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Join us at Hundred Years Gallery for an intimate gathering to celebrate the release of J. C. Wright’s debut EP, a deeply personal, sumptuous and mesmerising collection of five folk-tinged songs that deal with the themes of loss, longing, regret, guilt, … Continue reading →

Oblique House is an independent publisher of art, poetry and architecture. Lineage is their first publication, an anthology of contemporary poetry.

First set : Daniel Thompson (guitar) and Steve Noble (percussion) Second set :   Alex Ward (clarinet) and Steve Noble (percussion) doors 3:30 | music 4pm | £10 cash on the door Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and … Continue reading →

Live quartet improvisation: John Butcher – saxophone Caius Williams – double bass Tansy Spinks – violin Douglas Benford – tenor recorder/accordion/objects Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash at the door John Butcher Born in Brighton and living in … Continue reading →

Live Art & Performance Group present : ‘Audience Participation’ Frankie Thompson – Performance Artist, Clown, and Comedian (The Guardian Feature) Victoria Karlsson – Sound Artist (Website) Sanna Salán – Actor, Theatre-Maker, Dancer (Website) Clare Carswell – Performance Artist (Website) Peta … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be some or all of the following: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Paul Taylor : trombone Trombone Poetry, The Brotherhood Of Breath, Loose Tubes, … Continue reading →

LUFT are – JAMES O’SULLIVAN, a London based experimental guitar player and improvisor who employs a playful but meticulous approach to the instrument through the bringing together of physicality, resonance, detail, and dynamics. He seeks to co-create a rich, layered, … Continue reading →

Ntshuks Bonga – alto / soprano saxophone Marcio Mattos – cello Alex Bonney – trumpet Kay Grant – voice Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash on the door Ntshuks Bonga Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ntshuks works mainly … Continue reading →

Classically trained and rigorously de-trained, possessor of a restless, semi-feral spirit, Lori Goldston is a cellist, composer, improvisor, producer, writer and teacher from Seattle. Her voice as a cellist, amplified or acoustic, is full, textured, committed and original. A relentless … Continue reading →

Yan Jun yan jun, a musician and poet based in beijing. he works on experimental music and improvised music. he uses noise, field recording, body and concept as materials. sometimes he goes to audience’s home for playing a plastic bag. … Continue reading →

Set I- ‘Gotas de Colores‘: Mercedes Maresca (keyboard) & Ezekiel Ajie (double bass) Set II- ‘Caminos’. Hannah Marshall (‘cello), Krzysztof Spieczonec (guitar), Marcin Karczewski (electric bass) & Mercedes Maresca (keyboard/percussion) Art Work by Clara Kelly. Doors 7.30 | music 8pm … Continue reading →

Chris Hill is an improvising musician, sound artist and event promoter. Based in London he regularly plays with the London Improvisers Orchestra, Eddie Prévost’s workshop group and with many others on the London scene. More recent collaborations and releases have … Continue reading →

The first in a new HYG series curated by Zheng Hao. Knot #1 features solo, duo & trio sets by Sam Andreae, Ciaran Mackle & Zheng Hao.

A last minute change of venue for the Horse Improvised Music Club, so we’re very pleased to welcome : Stuart Wilding (percussion), Barbie Mukoda (flutes), Freland Green (voice & electronics), Pete Robson (piano/horns) . John Macedo (electronics) Livia Garcia (film), … Continue reading →

Un Nuevo Sol is a collective based in London that aims to platform Latinx writers. Its landmark anthology Un Nuevo Sol (flipped eye, 2019) was the first major anthology to focus on British Latinx writing. Join us for readings from … Continue reading →

Steve Beresford, Georgina Brett, Olga Ksendzovska, Martin Hackett, Marie Roux, David Grundy & Douglas Benford (melodicas) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash on the door Multiple Melodicas are an evolving all-star ensemble of melodica players who have previously … Continue reading →

Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash on the door Advance tickets £8 : www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eighteen-ass-improv-evening Heidi Heidelburg is an anarchic soprano, guitarist, composer and improviser. Her main project is award-winning experimental duo Witch ’n’ Monk, with hybrid flute player … Continue reading →

Continuing a new monthly residency mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session –  free entry, everybody welcome –  bring your own drawing materials. Doors 4pm, session between 4.00 – 6pm. free Cos Chapman plays music and makes odd … Continue reading →

Viv Corringham / Kate Carr / Matt Atkins:  three solos and a trio Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash on the door Viv Corringham (voice, processing, field recordings) Viv Corringham (New York/ London) is a singer and sound … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be some or all of the following: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Paul Taylor : trombone Trombone Poetry, The Brotherhood Of Breath, Loose Tubes, … Continue reading →

Duo 1 – Ute Kanngiesser (‘cello)  Steve Noble (percussion) Duo 2 – Alan Wilkinson (clarinets)- Steve Noble (percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash door Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive … Continue reading →

Whether combining the rhythmic and melodic timbres of wood, string, metal and audience claps or duetting with the atmospheric and elegiac echoed sounds of water dripping into a metal basin, Laurel Pardue & Bex Burch create space for improvisation and … Continue reading →

Henry Prince presents experimental guitarists performing original compositions and improvisations. Henry will perform his new work “An Exercise In Motion” for electric guitar quartet with Julian Woods, Arun Thavasothy and Leo Morland. Henry’s album is out soon featuring a version … Continue reading →

Disinformation is a sound, video and kinetic art project, which, since 1995, produces a series of pioneering experimental music and installation art works, using electromagnetic (often VLF radio) noise, radiated by live mains electricity, lightning, industrial and IT hardware, railway … Continue reading →

Two Quartets : David Leahy (double bass),  Paloma Carrasco Lopez (‘cello),  Loz Speyer (trumpet) & Emily Shapiro (bass clarinet) Cos Chapman (live electronics), Jo Roberts (vocal),  Catherine Gerbrands (saw, percussion, voice), Tim Bowen (‘cello), Marina Young (bass & acoustic guitar) … Continue reading →

Shephali Frost is a singer, poet & soundscape artist, who is known to be a fearless cross-genre & cross-cultural improviser. Shephali did an MA in creative writing at Bath Spa university under poet Philip Gross. Her recent performance in poetry … Continue reading →

Performers: Sofia Vaisman-Maturana – cello George Garford – saxophone Douglas Benford – tenor recorder/objects Visual artists:  Livia Garcia / Calum Storrie / Meg Shirayama Doors 3.30 | performance 4pm | £10 cash on the door Sofia Vaisman-Maturana Is a Chilean … Continue reading →

Peter Urpeth : performance poet / voice Evan Parker : tenor saxophone solo improvisations Doors 7.30 | performance 8pm | £10 cash on the door Featuring performances of new poetic works and with a selection of historic, rare, and landmark … Continue reading →

Signe Emmeluth (alto saxophone), John Edwards (double bass) & Steve Noble (drums, percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash only Signe Emmeluth is a Danish saxophone player, composer and improviser currently based in Oslo. In recent years, Signe … Continue reading →

John Myers (US) solo set Mihai Cucos Trio (UK) perform In Memoriam Doors 7.30 / Music starts 8pm / £10 cash on the door John Myers John Myers has been studying, composing and performing music for several decades. Starting out … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be some or all of the following: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Paul Taylor : trombone Trombone Poetry, The Brotherhood Of Breath, Loose Tubes, … Continue reading →

Set 1: Steve Noble (percussion) & Caius Williams (double bass) Set 2: Steve Noble (percussion) & Jamie Coleman (trumpet) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash on the door Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive … Continue reading →

Lucia H Chung is a Taiwanese artist based in London, United Kingdom. She performs and releases music under the alias ‘en creux’ where the sound creation springs from her fascinations in noise generated through no-input feedback mixing board. The volatile … Continue reading →

