David Toop and Evan Parker performing Sharpen your Needles 5 at Cafe Oto.

“Old music. Dead music. Music of Death. Music of the ancestors. Music of the silent. Vulnerable as the dodo to rats, cats and pigs, a vast number of extraordinary musical forms became extinct across the globe during the 20th century, preserved on a scant number of recordings. Alongside the extinctions there is an endangered list of largely ceremonial musics preserved or recreated as museum pieces, tourist attractions, a desperate bid to re-awaken cultural and political identity. Who cares? Not a lot of people, apparently.”

Read more on Cafe Oto’s website: www.cafeoto.co.uk/events/sharpen-your-needles-5-evan-parker-david-toop

Photo credit to  Fabio Lugaro