London Sound Index - 16th-31st August
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16th - 31st August Listings
16th August (Fri)
A Culture Of Killing, Sanctuary Of Praise, Can Kicker, Möney
New River Studios ♿️ 14+
N4 1DN
£10
Elvin Brandhi Three-Day Residency (Day Two): Elvin Brandhi + Gustav Thomas + Greta Buitiké + Rian Treanor + Peter Kutin
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£7/£12/£14
Second night of unmissable residency from half of father/daughter-in-car duo Yeah You -- expect weird electronics + vocalisations + heavy sub
Gender Warfare + Do One + Seven Year Waiting List
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£5
Hardcore night, all proceeds to Medical Aid Palestine
Nkisi Three-Day Residency (Day One)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
1st release £11.50
2000-0100; "otherworldly installation of desertification and ritual within the space" FFO 80s industrial, fast kicks, pirate radio, motorway-underpass reverb
NX FUIMO: Tamara Alegre with Élie Autin, Marga Alfeirão & Cuba, Malik Nashad Sharpe
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£13.5/£16
also 17/8
ORIGINS: D. Tiffany (live), Cáit
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
anytime entry £10; entry b4 midnight £5
17th August (Sat)
Elvin Brandhi Three-Day Residency (Day Three): Elvin Brandhi + Petronn Sphene + Ayesha Hameed + Kenichi Iwasa + Microcorps + Mariam Rezaei + Ilana Blumberg
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£7/£12/£14
see 16/8
Geordie Greep
MAP Studio Cafe ⏳
NW5 3DU
£12 (SOLD OUT, waiting list only)
JUNGLICIOUS SUMMA RAVE: PBULLY, SIMMS, SELECTACEE, CITIZEN, SAADIQ, KDUBZ + more
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
1st release
£9.20; 2nd release £12
2300-0600 jungle all night
Nkisi Three-Day Residency (Day Two)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
2nd release £13.80
2300-0500; see 16/8
NX FUIMO: Tamara Alegre with Elie Autin, Marga Alfeirão & Cuba, Malik Nashad Sharpe
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£13.5/£16
also 16/8
Off Your Tits (fun/draiser): swarbs, Sarge, DJ Axelrod, Short Kingston, ADACHI, PEASWIRL
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£15-23A
fundraiser night for CoppaFeel breast cancer charity
SANAM
MOTH Club ☑️
E9 6NU
£18
18th August (Sun)
Black Shape, Grandad, Believe In Nothing
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
FREE
"heavy as lead" / "crusting riffs"
Dave Smith Two-Day 75th Birthday Residency (Day One)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£8/£14/£16
MOPOMOSO: Mark Hewins + Alex Ward / Neil Metcalfe + Barry John Edwards + Colin Somervell / Caroline Kraabel + Veryan Weston
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
Standard £12 / members & concessions £8
Free improv
Nkisi Three-Day Residency (Day Three)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
1st release £9.80
1800-2100; see 16/8
19th August (Mon)
Dave Smith Two-Day 75th Birthday Residency (Day Two)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£8/£14/£16
20th August (Tue)
Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force (Day One) + Nkisi
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17/£22/£25
The Oozes, Gender Crisis, Forrest Flowers
Windmill Brixton ☑️
SW2 5BZ
£10
queer punk // melodic post-hardcore
Wednesday + MSPAINT
Scala 📶
N1 9NL
£16
(SOLD OUT, waiting list only)
21st August (Wed)
Geordie Greep
MAP Studio Cafe ⏳
NW5 3DU
£12 (SOLD OUT, waiting list only)
Leon Foster Thomas
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
Standard £15 / members £12.50 / concessions £10
"Steel Pan master"
Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force (Day Two) + Valentina Magaletti (DJ)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17/£22/£25
Zukovsthewrld, Vera Sacra, Harley Fletcher, Dear Nassir (DJ set)
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£6
