10 years ago: Louis Moholo-Moholo & Alexander Hawkins + Louis Moholo-Moholo/Jason Yarde/Oren Marshall @ Cafe Oto, London, 4th November 2015

10 years ago: Lubomyr Melnyk @ St John-at-Hackney, London, 3rd November 2015

October 🎶 obsessions: Lee “Scratch” Perry, Max Romeo, The Heptones, Annette Brissett, Rhythm & Sound, The Necks, Tim Barnes, Otomo Yoshihide, Billy Woods, Tortoise.

This tracklist… is something else! 👀 corbettvsdempsey.bandcamp.com/album/the-bo...

10 years ago: Okkyung Lee & Christian Marclay @ Cafe Oto, London, 31st October 2015

10 years ago: Roscoe Mitchell/John Edwards/Mark Sanders @ Cafe Oto, London, 27th October 2015

10 years ago: Sun Ra Arkestra @ Cafe Oto, London, 24th October 2015

10 years ago: Joe McPhee + John Corbett presenting Microgroove @ Cafe Oto, London, 18th October 2015

10 years ago: Oren Ambarchi & Will Guthrie + Arnold Dreyblatt + Philip Jeck @ St-John-at-Hackney, London, 15th October 2015

10 years ago: Mike Cooper/Steve Beresford/David Toop @ Cafe Oto, London, 14th October 2015

10 years ago: Peter Brötzmann/Jason Adasiewicz/John Edwards/Steve Noble @ Cafe Oto, London, 12th October 2015

Now Jazz Now: 100 Essential Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings 1960–80 📕 Neneh Cherry, Joe McPhee, Bryan Coley, Mats Gustafsson & Thurston Moore December 5 • Ecstatic Peace Library www.ecstaticpeace.net/now-jazz-now

10 years ago: Xiu Xiu play the music of Twin Peaks @ St John-at-Hackney, London, 8th October 2015

10 years ago: Steve Beresford/Adam Bohman/John White + Benedict Taylor/Blanca Regina/Mary Vilardo + Mandhira de Saram @ Strange Umbrellas, Apiary Studios, London, 3rd October 2015

10 years ago: Akira Sakata/Giovanni Di Domenico/John Edwards/Roger Turner @ Cafe Oto, London, 1st October 2015

September 🎶 obsessions: Lee “Scratch” Perry, The Congos, The Necks, Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt, Okkyung Lee, Adrian Sherwood, Rhythm & Sound, Junior Delahaye.

10 years ago: The Magic Science Quartet & Guildhall students @ Barbican Foyer, London, 27th September 2015

10 years ago: Terry Day/Steve Beresford/David Toop @ Cafe Oto Project Space, 26th September 2015

10 years ago: The Magic Science Quartet @ Cafe Oto, London, 22nd September 2015

10 years ago: David Toop, Rie Nakajima, Angharad Davies, and UAL students play Mieko Shiomi’s Boundary Music @ Whitechapel Gallery, London, 19th September 2015

10 years ago: Rie Nakajima @ Vitsoe, London, 17th September 2015

10 years ago: William Basinski + Howlround + Kepla @ Cafe Oto, London, 15th September 2015

10 years ago: N.E.W. (Steve Noble/John Edwards/Alex Ward) @ Boat-Ting, London, 7th September 2015

10 years ago: London Improvisers Orchestra @ St Mary’s Church Stoke Newington, London, 6th September 2015

10 years ago: John Butcher @ St Paul’s Church Marylebone, London, 4th September 2015

August 🎶 obsessions: Chicago Underground Duo, Jeff Parker, Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, Jürg Frey, Toshimaru Nakamura & Ginté Preisaité, Bitterviper, The Necks, The Fall, Kenny Burrell.

10 years ago: Keiji Haino @ Cafe Oto Project Space, London, 31st August 2015

Next week, The Wire will publish its 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣th issue, which feels like something worth celebrating. By way of reflection, we've taken a look back through the archive at our previous milestones. 1) 50 Undersung Musicians (Issue 50, April 1988)

GHOSTED III is out today via Drag City records 🕺👻 orenambarchi.bandcamp.com/album/ghoste...

10 years ago: Sun Ra Arkestra @ Cafe Oto, London, 19th August 2015

Louis Moholo-Moholo Memorial Concert Ogun Records presents a tribute and fund raiser for the great drummer and musician and friend Louis Moholo-Moholo 100 Club, London. Wednesday, 27th August 2025 the100club.co.uk/clubevents/l...

Stills from video I shot during [Ahmed] soundcheck on Monday in Oslo.

10 years ago: Moholo-Moholo Unit with Shabaka Hutchings @ Vortex Jazz Club, London, 11th August 2015

July 🎶 obsessions: Frank Zappa, Anthony Braxton, Tim Barnes, John Zorn & Dave Lombardo.

Thrilled to share my latest "oral history" for Time Out, exploring the history and legacy of Dalston's inimitable outsider arts hub @cafeotodalston.bsky.social with Thurston Moore, Suzanne Ciani, Brady Corbet, Stewart Lee, @hotchipofficial.bsky.social & many more... www.timeout.com/london/music...

10 years ago: Rie Nakajima responding to Daniela Cascella’s F.M.R.L. @ Cafe Oto, London, 20th July 2015

10 years ago: Space, Breath, Time by Joe Namy (for 14 portable harmoniums @ Queen Elizabeth Hall Foyer, London, 18th July 2015

10 years ago: Charlemagne Palestine @ Barbican Art Gallery, London, 12th July 2015

June 🎶 obsessions: Frank Zappa, Mary Halvorson, Anthony Braxton, The Beach Boys.

10 years ago: Schlippenbach Trio (Alexander von Schlippenbach/Evan Parker/Paul Lovens) @ Cafe Oto, London, 24th June 2015

10 years ago: Oscillations Summer Solstice Improvised Music Festival @ Iklectik Art Lab, London, 21st June 2015 (1) Noel Taylor/Guillame Viltard/Robert Clarke (2) Louis Moholo-Moholo & Caroline Kraabel (3) Satoko Fukuda (4) Daniel Thompson Septet

10 years ago: Hans Joachim Irmler & Jaki Liebezeit @ Cafe Oto, London, 16th June 2015

10 years ago: Terry Day/Max Eastley/David Toop/Mark Wastell @ Hundred Years Gallery, London, 14th June 2015

Thank you for the unforgettable music to drummer and improviser extraordinaire Louis Moholo-Moholo (1940-2025). Khanya Apho Ukhona! Spirits Rejoice!

When I think about Brian Wilson, I often think about the amazing number and range of tracks/albums he inspired. A thread featuring some of my favourites…

Add Some Music To Your Day

When I think about Brian Wilson, I often think about the amazing number and range of tracks/albums he inspired. A thread featuring some of my favourites…

The setlist of the only time I saw Brian Wilson reads like a Pop history manual: www.setlist.fm/setlist/bria...

Sly Stone and Brian Wilson in three days, stinks of era end even more.

10 years ago: Alterations @ Iklektic Art Lab, London, 10th June 2025