London Sound Index - 1st-15th May
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Just Announced / Crowdfunders / Other News
JUST ANNOUNCED: Fri 31 May, DJ Ramon Sucesso & Special Guests, Venue MOT ☑️, SE14 5RT. Brazilian baile funk pioneer comes to Bermondsey. £16.10
JUST ANNOUNCED: Sat 29 Jun, Chuquimamami-Condori + Sunik Kim, Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18), E8 3DL. Is this the greatest double bill ever booked? £18 advance; £12 Oto members.
JUST ANNOUNCED: Thu 4-Sun 7 Jul, Sound Within Sound, Southbank Centre ✅, SE1 8XX. Four-dayevent series of experimental contemporary music ft performances of works by Annea Lockwood, Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, Eliane Radigue, and much more.
1st - 15th May Listings
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1st May (Wed)
Adele Dazeem, Holy Springs, Cheerless
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£5
Ella Blou, tau contrib (live), èvia (live), windowseeker (live), heya.sync.layer
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£9.20
"leftfield soundscapes and heartfelt˚ʚ♡ɞ˚ambience"
Fears + Aga Ujma
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£13.50
FOLK SONGS FROM THE LEVANT: Rafa Saga Salti, Demi Garcia Sabat, Neil Georgeson
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES
£18.00 supporter, £14.00 general admission, £12.00 concession
Frank Lloyd Wleft + Big Wheels + Iris & Steel
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
GRAIN: Ute Kanngeisser, Otto Willberg, Theodora Laird, Colin Webster, Theo Guttenplan, Steve Beresford, Julian Woods, Tom Challenger
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£10/8* OTD
Monthly night for free improvised musics presents particularly stacked bill even by their high standards
Royal College of Music Symphony Orchestra perform Messiaen's Turangalîla Symphonie
Royal Festival Hall ✅7+
SE1 8XX
from £10
Trio Sowari + Maggie Nicols / Khabat Abas / Mark Wastell (Trio)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14; £12 advance; £7 members
Erstwhile/Another Timbre/HatHut affiliated trio b/w free improvised legends
2nd May (Thu)
A Certain Ratio + Ellen Beth Abdi
fabric ♿️
EC1M 6HJ
£31
Adam Bohman / Jean-Michel van Schouwburg / Pascal Marzan + John Bisset / Julian Wood / George Garford + Bruno Gussoni / Marcello Magliocchi / Adrian Northover
Royal Albert ⏳
SE14 6TJ
price not listed on facebook
as much as we'd love to tell you that Adam Bohman was headlining the Royal Albert Hall, please note that this is the pub of the same name on New Cross Road
Atomiser: Inna Noid w/ Zoviet France, Yeah You, tm, Mark Leckey
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£13.80
bar italia
Electric Ballroom ✅ 14+
NW1 8QP
£24
Do Disturb (Nathaniel Catchpole, Alan Wilkinson, N O Moore, John Edwards, Eddie Prévost)
Vortex ✅🅰️
N16 8AZ
£15 standard; £12.50 Vortex members; £10 students/UC beneficiaries
Freer than free and probably loud
Jasmine Jethwa
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£18.36
JJJJJerome Ellis + Ecka Mordecai / Clarinda Tse (Duo)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16; £14 advance; £8 members
Kari Watson / Alex McKenzie (duo); Kiran Leonard / Josh Barfoot (duo); The Greater London Banjo Trio
waterintobeer ⏳
SE4 2EW
£5 low/no waged, £7 standard. NOTAFLOF
life is beautiful records: matthew muli, josiane h. pozi, shauwdii, tony bontana, aloisius
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£7 + bf
Lucinda Chua & Galya Bisengalieva with London Contemporary Orchestra
Milton Court ✅🅰️
EC2Y 9BH
£20-£25
Martinů: "Larmes de Couteau" + Harbison: "Full Moon in March"
Royal Opera House (Linbury Theatre) ✅12+
WC2E 9DD
from £32
DOUBLE OPERA. Early 20th century Czech dadaism + 70s American ballad of a "filthy swineherd"
Oral Habit + Hot Face + Cardboard
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£7
Garage rock garage rock
Salmon Cat
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£5 online, £10 OTD
The New York Hounds + Stingray + Fulmine
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£12 + bf
