London Sound Index 16th - 31st October

Oct 13, 2024

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16th - 31st Oct Listings

16th October (Wed)

The Dave Craught Five / Dan Hayhurst / Russell Walker / Jackson Burton
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 cash
"Many things have been written about The Dave Craught Five, mainly by Dave Craught himself. It’s touch and go whether Dave turns up for this gig. In fact, the only ‘definites’ right now are Adam Bohman, his brother Jonathan and a distant relative of theirs called Romuald Wadych." I need say no more.

Bill Ryder-Jones + Clara Mann
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £25

Oï Les Ox + Tujiko Noriko + Adrian Corker + George Barton (Gbsr) + Aisha Orazbayeva + Ben Smith
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14, £12 adv, £7 members

shelltek: Shast + Cajm + Tracey
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR£5
weekly night curated by two shell - this time all live sets!

17th October (Thu)

Bianca Scout [live]
Kings Place (Hall Two) ✅
N1 9AG
£7.50-£15.00
"Scout’s mysterious mix of pop and grunge feels fractured but whole. In her hands, Medieval church music and vocal harmony blend into a brooding drew punctuated by fits of dusty breaks and smothered percussion. She steers you into the abyss, yet is the compass that guides your way back out."

Artifacts Trio (Nicole Mitchell / Tomeka Reid / Mike Reed)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20, £18 adv, £12 members
Cello, flute and drum trio made up of AACM legends, playing tight groove-heavy freeness - will be one of those casual change-your-life thursday nite OTO things

CTM & Skjold Rambow + Jordan Playfair
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£17.50

Moin + Olan Monk
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£21.38

No Cars, Lovell, Luiz Bruno & the Adult Children
Two Palms ✅
E8 1EJ
£14

18th October (Fri)

Sensory Leakage & Tread Into Mulch Present: Gomm, Thomas Stone, Haydn Douet Lukies, Cleaver Boi & The Hungry Ghost
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
E2 8JD
£10
Collab lineup with tape label Sensory Leakage ("for all your Ganzfeld needs"), expect music around the fringes of sound art/ electroacoustic/ improv/ field recordings/ acoustic ecology.

Distant Planet
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£17.30

DOWN THE WELL: Phuong Dan, DJ Decaf, special guest
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
early bird £8; GA £10
2200-0400

Fred Frith – 75th Birthday Residency Day 1: Fred Frith / Isidora Edwards / Mariá Portugal (Trio) + Fred Frith / Tim Hodgkinson / Gabby Fluke-mogul / Phil Minton (Quartet)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£18, £16 adv, £10 members (Series pass £42 adv, £26 members)
Very special celebration of one of the most unique guitarists to ever do it, with legends Fluke-mogul, fellow ex-Cow Tim Hodgkinson and Phil Minton, among others. Will be extraordinary.

Michael + A'Bear & Chum
Moor Beer Vaults ♿️
SE16 3RA
£13

Mirroir: The Awake | night 1 : Susu LaRoche, Sanctuary of Praise, Ãssia Ghendir
Horse Hospital ☑️🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£7 suggested donation

Nala Sinephro
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
SOLD OUT

Percolate present: Nikki Nair & Local Action w/ 96 Back, ELEANOR, Metrist, Izzi
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£20.20/£22.40/£24.70

Pristine 02
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£11.80/£13.80/£17.30

re:lax with re:ni b2b Laksa all night Hosted by Farda P
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£11.50

19th October (Sat)

Black Lives in Music presents: Classically Black Symposium - New works by leading Black composers: Julian Joseph, Jason Yarde and Pete Letanka (Matinee)
Kings Place (Hall Two) ✅
N1 9AG
£7.50-£15.00
"Live performances of new and specially commissioned works by celebrated Black British composers Pete Letanka and Jason Yarde, as well as a chance to hear the much talked about violin concerto as penned by internationally acclaimed musician and composer Julian Joseph. The afternoon gives a unique opportunity for insight into these compositions by the composers themselves." 2:30pm

