rituals for the spirits of those who died on the island without a burial. They make offerings to appease the lost souls who are said to be wandering the jungles at night looking for home.

This album presents the original score Aaron Cupples created for the film. Rich in texture and harmonics, the music is characterised by the bespoke instruments and recording techniques employed in its creation. The soundtrack also features sound recordist Leo Dolgan’s vivid field recordings. All captured on Christmas Island, the four pieces recall insect choruses, strange and ominous bird calls, erupting blowholes, fire, ocean, and Buddhist prayers for the dead.

“Drawing on discussions with director Gabrielle Brady, I began to perceive the island itself as the protagonist, with its own ancient rhythms and cycles set against the transitory human stories it endures. It was my intention to give voice to the island through the score. Imagining what this might sound like, emanating from deep within the landscape, I settled on a handmade long-string instrument. This single 13-foot long wire was tuned, bowed, and electromagnetically oscillated to create slowly evolving textures and deep layers of resonance.

From this foundation, the score introduces rhythm inspired by traditional Chinese festival drumming and chanting of Buddhist nuns recorded on Christmas Island by sound recordist Leo Dolgan. Working closely with him, the score is intentionally kept dark in timbre to allow a merging with the intricate nature recordings, which often play simultaneously with the score.

As the film’s narrative unfolds, harmonic movement and finally melody emerge, bringing a theme to the human stories. Their life rhythms and cycles interwoven with those of the island.” – Aaron Cupples

The album is mastered by Rashad Becker, featuring design by N MRE 08. Field recordings by Leo Dolgan.

Island of The Hungry Ghosts (OST)

Aaron Cupples - The Protester (PAN 110)

Kumi Takahara - Ditty (Dylan Henner Remix)

As you can imagine we are under huge pressure at the moment and are working flat out to ensure Cafe OTO survives this. The impact of this situation is extremely acute for small venues like ours and we need all the support we can get to pull through. Please donate what you can, if you can. Thank you. 

Cafe OTO opened in April 2008 with the aim of providing a home for creative new music that exists outside of the mainstream. It comprises one large cafe/performance space open during the day serving food and drink with an evening programme of live music almost seven nights a week. 

OTOROKU is part of OTOProjects - a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) that has been set up to manage the programme at Café Oto. Any profits from OTOROKU are put back into supporting what we do and will help us to continue programming the best musicians and performers from all over the world.

www.cafeoto.co.uk

Otomo Yoshihide / Sachiko M / Evan Parker / John Edwards / Tony Marsh / John Butcher

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