Our monthly live collective drawing session continues, this month with guest musician Mark Rathmell depping for Cos Chapman. The session is open to everyone, materials are provided (or bring your own). Doors 4pm, session from 5pm : free entry (donations … Continue reading →

‘This will be the occasion of the half-century anniversary of John’s monthly concert series (since 1974) and the 5th anniversary of John’s passing. As John loved birthdays and anniversaries. We miss you, now. ‘John was a real inspiration with his … Continue reading →

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Sam Andreae Sam Andreae has been active across Europe over the last decade as a saxophonist, composer and organiser. Through improvisation and composition he explores a music of colliding sound gestures and aural detritus, built up from an intentionally fractured … Continue reading →

JAMES O’SULLIVAN is a London based experimental guitar player and improvisor who employs a playful but meticulous approach to the instrument through the bringing together of physicality, resonance, detail, and dynamics. He seeks to co-create a rich, layered, and engaging … Continue reading →

Mervyn Diese is a London born artist working with photography, film, painting and performance. His work reflects his passionate interest in politics and social issues such as homelessness, racism and betterment of the “lower classes”. His involvement with countercultural activities extends … Continue reading →

Join us for a warm evening of readings and performances with six talented Brazilian women poets living in London. This is a rare opportunity, organised by Carnaval Press (a small press focused on Brazilian poetry) and the poets will be … Continue reading →

Doors 7.30 | Music 8pm | £10 cash door Raymond MacDonald is a saxophonist, composer and multidisciplinary artist whose saxophone playing has been described as “breathtaking”, “beguiling” and “wonderous” (All About Jazz) Collaborating with musicians such as Marilyn Crispell, Evan … Continue reading →

Live improvisation: Iris Colomb – voice/megaphone Tom Ward – saxophone Douglas Benford – tenor recorder/objects + guest Tom Mills – theremin Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash ‘Small Print Drama’ is an ongoing trio project who have previously … Continue reading →

For the experimental performer ION, spiritual and musical explorations are one and the same. By adopting a consecrated creative process he is able to bind together his ritualistic practises with the playful nature of sound experimentation. Labyrinthine ambient textures, field … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be some or all of the following: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Paul Taylor : trombone Trombone Poetry, The Brotherhood Of Breath, Loose Tubes, … Continue reading →

Duo Daniel Thompson (guitar) & Steve Noble (percussion) Duo Alex Ward (clarinet) & Steve Noble (percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash on the door Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive … Continue reading →

Last blow-out of the year : it’s Hundred Years Gallery‘s 13th anniversary – can you believe it – and our traditional WINTER SOLSTICE PARTY. We’d love to see everybody for a night of music, drinks, food, art & artifacts raffle, … Continue reading →

Live quartet improvisations: Julia Brüssel – violin Julia Doyle – double bass Sue Lynch – saxophone Douglas Benford – tenor recorder/objects Door 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash on the door Julia Brüssel Julia Brüssel is dedicated to a … Continue reading →

Tongue Depressor (New Haven, CT) is the duo of Henry Birdsey (bagpipes, fiddle, lap steel) and Zach Rowden (fiddle, upright bass). They write, improvise, and perform music that draws from the fields of drone, harsh noise, and church music, often … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be some or all of the following: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Paul Taylor : trombone Trombone Poetry, The Brotherhood Of Breath, Loose Tubes, … Continue reading →

Step into the Anechoic Gecko Chamber for a unique sensory experience of dream filtering experimental music! Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £7 advance (+ booking fees) | £10 on the door (cash only) Advance tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/anechoic-gecko-chamber Featuring a line … Continue reading →

Hugh Metcalfe + Jackie Montague + Paola Lesina + Lepke B Doors 7pm | performances 8pm | £10 cash Greasy Codpiece Episode 1: The Egg Is Laid Poetical Duet, 8mm film Throbbing Jesus, Solo noise, Night Soil For The Soul Starring: Hugh Metcalfe: “Never Knowingly … Continue reading →