Aural Instances ▲ Stenny, Nkisi (Live), Pessimist, Conrad Pack
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£13.80/£16.80

Caroline Rose with London Contemporary Orchestra (MATINÉE 2:30PM)
Milton Court ✅🅰️
EC2Y 9BH
from £20

Fred Frith – 75th Birthday Residency Day 2: Frith / Gabby Fluke-mogul (Violin Duo) + Fred Frith / Gabby Fluke-mogul / Paula Sanchez / Mariá Portugal (Quartet)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£18, £16 adv, £10 members (Series pass £42 adv, £26 members)
The celebration continues; shed a tear for all those unable to attend who are otherwise engaged in places such as Coventry.

HISE presents: TRANSCEND
SET Vault ♿️
SE18 6BU
£10/£12

Mirroir: The Awake | night 2 : Susu LaRoche, Sanctuary of Praise, Ãssia Ghendir
Horse Hospital ☑️🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£7 suggested donation

Oysterband and June Tabor
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £20
Original folk rock group on final tour after 45 years of folkrocking, paired with one of the best English trad singers ever

perspectives• with zara, sentient (live), colell and kaiyumi (live)
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£23

endolymph + Jovana Backovic + Massimo Magee + Drew Wesely
OPEN Ealing Arts Centre ⏳
W5 2TD
£12 adc./£15 doors/free contingent available adv.
"monthly showcase for sonically adventurous experimental music" incl. "low frequency free improv", vocal improv, etc etc!

Rhythm Labs 5th Bday: STÜM, Janis Zielinski, Ollie Lishman, dogheadsurigeri, Debbie, olesia
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£22.40

uh + Sascha Brosamer + Mohammed Rowe + Ãssia Ghendir + Aircode DJ
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£13.50

20th October (Sun)

Àrainn: Electroacoustic music from Scotland
Kings Place (Hall Two) ✅
N1 9AG
£18.50
"Featuring music by Claire M Singer, Pippa Murphy, Diana Salazar, Suk-Jun Kim and Alistair MacDonald, presented by composer/sound artist Pete Stollery utilising the 360° d&b Soundscape system."

Gritstone (book launch) | Alan Newcombe & guests.
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£10 cash
Book launch with readings accompanied by three music groups, including small object instigator Douglas Benford.

Doyenne X Ormside Pt. III - Moon near Venus
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£9.20

Fred Frith – 75th Birthday Residency Day 3: Fred Frith / Paula Sanchez (Duo) + Fred Frith / Tim Hodgkinson / Roger Turner / Daniela Cattivelli (Quartet)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£18, £16 adv, £10 members (Series pass £42 adv, £26 members)

Matinee: The Music Of The Shadow Ring World Tour
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT
Mythical archetypal weirdo music trio reunite for those lucky enough to a get a ticket to this, their first ever gig on UK soil. Wow. Perhaps you can put your ear to the cafe oto window?

21st October (Mon)

Earworm presents: Genderisthebastard, Sevenyearwaitinglist, Ferine, Haddow
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£10

EYOE Presents: High Llamas
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT

22nd October (Tue)

The Hard Quartet - (Emmett Kelly, Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, Jim White) w. The Tubs
Electric Ballroom
NW1 8QP
£42.26
New rockin' supergroup - its good wholesome fun, folks! ("the anti - Them Crooked Vultures")

Vivien Goldman & Special Guests + Ana Da Silva + Naima Nefertari
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£22, £20 adv, £15 members

23rd October (Wed)

GRAIN: Elaine Mitchener, Neil Charles, Theodora Laird, Theo Guttenplan, petals, Sacha Harlan, others tbc
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£10/£8 concessions OTD only
Monthly improv/experimental improv night specialising in cross-generational meetings between London improv greats

Simon Fisher Turner At 70: W/ The Elysian Collective + Tito Heredia Of Algeciras
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16, £14 adv, £8 members

24th October (Thu)

a thursday meander (pt.4)
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£4/£10.40

Good Cop, Leibniz, Affray, Fractured, Goblin Band
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£10 OTD, NOTAFLOF
Stacked queer hardcore bill raising funds for Transgender Action Block and sister groups

John Butcher At 70 - Day 1: John Butcher / Rhodri Davies (Duo) + John Butcher / Sophie Agnel (Duo)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17, £15 adv, £10 members (Series pass £40 adv, £25 members)
Continuation of big October experimental men bday celebrations, with saxophone great- two very special duos here, not be missed.

