Saturday 4 February 2023, 8pm
Clay Pipe Music described as ‘an entrancing record label built on a foundation of Arcadian sounds and gorgeous graphic design’ by Shindig, was started in 2011 by London based illustrator Frances Castle. Initially producing low run CD releases with hand printed covers the label grew quickly, and has become known for its beautiful coloured vinyl releases of instrumental music. This will be the second Clay Pipe night at Cafe Oto after the Jan 2022 sell out event.
David Boulter is a founding member of Tindersticks, he has made over 20 studio albums and film soundtracks with the band. Nottingham born, but based in Prague since 1998, under his own name he has worked on music for many films. These include an eight-part serial Pustina/Wasteland for HBO Europe, the American movie Five Nights In Maine and two documentaries with Turkish/Belgian director Volkan Uce.
David produced his first solo album the critically acclaimed ‘Yarmouth’ for Clay Pipe in 2020, then in 2021 Clay Pipe released his Christmas flexi disc EP ‘Twelve Bells for Libuše’. His third release for the label the long form track ‘Factory’ will be available on mini CD on the night, inspired by childhood memories of the lace factory in Nottingham where his mother worked.
David Rothon is a musician from south London who has been involved in a variety of musical activities over the years, from garage bands to experimental spoken-word projects. These include a collaboration with Ian Masters (Pale Saints) as Sore & Steal and Cloudier Skies with performer/chanteuse Claudia Barton. More recently he has played pedal steel on albums by Lost Horizons (on the John Grant-fronted track Cordelia), Liela Moss and Johanna Warren. He has also contributed to three compilations on the Second Language label.
David has released two solo LPs on Clay Pipe the nocturnally inspired 2018 LP Nightscapes described by Electronic sound as a “beautifully somnolent neo-classical/ambient work” and Shindig "A Suite of gently haunting instrumentals..Hunker down, listen after dark and let it infiltrate your dreams" His second LP the spaceage ‘Memories of Earth’ was equally well received. He is currently working on his third LP for Clay Pipe.
Trading as Dollboy, Rhododendron, and Australian Testing Labs as well as his own name, Oliver Cherer has meandered his way through the backwaters of left of centre English folk, ambient and electronic music, issuing numerous albums of original music to much critical acclaim via highly regarded boutique labels such as Static Caravan, Second Language, Deep Distance, Polytechnic Youth, and Awkward Formats. More recently he has found success with Motodisco project ‘Aircooled’ with Justin Welch and Katharine Wallinger.
He has released two LPs and a flexi-disc EP, on Clay Pipe under his ‘Gilroy Mere’ moniker the beautiful transport inspired ‘Green Line’ and ‘Adlestrop’. Both records have proved enduringly popular the vinyl edition of Green Line has been repressed three times, and a third repress of Adlestrop is due spring 2023 along with a new album ‘Gilden Gate’ that explores the underwater world of lost medieval Suffolk town Dunwich.