3rd May (Fri)
All Centre w/ Tano, Angelkin, Jennifer Walton, Coe & Simkin
Loki ♿️
SW9 7JJ
£5.50/£11.50
Excelsior Ruth, DJ ojo b2b Angel Hunt, DJ Baklava
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
2nd release £11.50
Hypnic Jerks x Tropical Waste: Regal86 (LDN Debut), Manuka Honey, Jeneen & Faheezy
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£17/£20
Jasmine Jethwa (2nd show)
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£18.54
Josh Curtis' Life Support + The Horse + Tom Davison
West Hampstead Arts Club 📶
NW6 1NR
£8
Selvhenter + Jaleh Negari Visual Sound Works + Maria Bertel + Solw (Video)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20 (residency series pass £50)
Day 1 of three-day residency (see 4/5, 5/5)
Voicings Festival: Kai Grant, Daniel Thompson, Cajula Marilza Goueva, Marcio Mattos, Adrian Northover, Marcello Magliocchi, Maggie Nicols
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£ not listed
4th May (Sat)
Bolt the Door + Well Red Socialist Choir + Richard Allen + Martin Howard
waterintobeer ⏳
SE4 2EW
£5 suggested donation, NOTAFLOF
folk and socialist anthems, plus some comedy
Coby Sey
World of Echo ☑️
E2 7RG
FREE, priority access given to those who have pre-ordered the re-release
solo instore performing songs from Conduit
Impakt Bass X Natural High Power
Loki ♿️
SW9 7JJ
£12
Klonns + Tramadol + Turbo + Second Death
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
£11 + bf
Pink Pound, Catholic Block, Vanity Crystal
Isla Ray ⏳
SE8 4AD
£11 (+ option to add solidarity donation to MAP)
RNCM Musicians performance 1: Bryce Dessner, Gabriella Smith, John Luther Adams, Maxwell Davies, Nico Muhly (MATINÉE - 11AM start)
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
£18; £5 for under-35s + bf
Performance of several contemporary pieces (dates of birth of composers range from 1952 to 2000) exploring relationship between composers and natural world.
RNCM Musicians performance 2: Asteryth Sloane, Cheryl Frances-Hoad, Gabriella Smith, Hans Abrahamsen (MATINÉE - 2PM start)
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
£18; £5 for under-35s + bf
see above
Selvhenter + Anja Jacobsen + Eget Værelse (Video)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20 (residency series pass £50)
Day 2 of three-day residency (see 3/5, 5/5)
Speedial + Jesus & The Zealots + Boy Marina
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
£7
Voicings Festival: Adam Bohman, J.-M. Van Schouwburg, Bruno Gussoni, Bouche Bee, Lullula, Lao San Yang
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£ not listed
Wigflex ✦ MOT
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£20
5th May (Sun)
3WD: Lali, Fizzy Disc, Ollie k, Mihnea, 3WTom + more
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
1st release sold out; 2nd release £8.50 + bf; final release £10 + bf
3WD as in of Three Wheel Drive festival fame; limited £90 tix for said festival will be available at this event, as well as "cheap food [and] soft things to sit on"
Allegra Krieger
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£13.50
NY great songwriter with tumbling, unfolding verses. FFO mitski, Lee Hazlewood, Love
BBC Symphony Orchestra and BBC Singer perform 'Italian Radicals' (works by Berio, Nono, more)
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
from £12.50
FÉILE MOTH: John Francis Flynn, Junior Brother, Ellie O'Neill
MOTH Club ☑️
E9 6NU
£23
as part of Féile Moth, a four-day celebration of Irish music and culture
Gavsborg (Equiknoxx) (live), Jon K & Elle Andrews, k means, 404eros
Loki ♿️
SW9 7JJ
£13.50/£15
Guildhall School musicians perform 'Italian Radicals' (works by Berio, Nono, more) (3PM MATINÉE)
Milton Court ✅🅰️
EC2Y 9BH
£15
Live performance of Abattoir, U.S.A.! + panel discussion
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£15 full, £7.50 concessions
In this special finissage event, composer Evan Zierk and animator Filip Kostic join Aria Dean for a new version of the film Abattoir, U.S.A.! that they will develop in real-time during the performance.
