December 🎶 obsessions: Moor Mother, Caetano Veloso, Ken Vandermark, Techno Animal, SML, Jeff Parker.

10 years ago: Strange Umbrellas @ Apiary Studios, London, 18th December 2015 Pictured: Steve Beresford/Blanca Regina/Paul Pignon Hyelim Kim John Edwards Terry Day & Leafcutter John

My 2025 End Of Year List - Favourite Music: www.fabiolugaro.com/2025

My 2025 End Of Year List - Favourite Music: www.fabiolugaro.com/2025

My photo book "Elevated Landscapes" is now available for preorder. The book (pvblished by ROMAN NVMERALS) will be out by late January. It has an attractive die-cut cover, and the first 100 copies will include a signed, limited print. Details/order here: roman-nvmerals.myshopify.com/products/vol...

10 years ago: Terry Day/John Butcher/David Toop @ Hundred Years Gallery, London, 13th December 2015

10 years ago: LCMF 2015 @ Ambika P3, London, 12th December 2015 Pictured: Pauline Oliveros John Cage’s First Construction (In Metal) performed by PERC’M Morton Subotnick Henry Cowell’s The Banshee performed by Gwenaëlle Rouger

10 years ago: LCMF 2015 @ Ambika P3, London, 11th December 2015 Pictured: Anne Bean & Richard Wilson’s NALEMAG David Toop’s Many Private Concerts Tom Mudd Claudia Hunte’s The Elephant In The Room Is Afraid Of Dying

10 years ago: Fred Van Hove & Roger Turner @ Cafe Oto, London, 7th December 2015

10 years ago: Charlemagne Palestine & Grumbling Fur @ Cafe Oto, London, 2nd December 2015

November 🎶 obsessions: Tortoise, SML, Armand Hammer & The Alchemist, [Ahmed], Alchemical Theatre, The Bug Vs Ghost Dubs, Steve Beresford/John Butcher/Max Eastley, Keiji Haino & Reinhold Friedl, Keiji Haino With Greg Cohen & Joey Baron.

10 years ago: Rhys Chatham @ Whitechapel Gallery, London, 28th November 2015

really nice piece on braxton in the nyt today. no fireall www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...

10 years ago: Foxes Fox @ Cadogan Hall, London, 19th November 2015

I’ve been thinking about Electric Masada (something I do quite often, admittedly) just a couple of hours ago, listening to the marvellous Alchemical Theatre album, so this is extra timely.

10 years ago: Steve Beresford & Satoko Fukuda @ Foyles, London, 17th November 2015

10 years ago: Shabaka Hutchings with Alexander Hawkins/John Edwards/Louis Moholo-Moholo/Tom Skinner: The Father, The Son, And The Holy Ghost @ Brilliant Corners, London, 16th November 2015

10 years ago: The Necks @ Cafe Oto, London, 14th November 2015

10 years ago: David Toop’s Ecology of the Voice with Sofia Jernberg/Shelley Hirsch/Elaine Mitchener @ Central Saint Martins, London, 12th November 2015

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...