PARKER EVAN/DEREK BAILEY
2018. 2018 repress of the Otoroku reissue of the legendary English free improvisation LP 'The Topography Of The Lungs' by Evan Parker, Derek Bailey and Han Bennink. This was Evan Parker's first recording as a "..
BAILEY DEREK/EVAN PARKER
2018. Originally released on the INCUS label in 1975. "'The London Concert' is one of those rare recordings that capture musicians at a special moment of confluence, a moment when procedures are proving fruitfu..
MIKAMI/EDWARDS/NEILSON
2017. Since the late '60s Kan Mikami has forcefully carved out a space for himself in the culture as a modernist poet, a raging folk singer, an author, an actor, an engaging TV personality, and one of Japan's most u..
MIKAMI/EDWARDS/NEILSON
2017. Since the late '60s Kan Mikami has forcefully carved out a space for himself in the culture as a modernist poet, a raging folk singer, an author, an actor, an engaging TV personality, and one of Japan's most u..
THOMAS PAT
2017. Recorded live at London's Café OTO in May 2015 and mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi, this LP comprises four typically genre-defying and sonically dexterous pieces from one of the UK's most extraordinary pia..
BROTZMANN/EDWARDS/NOBLE
2016. Repress on vinyl. A recording of the stunning first set performed by the trio of Peter Brötzmann, Steve Noble and John Edwards at Cafe OTO in January 2010, during Brötzmann's first residency at the v..
BROTZMANN/PARKER/DRAKE
2016. Over three nights in January 2015, the trio seduced a winter worn crowd with the kind of organic interplay only these three can conjure. Warm and urgent, the material unveils a wide range of techniques and ..
ORCUTT BILL/OKKYUNG LEE
2016. The full recording of the first meeting between Bill Orcutt (USA) and Okkyung Lee (South Korea). Individually these players have focussed on an idiosyncratic approach to their chosen instruments and technique...
TURNER ROGER
2016. Born in 1964, Yukihiro Isso is a Japanese Noh flutist (hayashi-kata fue-kata) from a family that has been playing this instrument since the 16th century. Isso is also an accomplished improviser and has perform..
ASIQ NARGILE
2016. Born in Tbilisi, Nargile Mehtiyeva aka Asiq Nargile has been playing saz (long-neck lute) and singing since the age of 15. Fluent in Azerbaijani, Georgian, and Russian, Nargile represents the cosmopolitan heri..
YOSHIHIDE OTOMO
2015. The final night of Otomo and Sachiko's first residency in 2009 saw the pair joined by the long running trio of Evan Parker, John Edwards and Tony Marsh and special guest John Butcher. Butcher played duos with ..
PARKER EVAN/DEREK BAILEY
2014. OTOroku are very pleased to cap off 2014's celebrations of Evan Parker's 70th birthday with a vinyl reissue of 'The Topography of The Lungs' - Evan Parker's first recording as a "leader" and original..
ABBOTT/WRIGHT/YOSHIKAWA
2014. This recording includes two bare twentyminute excerpts from separate performances at Cafe OTO. Daichi Yoshikawa: feedback, Paul Abbott: drums, Seymour Wright: alto saxophone.
BROTZMANN/ADASIEWICZ/EDWA
2014. Recorded live at Cafe OTO/London on 12 August 2013. Peter Brötzmann: alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, b-flat clarinet, tarogato, John Edwards: double bass, Steve Noble: drums, Jason Adasiewicz: vibraphon..