Steve Noble (percussion) John Edwards (double bass) Yoni Silver (bass clarinet) Doors 3:30 | music 4pm | entry £10 Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive and hyper-detailed playing has galvanized encounters with Derek … Continue reading →

Join us for the London launch of Nell Osborne’s Thank You For Everything (Monitor Books, 2024), featuring Nell Osborne, Edmund Hardy, and Tom Betteridge. The event includes a newly commissioned Poets’ Theatre piece (Wiggle Room Edition), written by Mau Baiocco … Continue reading →

An afternoon of trio improvisations by Mark Hewins (guitar) Ntshuks Bonga (saxophones) Stuart Wilding (percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Mark Hewins has worked extensively with various Canterbury scene musicians, including Elton Dean and Hugh Hopper. His … Continue reading →

Gloria Yehilevsky – mallets/keyboards Sam Norris – flute/alto saxophone Aram Bahmaie – bass Doors 19:00 | Music 19:30 | £12 card/cash otd If you can afford more, please consider adding a donation Advance tickets eventbrite.co.uk/g-major Dubbed a ‘visionary’ by the … Continue reading →

James O’Sullivan is a London based experimental guitar player and improvisor who employs a playful but meticulous approach to the instrument through the bringing together of physicality, resonance, detail, and dynamics. He seeks to co-create a rich, layered, and engaging … Continue reading →

Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 door cash only An evening of improvised and experimental music. Solo – trio – quartet Matthew Grigg is Bristol based musician and concert organiser active in improvised and noise musics. “somehow treads an … Continue reading →

Private view: Thursday 7th of October 6.30 – 9.30 Voraz, Ana Pallarés’ new exhibition at Hundred Years Gallery, brings us an eclectic selection of works that, as the artist insists on repeating, seem to close a long and vital cycle … Continue reading →

Door 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash Advance Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/mulch Jason Kahn: Kahn’s work with electronics involves chaotic feedback systems and placing his body in the circuit flow. Grabbing open leads with his hands makes and breaks circuits, causing … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be some or all of the following: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Paul Taylor : trombone Trombone Poetry, The Brotherhood Of Breath, Loose Tubes, … Continue reading →

Live quartet improvisations: Teresa Hackel – bass recorder Tilly Coulton – flute Chris Hill – clarinet / objects Douglas Benford – tenor recorder/objects Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Teresa Hackel The recorder player Teresa Hackel was born … Continue reading →

Gardyloo Spew‘s Spewniverse INC. presents an evening of four small group improvisations from the undergrowth of London’s bristling free music scene. This event follows directly after Cos Chapman’s electronic music set accompanying this month’s Collective Drawing Session. Doors 7pm | … Continue reading →

In November 2023 we started a monthly residency with musician Cos Chapman mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session. Doors 4pm, session from 5pm : free entry Then…. Followed by live sets from Gardyloo Spew & Special Guests … Continue reading →

Advance tickets:  www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dream-sequence

Duo 1 : Daniel Thompson (acoustic guitar) & Steve Noble (percussion) Duo 2 : Caius Williams (double bass) & Steve Noble (percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive … Continue reading →

Joy Boole (solo) Nye Jones & Elien De Schryver (duo) Diaries of Destruction (duo) Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash/card Joy Boole is a composer and live performer who writes music using an eclectic mix of clarinet, Aerophone … Continue reading →

Evening performance of mysterious improvised music. Act 1: TheThreeFeet (John Bisset, Iris Colomb, Andrew Ciccone) Act 2: Ghost Mind (Stuart Wilding, Charlie Folorunsho, Pete Robson, Barbie Mukoda, Zhuyang Liu) Act 3: GhostFeet (all) Doors 7:30 | music 8pm | £10 … Continue reading →