LICE + FINDOM
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£14

SELN Recordings
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£11.50/£13.80

TIDES: Apu Nanu, trashedbaby, Lichen Hum, AAaAnnaa
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£8.10/£11.50/£15

25th October (Fri)

10 Years of Astral Industries
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£23/£28

Daniel Thompson & Alan Wilkinson : HYG CD launch
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£10 cash
Two improv mainstays battle it out on a friday nite in Hoxton; who will win? And what will be left of them?? Come and find out.

Clock DVA + Spit Mask + Nation Unrest + PC World
No90 Hackney Wick ☑️
E9 5LN
£24.20
EBM/Industrial/Post-Punk act going back to the 80s, w/ much support

DARBAR FESTIVAL: Pandit Anindo and Anubrata Chatterjee
Milton Court ✅🅰️
EC2Y 9BH
from £20
multi-day festival of Indian classical music and breathing workshops at Barbican -- each event is ticketed individually, and most of them are sold out so just listing the ones where tix are still available at time of writing (such as this father-son "turbo-charged" tabla duet; click URL for full listings)

Field Work with Voys & Philipp Otterbach
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£5/£7

Huang Ruo's M. Butterfly
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £15
Modern opera from 2022 (UK premiere)

HYPER GAL + CURRENTMOODGIRL
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£13

John Butcher At 70 - Day 2: John Butcher (Solo) + John Butcher / Gino Robair (Duo) + John Butcher / Angharad Davies / Sophie Agnel / Mark Sanders (Quartet)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17, £15 adv, £10 members (Series pass £40 adv, £25 members)

26th October (Sat)

Forest Swords
Kings Place (Hall Two) ✅
N1 9AG
SOLD OUT

DARBAR FESTIVAL: Dr L Subramaniam with Ambi Subramaniam + Amaan Ali Bangash
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £20
see 25/10 (this event: India's "foremost violinist, composer and conductor" makes festival debut "with son Ambi and champions of contemporary Carnatic percussion")

DARBAR FESTIVAL: Kirit Singh and Jasdeep Singh
Barbican Frobisher Auditorium 1 ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £20
see 25/10 (This event: Dhrupad, the ultimate in high endurance and oldest living form of Hindustani music. Expect extreme slowness and deep meditations on sound through the human voice)

Das Booty: NIGHT OF THE LIVING BASSHEADS 4
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£10/£13/£15

Earworm Presents: Deterge / Jena Jang & Si Paton / Jon Ruddick & Kevin Jansen / Baramusczak (26/10/24)
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£12

Fucked Up & The Tubs
Oslo ♿️
E8 1LL
£20

John Butcher At 70 - Day 3: John Butcher / Isabelle Duthoit (Duo) + John Butcher / Pat Thomas / Ståle Liavik Solberg (Trio) + John Butcher / Pat Thomas / Isabelle Duthoit / Ståle Liavik Solberg (Quartet)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£17, £15 adv, £10 members (Series pass £40 adv, £25 members)

kinetic 2nd birthday: Nono Gigsta, Marylou, Dj wiggles, sinny & Tutu ta [live]
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£11.50/£13.80

Lankum & Richard Dawson
Hammersmith Apollo ✅
W6 9QH
£30.75/£39.75/£42.25
I mean c'mon - double bill or what!

