A heart-felt THANK YOU to everyone who made the space with us at this years' Counterflows Festival 💞 We're proud to have the best team, staff and volunteers, the most respectful, engaged and enthusiastic audience, and a selection of artists we think are making some of the most vital work today.

Calling people of all ages! We're looking to build a kazoo orchestra for Agnes Pe's piece at Counterflows Festival this year. No musical experience required. If you fancy joining here are some details. Spread the word! musicspace.uk/update/music...

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New Proc Fiskal video is a real tear jerker, honking deep on the vape of betta daze. youtu.be/rCTCpJSVzNY?...

It seems that extremely daft (and racist) Ron Morelli chap is back on the scene playing in the experimental-ish circuit. Quite a few gigs coming up. What's that all about?

Ok so a bit of news. After a bit of demand we've decided to do some one-off events that'll take place outside Counterflows Festival in April. The 1st of these welcomes two legends we love: Beijing's Yan Jun and Glasgow's Sue Tompkins on the 4th of March. counterflows.com/event/yan-ju...

When the weather is shite and grey and make you want to embrace full hermit mode, i hereby recommend listening to this Schnittke piece: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mjn...

Here we go! Super excited to welcome all these amazing artists in April. Looks like festival passes will sell out v soon, fyi

Seasons greetings from Counterflows HQ! 🎄 We'll be launching the full artist line-up for Counterflows Festival 2026 in early January. Get early access to it and the final allocation of full festival passes by joining our mailing list: counterflows.com/newsletter/

Scotland’s longest running festival of experimental and marginal music is back. We return on the 9 - 12 of April 2026 in Glasgow ♥️ Full Festival passes are now on sale in standard, solidarity and pay what you want tiers: counterflows.com/festival/cou...

The first festival we're doing as full timers. No pressure! Been working on this for a while now and look forward to seeing you there 🙃

Many of you have been asking about how to help our dear pal Keith, aka JD Twitch (Optimo) who has in-operable aggressive brain cancer - here's the crowdfunder ❤️ This man has done so much for music, music careers, and his charity work has been relentless ❤️ Thanks so much friends❤️ tinyurl.com/y9vtc7pj

The bold yin is back with the most fucked & difficult & beautiful shit in the game. 2 hours of temporal shapeshifting and Nancarrow worship to (re)imagine musical, political and queer horizons. An electric shock in a sea of tasteful gibberish. Do it: sunikkim.bandcamp.com/album/formen...

Heading down to London now to work my last 2 weeks at OTO. The final farewell to the place, and the city. A very strange feeling!

Adam Curtis did an Adam Curtis on OTO 😂

Was interviewed as part of this feature in @thequietus.com on the Music Venue Trust and Save Our Scene's £1 ticket levy scheme. thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

A message from legendary music writer Louise Gray. www.justgiving.com/page/louise-...

Incoming! 4 nights with one of the best live bands in the world, أحمد [Ahmed], at OTO on the 12/13/14/15 of November. Highest possible recommendation! On sale now for OTO members & publicly on Wednesday.

An urgent message from The Wire magazine Running an independent music magazine is becoming increasingly difficult. We need your support www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

Thanks so much to @thewiremagazine.bsky.social & Claire Biddles for the lovely review of Counterflows Festival this year 🥂✨ Here's the first bit of it: read the full thing in the current issue!

who wants my job?

Arming Israel. Bombing Yemen. Cutting aid. This government’s obsession with militarism is out of control — and it is the poorest people in the world paying the price. We are all human beings on one planet. Surely that is a good enough reason to try and build a world of peace.

I'm listening to the new Rashad Becker album and i'm very happy rashadbecker.bandcamp.com/album/the-in...

Welcome, friends! Come learn about our book and sign up for some exerpts, interviews and fun extras in the run up to its release: friendsincommon.substack.com/p/welcome-fr...

My fave place in the world turned 17 today. Here's Habib's billboard artwork for the occasion. Gentrification, rising rent & costs is squeezing us harder than ever, so if you want us to keep going & remain independent grab a membership: www.cafeoto.co.uk/membership/

New episode of Edward George’s peerless The Strangeness of Dub has just dropped. Essential listening! morleyradio.co.uk/programmes/t...

Thanks to @theskinnymag.bsky.social for this glowing review of Counterflows Festival last weekend. www.theskinny.co.uk/music/live-m...

Yan Jun and Liene Rozite awkwardly communing with the birds, bees and M8 motorway at Civic House this Sunday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7mR...

So the reason we did this is to push our membership scheme. Basically at this point it keeps us alive and we want to remain fully independent. Rent/overheads are crazy and it is always touch and go, despite being busier than ever. Sign up here: cafeoto.co.uk/membership/

What an absolute joy that was. Thanks so much, everyone.

super pleased how these have turned out!

"Curating" a space 7 days a week means the overall quality and my own interest in the programme dips a lot, but I think this April is packed with good shows. Come see some stuff!

Ahead of their show Counterflows festival, Jennifer Lucy Allan speaks to Tori Kudo (Maher Shalal Hash Baz) in @thequietus.com to offer 10 points of musical entry to his extensive back catalogue 💗 thequietus.com/interviews/s...

On NTS again playing some of Amina's amazing solo catalogue and work with Lester Bowie, Henry Threadgill, Wadada Leo Smith, Muhal Richard Abrahms & more.

Wire mix: Ciaran Mackle To accompany his interview in The Wire 494, London based experimental musician @ciaranmackle.bsky.social compiles an exclusive Wire mix. Listen here: thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/wire-mix-ciaran-mackle

Rhodri Davies' residency has been a blast, with packed rooms most of the nights. Tonight is the final night, seeing him perform his 2012 classic Wound Response on electric harp, & an improvisation. Here's us talking about the residency & harps on NTS: www.nts.live/shows/guests...

tune in now! www.nts.live/2

"Guitar is OVER, everything has been DONE!" Shut the fuck up, here's Kieran Daly for a full hour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqpW...

Welsh harpist Rhodri Davies kicks off a 4 day solo run at OTO tonight. Can't recommend this enough: Rhodri has a stalwart of the underground & experimental scene(s) for 4 decades now. He's got 6 harps in toe with him. Time to go deep with those strings. www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/rhodr...

If you want to write to your MP about Labour's proposed disability cuts this template by Sense Charity is helpful: action.sense.org.uk/page/167765/...

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When I went to EXIT in Glasgow last year I felt totally invigorated: Brilliant space, brilliant PA & lovely staff, with a proper DIY ethos at its heart. They're at threat with planning redevelopment, so if you have a spare 2 mins fill this out in support: www.surveymonkey.com/r/NYSTMVK

Recommended in Glasgow tonight! Ailie Ormston launches their wicked new album on Akashic Records. Also on the bill: Kieran Daly, one of the most interesting and bizarre new guitarists on the block, & our dear friend on drums, Laurie Pitt. www.theoldhairdressers.com?events=ailie...

This is out today. A truly cinematic piece of work in the way it pieces its material from snapshots in time, rendering the place & people in it so elegantly & strangely. A bit like watching a Les Blank film or reading a Carson McCullers book. Fantastic. erstwhilerecords.bandcamp.com/album/pictur...

A quick ticket update: 20 tickets left for Klein & others at The Ferry on 5 April Still a decent amount of tickets left for the Thursday opening event & Saturday club at The Art School Available at: counterflows.com All other shows as part of the festival are sold out

Quite wild really, well in Daniel

Siblings paying respect to #daddy

Yes please do tell me more about war-mongering psychopath Alastair Campbell's "sensible" opinions about other imperialist psychopaths.

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