Lost Socks, Stef Kett, Lead Ashtray
New River Studios ♿️
N4 1DN
Free
"Awesome night of experimental groooves and spoken word, full throttle guitar throttling and more"
Manchester Collective perform Feldman, Pärt, more
Southbank Centre (Queen Elizabeth Hall) ✅7+
SE1 8XX
from £15
Selvhenter + Sonja Labianca + Frk. Jacobsen - in the Garden (Video)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£20 (residency series pass £50)
Day 3 of three-day residency (see 3/5, 4/5)
Steve Noble, Yoni Silver, John Edwards (MATINÉE 4PM)
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£10
three of the greatest improvisers alive (drums bass wind)
6th May (Mon)
BOAT-TING: John Butcher / Phil Durrant / Mark Wastell + Sharon Gal / Sue Lynch + Bruno Gussoni / Marcello Magliocchi / Adrian Northover
Theatreship ⏳
E14 9SH
£10 / £7 (cash only on the door)
Free improvised music.... on a boat!
Eugene Chadbourne + Koichi Makigami - performing Christian Marclay's "No!"
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16; £14 advance; £8 members
Master of the New New American songbook / banjoist and inventor of the electric rake b/w long-time practitioner of Tuvan throat singing
FÉILE MOTH: Andy Irvine, Brigid Mae Power, Paahto & the Bull
MOTH Club ☑️
E9 6NU
£22.50
as part of Féile Moth, a four-day celebration of Irish music and culture
Jeremy Denk, Maria Włoszczowska, the Gesualdo Six perform CHARLES IVES and more
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
from £18; £5 for under-35s + bf
Sending out the Ives bat signal for this one --- the evening is mainly oriented around the ur-composer of America's violin sonatas
7th May (Tue)
Memeshift + Ayankoko + Kepla + Oishi
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£15; £13 advance; £8 members
Oscar Browne / Hoy Chorale! / Emily Izen Row
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£5 ADV, £7 OTD
Shabazz Palaces
Village Underground ✅ 16+ 🅰️(16&17)
EC2A 3PQ
£20.80
8th May (Wed)
Elaine Mitchener Two-Day Residency (Day One) - with Neil Charles + Roy Claire Potter + Mark Sanders + Xhosa Cole + Pat Thomas + Dam Van Huynh + Jay Bernard (w/ Femi Oriogun-Williams)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16; £14 advance; £8 members (series pass £24; £14 members)
Pioneering vocalist and composer begins two-day residency centred around responses to "or away from" Afro-diasporic poets and with insanely stacked guest contributors (Pat Thomas alert)
KeiyaA
the Lower Third ♿️ 16+
WC2H 8NJ
£17.60
Amazingly inventive, difficult to categorise collage / experimental pop. FFO Solange, Brainfeeder recs, MIKE, OPN
La Sécurité + Woody Green + ENOLA
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
Montreal post-punk FFO Bush Tetras, leather.head
MOUTH: Mark Roberts, Mike Walter, Lu Edmonds, Paul Taylor, Gabriel Keen
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 cash only OTD
Philine Sonny
The Social 📶
W1W 7JD
£13.50
Vanessa Bedoret, Flor Yin-Wong, Bianca Scout, Ekaterina Bazhenova-Yamasaki, Astrid Sonne (DJ)
Servant Jazz Quarters 📶
N16 8JN
£11.50-£13.80
9th May (Thu)
Danny Sanchez
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£ not sure
South London hip hop
Douglas Dare
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£16
Elaine Mitchener Two-Day Residency (Day Two) - with Petals + Shamica Ruddock + Neil Charles + Mark Sanders + Xhosa Cole + Pat Thomas + Gaika
