Been working here almost 10 years now and its still my favourite music venue in the world. Thanks everyone who makes it what it is x

'And this is the sickness of modernity, that it’s cutting people off from traditions all over the world. People don’t recognize all this beauty that is there.' —Pat Thomas

Joshua Minsoo Kim talks with [Ahmed] pianist Pat Thomas about qigong, his life post-stroke, Antigua, and more.

Poster for our upcoming James Blood Ulmer Residency on the 20 & 21 of April. Design by Silja Strøm.

We'll have a few of these screen printed and on sale at the residency.

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Its officially jazz-o'clock at OTO right now. Two very warmly recommended residencies are on this week: First off European free-jazz gone slippery fluxusy art genius Sven-Åke Johansson (Mon & Tues), then [Ahmed] (Weds-Sat), one of the best live bands in the world.

🚨London March for Palestine - Stop Arming Israel

⏰ Saturday 13 April, 12 Noon
📍 Central London, Marching to Parliament Square

Londoners, join us as part of a national day of action for Palestine as we march to Parliament Square to demand our government #StopArmingIsrael .

Huge tip for Bandcamp Friday: Mississippi Records is releasing the soundtrack for the 1976 gothic Iranian masterpiece CHESS OF THE WIND. This LP also features unreleased music from pioneering composer Sheida Gharachedaghi & filmmaker Mohammad Reza Aslani.

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Today is the usual day when we'd be setting up to open doors for Counterflows Festival. Feels weird to be taking a year off, but in the long run hopefully it pays off. We'll be back next year! 🫡

Hard not to feel abject dread and despair at what is going on in Gaza, knowing now too the likelihood of it escalating further in the Middle East, making no one there safe. Just utterly horrific. It needs to stop.