22nd August (Thu)
El Hardwick + Afromerm (live) + Sasha Wilde (live) + Airali (DJ) + Excelsior Ruth (ambient DJ set)
The Bath House ♿️
E9 5JH
£7 / £10 / £15 / NOTAFLOF
A/V full band premiere of experimental multidisciplinary artist's new LP on AD93, FFO Fever Ray, Jenny Hval, Massive Attack
INSOMNIA LONDON: MDT, depa, Rei
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
1st release £3.5, 2nd release £5.5, final £9.2
House / Techno / Drum n Bass
Mark Ernestus' Ndagga Rhythm Force (Day Two) + Dembis Thioung
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17/£22/£25
23rd August (Fri)
Asio Otus (Live) + Usof (Live) + Eneko Zarazua (Live) + carolf (DJ)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£8/£14/£16
AWAKE ALL HOURS: AYAYA, Jennifer Walton, aanjaalii & St. Amp
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ£8 (SOLD OUT)
£10-12
"House party energy"
Geordie Greep
MAP Studio Cafe ⏳
NW5 3DU
£12 (SOLD OUT, waiting list only)
sludge.systems: Scar, Xen Model, Lurch, Cam Christie
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£10
SUMMER BALL: OK Williams (extended set); Do U Want to Move Back to LDN (live)
Loki ♿️
SW9 7JJ
early bird £9.50 + bf
2100-0400 tagged "deep house / noise" on RA
The Queen's Head, Luuuc, Sunglasz Vendor
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE£8
"a tidal wave of anger, fear, love and lust" // "contained-yet-writhing energy" // "wriggling with experimental rock riffs"
24th August (Sat)
PLANET PEOPLE: DJ N*gga Fox, DJ Firmeza, RIZ LA TEEF feat. Warrior Queen, Cooly G, L-Vis 1990
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
2nd release £18.40, 3rd release £22.50, final release £24.80, pre-midnight entry £16.70, post-3am entry £13.80
RALLY afterparty: DJ Marcelle, Jay Duncan, Zoe Pea, Living Gelato
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£13.80
RALLY festival: Actress (live), Armand Hammer, bar italia, Marie Davidson (live), ML Buch, Nourished By Time, Nilüfer Yanya, many more
Southwark Park ♿️
SE16 2TX
2nd release
£56.68
Bird on the wire all-dayer "inspired by DIY culture and grassroots movements"
Ryosuke Kiyasu + Rainham Sheds + Luciana Rizzo
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£7/£15/£17
Screensaver + the Rebel + Jade Hairpins
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN£10
Sly and the Family Drone
Strongroom Bar ☑️
EC2A 3SQ
FREE
25th August (Sun)
Gatto Fritto
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£9
dance music 2200-0400
Liturgy (Day One)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16/£20/£22
SINGULARITY: Lady Passion (Jungle Set), Silva Snipa b2b Facs, Janaway, Bugsy, Burna Records (Happy Hardcore Set), DJ B, Skywalka, Knobody, Sevic b2b Lapa, Special Guest
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
FREE
"From Darkside DNB, to Jungle/Hardcore right through to some UKG and Grime!"
Smote, Barbican Estate, Thraa
Moor Beer Vaults ♿️
SE16 3RA
£15
Heavy riffage from northeast
Tim Reaper, FAUZIA, Chunky, mi-el
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£17.30
26th August (Mon)
Liturgy (Day Two)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16/£20/£23
A SECOND TRIBUTE TO LES COUSINS: Bridget St John, Goblin Band, Angeline Morrison, Ian A. Anderson, Milkweed & Evan Parker
St Giles in the Field ♿️
WC2H 8LG
£15.50/£30.50
Evan Parker, at the folk night? What will they think of next? 13:00 Start
27th August (Tue)
GRAIN: Ute Kanngiesser, Benedict Taylor, Theodora Laird, Will Glaser, Sacha Harlan, Joanna Ward, Theo Guttenplan, Caius Williams, Kirke Gross, MORE
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£10/£8 OTD, NOTAFLOF
Excellent free improv night
MSPAINT + Knives
MOTH Club ☑️
E9 6NU£12
Younes Zarhoni + Maria Bertel & Nina Garcia + Firmaet Forvoksen + KRAAK DJs
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£7/£12/£14
28th August (Wed)
Chanel Beads