Live duos & quartet improvisations: Adrian Southby – guitar Tansy Spinks – violin Mark Wastell – percussion/bowls Douglas Benford – tenor recorder/objects Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Adrian Southby Adrian Southby is a multi-instrumentalist and improviser based … Continue reading →

The Sky Hasn’t Fallen Yet  is an evening of music with performances from Hannah Archambault, Knee Gnaw and Omes Doors 6.30 | start 7:30 | £5 cash on the door Advance tickets / digital : eventbrite

Hundred Years is very pleased to present Daniel Thompson (acoustic guitar) & Alan Wilkinson (bass clarinet, alto saxophone) in a concert to launch HYG 10 CD ‘WiTh’, in a limited edition of 30. Copies will be available on the night. … Continue reading →

Saxophonist and writer Alan Newcombe launches his novel Gritstone and performs with three groups: Dave Fowler (percussion) Jordan Muscatello (double bass) Iris Colomb (desiccated reading of the novel) Bettina Schroeder (ukulele and similar desiccated reading) Douglas Benford (objects, harmonium etc.) … Continue reading →

In November 2023 we started a monthly residency with Cos Chapman mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session presided by visual artist/performer Jo Roberts in her role as The Librarian. Doors 4pm, session from 5pm : free entry … Continue reading →

TREAD INTO MULCH, in conjunction with legendary tape label SENSORY LEAKAGE, will present exploratory musics fit for Ganzfeld states this coming OCTOBER 18th TICKETS: eventbrite GOMM: the artistic persona of Dan Allison but also a concept of collaboration and distortion … Continue reading →

Doors 7pm | performances 8pm | £10 cash The Dave Craught Five Many things have been written about The Dave Craught Five, mainly by Dave Craught himself. It’s touch and go whether Dave turns up for this gig. In fact, … Continue reading →

An afternoon of improvised music, sonic exploration and errant approaches. Eddie Prévost need little introduction. His pioneering work with the seminal AMM, his long-standing London Workshop group, Matchless Records, and the many collaborations – live and recorded – with the … Continue reading →

Viv Corringham (solo) Kate Carr (solo) [something’s happening] Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash. Viv Corringham (voice, recordings of walks, voice processing) Viv Corringham is a US-based British vocalist and sound artist, described as “a vital force in … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be some or all of the following: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Lu Edmonds : cumbus Mekons, Public Image Limited, Kirsty MacColl, 3 Mustaphas … Continue reading →

Sunday afternoon session of improvised music featuring two duos. Duo #1: Steve Noble (percussion) + Jamie Coleman (trumpet) Duo #2: Steve Noble (percussion) + Alex Ward (clarinet) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, … Continue reading →

Flying The Kite for Palestine hopes to raise funds for Médecins Sans Frontières & Medical Aid for Palestinians to assist with food, water and medicines. We will raffle a number of art works, some of them part of the “Darkness … Continue reading →

David Toop and Mark Wastell have collaborated in a number of groups over the last twenty years, most notably in Mark’s large ensemble The Seen, the Norwegian/UK quintet Wunderkammer (with Jan Bang, Erik Honore, Michael Francis Duch) and Painting/Music/Film, an … Continue reading →

Tashi Dorji (electric guitar) Kareem Samara (oud, electronics) Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash Tashi Dorji is a Bhutanese guitarist and improvisational musician known for his avant-garde and experimental (read: deeply gnarly, finely arty) approach to music. Tashi’s … Continue reading →

Our monthly residency with Cos Chapman mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session presided by visual artist/performer Jo Roberts in her role as The Librarian –  free entry, donations for materials welcome –  or bring your own drawing … Continue reading →

Veer2 publishes poetry that goes beyond boundaries; with an emphasis on non-normative and challenging work. Veer2, Veer squared, the veering of Veer, a veneer laid across a Veer. These works are put out by members of the collective who feel … Continue reading →

Since her last exhibition, The Floating Forest in 2019, artist M. Gallego has continued her practice observing and insisting on capturing some kind of parallel forms and life behind the kaleidoscope of the vegetation. From strolls around the gardens and … Continue reading →

