{"title": "GRAIN Presents: Zheng Hao & Caius Williams / Minimum Wage Immanence Unit / Theodora Laird & Conal Blake", "start": "2026-10-28T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Horse Hospital", "address": "Colonnade, WC1N 1JD London", "price": "£8-15", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://gel.now/events/1180", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental/improvisation"], "description": "An evening of experimental and improvised music at The Horse Hospital, with three sets: Zheng Hao & Caius Williams, Minimum Wage Immanence Unit, and Theodora Laird & Conal Blake. It is presented by GRAIN, a concert series and archiving project for experimental and improvised music programmed and produced by Caius Williams and Theodora Laird. Zheng Hao uses electronics and electro-acoustic instruments for improvisation, while Williams plays double bass, guitar and bass guitar. Minimum Wage Immanence Unit is a Manchester trio of Adam Fairhall, David Birchall and Michael Perrett improvising music drawing on English folk song, European spectralism and free drone excursions, and Laird is a vocalist and multidisciplinary artist while Blake is a Glasgow musician using electronics and percussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/grain-presents-zheng-hao-caius-williams-minimum-wage-immanen-39361/", "official_url": "https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/grain-oct28", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6259b2c2043da99108971cb50f998a32a005a7804b48427047cc31cec7517cac-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-28T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Horse Hospital", "address": "Colonnade, WC1N 1JD London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Un/stable: Seijiro Murayama / Ross Lambert | Rosa Theodora", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Horse Hospital", "address": "Colonnade, WC1N 1JD London", "price": "£8-12", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://gel.now/events/1231", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental/improvisation"], "description": "An evening of improvised music in the Un/stable series. Rosa Theodora, a London-based musician and composer, performs solo, playing piano, synth and voice across experimental improvisation, spiritual jazz and electronic music. She is followed by a duet from percussionist Seijiro Murayama, who has performed improvised music since 1972 and works with silence, space and the energy of the audience, and London-based guitarist and 'magnetic and vibrating sources' player Ross Lambert.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/unstable-seijiro-murayama-ross-lambert-rosa-theodora-39368/", "official_url": "https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/un/stable-9", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f38c08a2f3edc9e4fa7bcc8229ed8d23ba34f08c37b64a0d07a3416ff0e41333-2000.webp"}, {"title": "London Ambient Orchestra Presents: An Evening of Improvised Music and Sonic Exploration", "start": "2026-11-03T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "General Admission £17.50", "price_from": "17.50", "price_to": "17.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-london-ambient-orchestra-tickets-2002421727290?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/classical/contemporary-classical"], "description": "London Ambient Orchestra Presents: An Evening of Improvised Music and Sonic Exploration is a large-ensemble concert of orchestral improvisation rooted in stillness and sound exploration. The London Ambient Orchestra brings together conservatoire-trained contemporary classical players and avant-garde improvisers from diverse backgrounds, creating an improvisational language that defies traditional thinking of what an orchestra can be. The fourteen musicians perform dreamy sound worlds reminiscent of ambient pioneers like Brian Eno, alongside Pauline Oliveros-like sound meditations, minimalism and raucous free improvisation. The lineup spans flutes, harp, clarinets, saxophone, trombone, strings, live effects processing, piano, double bass and percussion.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/london-ambient-orchestra-presents-an-evening-of-improvised-m-40188/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/london-ambient-orchestra-presents-an-evening-of-improvised-music-and-sonic-exploration/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ff7dd774fd07f9a912ce91247bf9524b4484602c6148fafde9574c4ea80816a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Colin Webster / Matthew Grigg / Caius Williams / Fabian Neubauer", "start": "2026-11-06T18:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T20:15:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £12.50 / Vortex Members £6.25 / Students & UC beneficiaries £5", "price_from": "12.50", "price_to": "12.50", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer-downstairs-tickets-N3TZM8?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "An improvised music concert at the Vortex Jazz Club, a mixed seated and standing venue on Gillett Square, with one set of music. The line-up is a brand new quartet of highly regarded British and European improvisors: Colin Webster on alto saxophone, Matthew Grigg on guitar, Caius Williams on double bass and Fabian Neubauer on drum kit. Webster and Williams are two of London's most prolific improvisors, working with many key figures in experimental music, while Grigg is an exciting guitarist from Bristol creating his own language and style, and Neubauer, a Wuppertal-based multi-instrumentalist, combines electronics and acoustic drums.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer-40194/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/colin-webster-matthew-grigg-caius-williams-fabian-neubauer/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6981c06e2c5e869ac1cae7886b55daf889765921362ceb6171a92df1b13f1d65-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Rachel Musson, Magda Drozd, Iris Casling & Douglas Benford", "start": "2026-11-08T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "£10 cash entry", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "An afternoon of live quartet improvisation at Hundred Years Gallery. Saxophonist Rachel Musson, violinist Magda Drozd, double bassist Iris Casling and Douglas Benford on recorders and objects each bring their own backgrounds in improvised and experimental music to the session. Doors open at 15:30, with the music starting at 16:00. 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Their improvised music for guitar, electronics and voice draws on jazz, classical and ambient music, and on their research into music as a therapeutic medium and sound healing traditions from around the world. The performance keeps lighting low and announcements minimal, with a quiet space available and free re-entry for audiences who need it.