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16; £14 advance; £8 members (series pass £24; £14 members)
see 8/5
Rory J S (Aus) / Sunny Joe Paradisos / Tara Clerkin DJ
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£10
SHABAKA
Barbican Music Hall ✅🅰️
EC2Y 8DS
£25-£40 + bf
SOLD OUT; waiting list only
Tony Njoku
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES
£13.75
10th May (Fri)
99 CHANTS presents: David August & Hiba Baddou, Valentina Magaletti + VISIO ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£23.64
Acid Mothers Temple + RuinsZu
Dingwalls ♿️
NW1 8AB
£23
Brain-toasting psych/Zeuhl legends double bill
Bitta x MOT: DJ Nobu, Doltz & Anina
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£17.30/£19.60
Idrîsî Ensemble
St Giles Cripplegate ♿️
EC2Y 8DA
£10
Mediaeval vocal specialists present their tribute to the Occitanian trobairitz, working from period manuscripts.
PHO BHO RECORDS: Formant Value, Elvira
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
early bird £7; general admission £10
"bass / experimental" from Turin-based label
Scream + Soulside + Fraulein
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£22.66
The Understudies + A New International + Matthew Stead (A Fine Day For Sailing) The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£8 ADV, £6 Concession, £10 OTD
Thurston Moore + Special Guest
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£18 adv; £12 members
The first man to put drumstick to ostrich guitar fills in last min for Joe Rainey. At time of writing no ticket link to be seen on page, so might have sold out but not sure??
TooSeriouslyCommittedPeople feat. Maddalena Ghezzi
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£10
TTT x MOT: Rezzett, Rosa Methol, Otis Marchbank, Will Bankhead
Venue MOT ☑️
SE14 5RT
£17.30
11th May (Sat)
Baggio: The Dreadful Human Tangle album launch
The Ivy House ☑️
SE15 3BE
£15
All-dayer starting at 1pm.
Cease 2 Exist London
Ormside Projects 📶
SE15 1TR
£29.40
Hardi Kurda + Archive Khanah ئەرشیف خانه
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
FREE
"The evening will introduce the sound archive’s interactive and community-based approach to recording and archiving forgotten and excluded voices from the 1920s - 1970s in Kurdistan and Iraq by using computer game technology to capture and perform the sounds of the region."
Holy Other + Flora Yin Wong
Oslo ♿️
E8 1LL
£18
JACK Quartet "Modern Medieval" 1 (perform Elliott Carter and more) (MATINÉE: 11:30am)
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
from £18; £5 for under-35s + bf
One of the world's leading string quartets for highly technical post-war experimental composition -- first of three performances on Sat
JACK Quartet "Modern Medieval" 2 (MATINÉE: 3PM)
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
from £18; £5 for under-35s + bf
see above
JACK Quartet "Modern Medieval" 3 (perform Morton Feldman, Ruth Crawford Seeger and more)
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
from £18; £5 for under-35s + bf
see above
John Edwards / Emil Karlsen / Dominic Lash – Action Theory CD release + Hannah Marshall
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️
E2 8JD
£10 cash
Lanark Artefax
ICA ♿️
SW1Y 5AH
£31
Part Chimp, Thee Alcoholics, Human Leather, Oldboy
New Cross Inn ♿️
SE14 6AS
£17