London Ambient Orchestra + Douglas Dare
St John on Bethnal Green ♿️
E2 9PA
from £16.04

meanwhile…
SET Vault ♿️
SE18 6BU
£15

Twin System
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£9.20

Oisin Leech & Milkweed
Union Chapel ♿️
N1 2UN
£22.50

27th October (Sun)

Carl Stone, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer
}Kings Place (Hall One) ✅
N1 9AG
£11.25-£22.50
}The grandaddy of sampling lands in King's Cross, iPad in hand! Expect some granular madness in a beautiful setting. Joined by electroacoustic duo Jeremiah Chiu + Marta Sofia Honer. FFO Oneohtrix Point Never, DJ Shadow, Gavin Bryars, Pierre Schaeffer

Mark Wastell, Adrian Southby, Tansy Spinks & Douglas Benford
Hundred Years Gallery 📶🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£10 cash
Live duos & quartet improvisations. Doors 3:30, music at 4pm

DARBAR FESTIVAL: Aruna Sairam (MATINÉE 11AM)
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £20
see 25/10 (this event: south Indian kacheri, "genius" carnatic vocalist accompanied by violin, mrindangam, ghatam)

DARBAR FESTIVAL: Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande + Pandit Kushal Das
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £20
see 25/10 (this event: sitar/tabla raga followed by khayal vocalist leading "us through the emotive landscapes of midnight ragas")

Otomo Yoshihide Special Big Band – Day One
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
SOLD OUT

Pause ❘❘ : Vlada, Kit Seymour & Pause DJ
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£13.80

POINT PLAZA: Floetic + friends, Bib Sama, Reem, Ceebo, LUCKY, Zuko Rosemeid, DJXHNWAV (DJ), Kieran Dotwav (DJ)
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
1st release £8.60; final release £11.50
South London hip hop

28th October (Mon)

Otomo Yoshihide Special Big Band – Day Two
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20, £18 adv, £12 members
Japanese multi-instrumentalist leads mega orchestra of jubilant-explosive-joyous-music! Still tix for days 2 and 3 -- FFO Art Ensemble, Zappa, P-Funk, Sun Ra, ((Pink Floyd (!) )), Godspeed, Stereolab, Gong, Soft Machine

29th October (Tue)

Otomo Yoshihide Special Big Band – Day Three
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20, £18 adv, £12 members

Sasami
The Lower Third ♿️
WC2H 8NJ
£15

Chelsea Wolfe + Mary Jane Dunphe
Koko ✅
NW1 7RE
£37,27
High princess/priestess of goth! Latest album is electronic-heavy and works powerfully live.

30th October (Wed)

AD.93 Label Night: Damsel Elysium + Jasmine Wood
Kings Place (Hall Two) ✅
N1 9AG
£9.00-£18.00
"Kings Place teams up with the influential experimental music label AD.93 to present a captivating double bill of multi-instrumentalist / performance artist Damsel Elysium and composer/producer Jasmine Wood, having both released their debut records on the label in 2024."

TAAHLIAH: heavenrise (live)
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£20.50
"TAAHLIAH presents heavenrise - her debut live show ... The show will be presented in-the-round and using the venue's state-of-the-art spatial soundsystem, d&b Soundscape."

Astrid Sonne
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£16.10

Dead Slow Hoot | The Roebucks | Worstie
Horse Hospital ☑️🅰️
WC1N 1JD
£10, £7.50, £5

Flim Flam: Tom Ward / Nuno Trocado / Sérgio Tavares + Rick Jemsen / Jordan Muscatello / Ravi Low-Beer + Alan Wilkinson / Kevin Davy / Gary Wilcox
Ryans Bar
N16 0UL
£10/£8 concessions OTD only

Ghosted (Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin) + Kalia Vandever – Day One
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£25, £23 adv, £18 members
Black Truffle head leads minimalist wig-out groove trio

Spectres + Josiane Pozi & Haeterodaemon
Moor Beer Vaults ♿️
SE16 3RA
£13

Upset The Rhythm presents: Tyvek, Geo, Virvon Varvon
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£12