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/imagine-series-arowah-49732/", "official_url": "https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202610311300", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ba3eedf07c109ccf19e040e15608180d7b73ff7a0706856f0d666dda68e7a4d4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Julian Faultless / Martin Hackett / Julian Woods", "start": "2026-10-31T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental/improvisation"], "description": "A music event at Hundred Years Gallery bringing together three performers: Julian Faultless, Martin Hackett and Julian Woods. Martin Hackett, a member of Oxford Improvisers and the Muzzix collective in Lille, has spent the past thirty years exploring the Korg MS10 synthesiser. Julian Woods is a guitarist, bassist, arranger and composer whose recent work includes microtonality, free improvisation and polystylism. Julian Faultless, a horn player trained at the Royal Academy of Music who has played with London orchestras, is also active in Oxford Improvisers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/julian-faultless-martin-hackett-julian-woods-36568/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-martin-hackett-julian-faultless-julian-woods/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/47fefa1a10eb11a63df94fde8dc34e3ba3bb01fac4bdf123457daae325b7c982-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Mark Wastell : Duo Intern – with Charlotte Keeffe", "start": "2026-10-31T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "Free event", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/book-launch-thank-you-for-everything/", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/improvisation"], "description": "A free music event at Hundred Years Gallery where percussionist Mark Wastell performs a duo with a guest artist while the gallery carries on its normal activity. This month's guest is Charlotte Keeffe, who plays trumpet and flugelhorn. Each month Wastell invites a different performer to create something unique between 4.30 and 5.30pm. Spectators are welcome, with doors opening at 4pm.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mark-wastell-duo-intern-with-charlotte-keeffe-36567/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/residency-mark-wastell-duo-intern-with-charlotte-keeffe/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/17330e63687e1f8a6c7690e07511aeb96015b7002d241f7d691a2d716ad7361d-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Horse Lords + Damian Dalla Torre", "start": "2026-11-11T19:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Institute of Contemporary Arts", "address": "The Mall, London", "price": "£24.50", "price_from": "24.50", "price_to": "24.50", "tickets_url": "https://ica.art/shop", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/rock/experimental-rock"], "description": "An evening of live music at the ICA, with Baltimore band Horse Lords performing with support from Damian Dalla Torre. Horse Lords formed in Baltimore in 2010, growing out of the experimental collective Teeth Mountain and the city's noise and leftfield rock scene. The core ensemble of Sam Haberman, Owen Gardner, Max Eilbacher and Andrew Bernstein plays instrumental electric rock with a more omnivorous approach than that label suggests. Across sixteen years of touring they have released ten studio, live and collaboration albums, and they co-present this show with Baba Yaga's Hut alongside the ICA.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/horse-lords-damian-dalla-torre-61631/", "official_url": "https://ica.art/live/horse-lords", "image": "https://noky.io/images/42febc8b5de46eb5190a18579f7c124f81013f7e0f6d04080dfa2b754cc55238-600.webp"}, {"title": "ONe_Orchestra New", "start": "2026-11-10T19:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-10T22:30:00Z", "place": "Vortex Jazz Club", "address": "Gillett Square 11, N16 8AZ London", "price": "Standard £15 / Vortex Members £7.5 / Students & UC beneficiaries £6.25", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.universe.com/events/one_orchestra-new-tickets-402TFV?ref=website", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/jazz/free-improvisation"], "description": "ONe_Orchestra New is an improvising large-group orchestra performing two sets of improvised music at the Vortex Jazz Club. The ensemble brings together seventeen musicians on saxophones, oboes, flutes, voice, sitar, piano, keyboards, turntables, electric guitar, double bass and electronics. Their work in large-group improvisation seeks to free themselves and their listeners from default assumptions built up through the centuries-long predominance of cis men in music. The shared experiences and sense of safety among the members allow them to explore boldly, uncovering new ways of hearing and new things to hear.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/one_orchestra-new-40198/", "official_url": "https://www.vortexjazz.co.uk/event/one_orchestra-new-3/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/49a8501487574f9aabaac254fef30705494efa9f794a2cdfd32c4113324453d4-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Steve Noble with Alex Bonney", "start": "2026-11-01T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "£10 cash", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music/experimental/improvisation"], "description": "An afternoon of improvised music at Hundred Years Gallery, given in two sets. The first features Steve Noble on percussion alone; in the second he is joined by Alex Bonney on electronics. Noble is described as London's leading drummer, a fearless and inventive improviser who has played with musicians including Derek Bailey, Matthew Shipp and Joe McPhee. Bonney is a London-based trumpeter, electronic musician and producer who performs solo with electronics and in groups such as Splice and Leverton Fox.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/steve-noble-with-alex-bonney-36569/", "official_url": "http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/music-steve-noble-with-alex-bonney/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Catholic Block | Egg Meat | T.E.J. Quartet | Mike O'Malley, Kiran Leonard, Miranda Gray-Aragoneses, M Tellarini", "start": "2026-11-08T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Horse Hospital", "address": "Colonnade, WC1N 1JD London", "price": "£8-12 Sliding Scale", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": "12.00", "tickets_url": "https://gel.now/events/1122", "category": "concerts", "tags": ["music"], "description": "A live music evening at The Horse Hospital, an unusual venue on Colonnade in central London. Catholic Block perform to celebrate the release of their album 'to remind myself i have lived', joined by Egg Meat, T.E.J Quartet, and an improvised set from Mike O'Malley, Kiran Leonard, Miranda Gray-Aragoneses, and M Tellarini. Tickets are on a sliding scale of £8-12.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/catholic-block-egg-meat-tej-quartet-mike-omalley-kiran-leona-39367/", "official_url": "https://www.thehorsehospital.com/events/catholic-block", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e46a62599e7c64ef14764e89dd5f50471b57a4c9eb1e343f0a83becbd40ef2fd-2000.webp"}]}