UK underground guitar riffs never heavier
Soulside + Scream + Club Brat
The Lexington 📶
N1 9JB
£22.66
STRIATIONS: Airali, DJ Wiggles, DJ Narkus
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£10 + bf; 2nd release £12
All profits donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP); bass / dub techno
12th May (Sun)
ARCHIVE OF LISTENING: Khabat Abas, Hasan Hujairi, Adam Denton, Ernst Marechal, George Moraitis
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£12; £10 advance; £6 members
Evening of discussion and improvised performance incorporating personal & historical sound archives from Kurdistan, Brussels, Syria, Belfast, Palestine, London, Greece, Sharjah (as well as historical materials from Kurdistan and Iraq)
Iris Colomb, Tom Mills, Alan Newcombe & Douglas Benford
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️|
E2 8JD
£10 cash
13th May (Mon)
Lori Goldston / Jem Finer (Duo) + Sasha Elina
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£16; £14 advance; £8 members
14th May (Tue)
FRANCIS OF DELIRIUM
Oslo ♿️
E8 1LL
£13.75
Jean-Luc Guionnet Three-Day Residency (Day One) - Seijiro Murayama / Jean-Luc Guionnet (Duo) + Lucien Rapilly (Solo) + Structure Couple (Christophe Macé / Lotus Edde Khouri / Jean-Luc Guionnet)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14; £12 advance; £7 members (series pass: £30 advance; £18 members)
Highly innovative saxophonist and improviser "approaching his instruments as imperfect vehicles of artificial intelligence"
L, The Modern Institute, Lulu the Tool, Ks.ham, Ribeka
Avalon Cafe ♿️
SE14 5RZ
£6+ OTD only, NOTAFLOF
New Glasgow band music described as "overwhelming and unmissable" and "disassociative", specialising in "theatre of pain" and "extreme computer e-music" (that's two different groups)
Minami Deutsch + Cool Quiet
The 100 Club 📶
W1D 1LL
£19
Sailor Honeymoon
Sebright Arms 📶
E2 9AG
£11.50
Electropunk from Korea FFO Le Tigre, the B-52's
15th May (Wed)
Clarissa Connelly
Kings Place (Hall Two) ✅
N1 9AG
£16.50 + bf
Dunedin Consort sing James Macmillan, Gavin Bryars, Caroline Shaw, more
Wigmore Hall ✅🅰️
W1U 2BP
from £18; £5 for under-35s + bf
Interesting programme of medieval choral pieces interspersed with contemporary works for voice
Full Flower Moon Band + Joe & The Shitboys
Shacklewell Arms ☑️
E8 2EB
FREE
Brisbane punk
HERAH: Henry Cyer, Pentu, Tam Lin, Lancet
Spanners ♿️
SW9 7EX
£5adv, £6 OTD
"dimly lit space" / "hypersmooth tech" / "haptic feedback"
Jean-Luc Guionnet Three-Day Residency (Day Two) - Seijiro Murayama / Jean-Luc Guionnet (Duo) + Lucien Rapilly (Solo) + Structure Couple (Christophe Macé / Lotus Edde Khouri / Jean-Luc Guionnet)
Cafe OTO ♿️🅰️(<18)
E8 3DL
£14; £12 advance; £7 members (series pass: £30 advance; £18 members)
see 14/5
LIP CRITIC, Mould, My First Time
Windmill Brixton ☑️
SW2 5BZ
£12.10
LORI GOLDSTON & GRIMM GRIMM
Stoke Newington Old Church ♿️
N16 9ES
£11.50
Meth Math
Corsica Studios ♿️
SE17 1LB
£16
Post-pc music noisy weirdo pop trio from Hermosillo Mexico
PERFORMANCE / MUSIC IMPROVISATION BATTLE: Pan Chennong, Xiao Hai, Lü Desheng, Ren Shang, Wang Pan, Zheng Hao (Jia), more
Hundred Years Gallery ♿️🅰️E
2 8JD
£5 - £8
stated rules include "No Blood, Piss, other Bodily Fluids"; "No Water, Flour Dust", "No Raw Meat, Eggs" and "No Nothing!"
Sophia Djebel Rose + Raoul Eden + Jacken Elswyth
waterintobeer ⏳
SE4 2EW
£8