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London's home for experimental sound and music outside the mainstream. Live concerts almost 7 days a week + day-time cafe.
about
Cafe OTO provides a home for creative new music that exists outside of the mainstream with an evening programme of adventurous live music seven nights a week.
The concert programme at Cafe OTO is managed by OTOProjects – a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC).
We are also open as a cafe during the day, serving a range of pastries and snacks and sellings books, records, tapes and CDs.
We now also have fully functional air conditioning in the venue.
Social media and website
https://www.facebook.com/cafeoto
https://www.instagram.com/cafeotodalston
Website - info page
https://www.cafeoto.co.uk/info/
Website
Address and access
Cafe OTO
18–22 Ashwin street
Dalston
London E8 3DL
landline 020 7923 1231
Cafe OTO is easily accessible by public transport, see details below.
Overground & East London Line
There are two overground stations very close to Cafe OTO – Dalston Junction and Dalston Kingsland – that connect you quickly to the rest of London.
Bus
The following buses stop nearby: 30, 38, N38, 67, 76, 149, N149, 56, 277 & 242.
Bicycle
There are a limited number of bicycle racks opposite Cafe OTO.
Parking
There is no parking at Cafe OTO but you can find a map of some local options here.
mailing list
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mailing list
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Framework radio feed
framework radio
11 October 2026
phonography ::: field recording ::: the art of sound-hunting ::: open your ears and listen
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#986: 2026.10.04 [stephen shiell]
this edition of framework:afield, entitled channel, has been produced in the uk by stephen shiell. producer's notes: These soundscapes are shaped by an acoustic ecology approach, where listening functions as an ecological and relational practice rather than documentation. Developed through extended, site-responsive engagement with the Channelsea Basin, the recordings emerge […]
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#985: 2026.09.27
we haven't known karen power's work all that long - she first appeared on the show in late 2023 - but every new release we hear blows us away. this one is no different. "celebrating the power, wonderment and abundance of sonic beauty still present within two of our worlds most extraordinary […]
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#984: 2026.09.20 [francisco lópez]
this edition of framework:afield has been produced by francisco lópez, and is entitled tokoloshe, environmental sound matter from southern africa. it is composed from original environmental sound material recorded at multiple wilderness locations across southern africa (namibia, south africa, botswana, lesotho, and eswatini) between 2005 and 2013. for more information […]
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#983: 2026.09.13
hey folks - summer's over, and we are back! we all have to take the good with the bad; up to you to decide which is which. we had a nice break, but we love autumn, and we missed the sounds, so we're really happy to be making shows again (and […]
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#982: 2026.07.26
well, here we are folks, our last show before our annual summer break. what's more, we're just back from travels in the united states and extremely jet lagged, so we apologize if we seem a little hazy. we were definitely a bit hazy when we made this show, and have […]