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB£16 (SOLD OUT, waiting list only)
Noisy and dreamy but really original; FFO The Radio Dept
FEEDBACK MOVES: Luciana Rizzo, Mosquito Farm, Rory Salter, Conal Blake
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£ no idea
Very stellar weirdo line-up of circular sound practitioners / perpetual motion music and sculpture duo for people and insects alike
Flaer, Time is Away, Thea HD
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£11.96
Live debut of project associated w a Colourful Storm label, home to lots of great liminal electronic / folk projects (Valentina Magaletti, Reiko Kudo)
Molly Lewis
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES£22.50 + fees
Whistler
Senyawa + Vanishing
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£24.21
Indonesian duo of "deft extended vocal explorations" with "modern-primitive instrumentation"
Tinariwen
Royal Albert Hall ✅
SW7 2AP
from £10
29th August (Thu)
Decoy (John Edwards / Alexander Hawkins / Steve Noble) Three-Day Rsidency (Day One) + Jason Yarde
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£10/£18/£20
INSOMNIA LONDON: Gd Cmpny, Memory Muscle [DJelley, Vanity Project], Rei
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
1st release £3.5, 2nd release £5.5, final £9.2
Birthday in August? Get a free ticket. Text INSOMNIA29 to 07875676028 and await reply.
Jess Williamson
St Martin-in-the-Fields ♿️ 14+
WC2N 4JJ
£24.75
TIK TAK TEKNO: Cueist, Lapa, Fern, MIDRIB, d.phylleia, gaptooth, DJ-HOTLINE 333, Josie.DC
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
general admission £5.50; final release £10
"Techno / acid / booty / breaks / speeeeed all night long"
30th August (Fri)
BAG, Daylightbulb, Go Sing
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£10 adv; £13 door
sound collage // spoken word explorations duo FFO early Laurie Anderson, Throbbing Gristle, those Lambkin/Lescalleet Erstwhile CDs
BIO-TECH LDN: Facs, Fushara, Gerda, Grief, Layer 3, Medika, Primitivizm, Terror Cell, Scythe, Xanadu, Killa B MC
Loki ♿️
SW9 7JJ
£7.50 + bf
drum and bass and drum and bass and drum and bass
Decoy (John Edwards / Alexander Hawkins / Steve Noble) Three-Day Rsidency (Day Two) + Camila Nebbia
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£10/£18/£20
Jake Xerxes Fussell + Sam Moss
Lafayette ☑️
N1C 4DP
£18.13
Joanna Sternberg
Grand Junction ✅ 14+ 🅰️(14-15)
W2 5TF
£18.15
31st August (Sat)
ATOMISER: Oli XL, NEW YORK, Anysia Kim, Odilo, Surssup, xmal + guests
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
2nd release £13; 3rd release £16
2200-0400
Binker Golding / Elliot Galvin
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
Standard £15 / members £12.50 / concessions £11
Free improvising piano/sax duo
BRÅK: Cath Roberts + Caroline Kraabel / Colin Wesbter + Noah Punkt / Tom Ward + Ciaran Mackle
waterintobeer ☑️
SE4 2EW
Waged £8 / low/unwaged £5 (adv)
Free improv; LSI has seen the Roberts/Kraabel sax duo before and it is very very brilliant and heavy
Decoy (John Edwards / Alexander Hawkins / Steve Noble) Three-Day Rsidency (Day Three) + Xhosa Cole
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£10/£18/£20
Dressing, James Shearman & Zheng Hao, lu:wn (Lucia H. Chung & Dawn Scarfe)
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 OTD
"textural broken sound" // "noise being of Leytonstone" // no-input mixing board
Gnod + Sealionwoman & Black Tempest
Bush Hall ♿️
W12 7LJ
£18
ORIENTATE: object blue, Stones Taro, JiaLing, Fliss Mayo, John Xie
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£15; entry before midnight £10 (plus bfs)
2300-0600 diverse lineup of experimental club / "don of UK hardcore continuum" / "Jersey club and breaks" / more
The Magnetic Fields perform 69 Love Songs
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
SOLD OUT; waiting list, tix from £25
also performing 1/9, for which at time of writing there are still tix available