OTO XXX: Cafe Oto hosts the first ever residency by purge.xxx, a label celebrated by The Wire magazine for its ‘disregard for the music industry, self-promotion and prevailing cultural norms,’ and an ‘ability to elevate distinct works and the obscure artists behind them.’

Launched in Portugal in late-2018 with a concept album about the back of David Bowie’s head (by filmmaker Chris Petit with Mordant Music), purge.xxx has spent the past five years challenging the conventions of major and independent record labels: issuing the Black Industrial ‘signals’ of ‘unheralded pioneer’ Trevor Mathison; commissioning Nkisi’s score for Europe’s oldest and largest stone circle; releasing unique collaborations between Jocelyn Pook and John Smith (on the demolition of artist housing at the city perimeter), and Jason Williamson and Alan Moore (the Sleaford Mods frontman channeling Moore's Pagan’s voice in the fire), along with soundtracks by Takashi Inagaki (for Takashi Ito), Dirk Schaefer (for Peter Tscherkassky, and for Matthias Müller), and Frans Zwartjes; Jarett Kobek’s intensive study of filmmaker and magician, Kenneth Anger, and the Communist Manifesto read, in full, by an eight-year-old boy from Croydon (and the Book of Revelation read, in full, by an nine-year-old girl from Shropshire [drawn from Stanley Schtinter’s year-long Whitechapel Gallery initiative: Important Books, or, Manifestos Read by Children]).

Three-night-stand passes also entitle the holder to a limited edition purge.xxx mix CD, produced especially for the event.

Supported by the Institute for End Times Healing.

PROGRAMME - November 25:

BRUCE GILBERT
Described by Editions Mego as “London’s most charming deviant,” Bruce Gilbert is a pioneer of electronic sound: beginning his career in music with Wire; later Dome, working with Mika Vainio and many others. His soundtrack “remix” for Chris Petit’s Radio On was recently released by purge.xxx, which will additionally release to accompany his performance a limited cassette tape containing a live performance recently given in Germany.

DIRK SCHAEFER
Most recently recognised for his soundtrack work for Austrian experimental filmmaker, Peter Tscherkassky, Dirk Schaefer will present a selection of films by Matthias Müller to celebrate the release of his double LP at this event, collecting together the soundtrack scores made for Müller for the first time.

VILTSE
Viltse is a folk group made up of young women from Kyiv. Tetiana Chukhno was responsible for the “Mykolaiv Singers” LP, titled Winter Songs, Wedding Songs, released earlier this year on purge.xxx. Viltse will be performing music from this.