Sat 21st /Sun 22nd Sep 2024 21st 16:00-22:30 (PV and Performance start at 18:30) 22nd 12:30-18:30 Private View with performance Saturday 21st September 18:30- 21:30 Performance by Yuko Kaseki (Cokaseki) / Mirei Yazawa / Mai Nguyen Tri Live music by Marco Florio (Sound Salvej) Visual Art by Kira … Continue reading →

Live quartet improvisation: Emily Shapiro – bass clarinet Ecka Mordecai – cello Tom Jackson – clarinet Douglas Benford – harmonium/objects Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Emily Suzanne Shapiro is a bass clarinetist and clarinetist dedicated to exploring … Continue reading →

Doors 7.30 | Music 8pm | £15 on the door : cash only Only 40 seats available : eventbrite here : www.eventbrite.com Scottish musicians Donald WG Lindsay and Alasdair Roberts have been friends for thirty years, since their teenage days. … Continue reading →

The Jonny Halifax Invocation are a collective of sonic pioneers, defying convention and transcending boundaries with their esoteric blend of cosmic blues, psychedelic noise and free jazz. Committed to continually pushing the boundaries of their sound, they are known for … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be some or all of the following: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Lu Edmonds : cumbus Mekons, Public Image Limited, Kirsty MacColl, 3 Mustaphas … Continue reading →

Duo 1: Alex Paxton (trombone) & Steve Noble (percussion) Duo 2: Alex Ward (clarinet) & Steve Noble (percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive and hyper-detailed … Continue reading →

In November 2023 we started a monthly residency with Cos Chapman mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session presided by visual artist/performer Jo Roberts in her role as The Librarian. At the beginning the idea was to draw … Continue reading →

Heather Roche (clarinets), Ty Bouque (baritone) & Dominic Lash (double bass) Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash Born in Canada, clarinetist Heather Roche lives in London. Referred to as ‘The Queen of Extended Techniques’ on BBC Radio 3, … Continue reading →

An afternoon featuring two sets of free improvised music. Solo Isidora Edwards – ‘cello Duo Dominic Lash – double bass Daniel Thompson – acoustic guitar Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Daniel Thompson was born in Norfolk, England. Largely … Continue reading →

Advance tickets available at shearworm.bigcartel.com Dressing: Dressing is the alias of Dublin, Ireland, based artist Kevin Kirwan.  Amplified domestic textures, daily fabric pulled taut around unspoken ritual. One thousand restless movements before dawn. With a blistering array of textural broken … Continue reading →

Sunday afternoon session of improvised music featuring two duos. Duo #1: Steve Noble (percussion) + Alex Ward (clarinet) Duo #2: Steve Noble (percussion) + Jamie Coleman (trumpet) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, … Continue reading →

Join us for an experimental sound & art evening where four groups of London-based sound & visual artists will present a series of sound experiments including AI-generated soundscape, Live modular, Audio-visual live, and Electronic improvisation. Sound Field Folding is a … Continue reading →

Divinity: Divinity is one of the many aliases of American artist Augustus Brasfield (Embalmer, State Insekt, Abyssinian Flag). Expertly Crafted Granular Ambience, Ethereal Drones, and Field Recordings. Gus is also the mastermind behind the SURAM FORTRESS, which collects most of … Continue reading →

SOLO : DUO : TRIO First set : John Edwards (solo) Second set : Colin Webster & John Macedo (duo) Third set : John Edwards, Colin Webster & John Macedo (trio) Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 John Macedo … Continue reading →

An evening of freely improvised music from this US/UK trio. Dominic Lash: double bass and electric guitar Josh Sinton: baritone saxophone and alto flute Alex Ward: clarinet and electric guitar Josh Sinton: Called “varied and exciting,” as well as “one … Continue reading →

Hundred Years Gallery is delighted to welcome this amazing trio… Che Chen / Bex Burch / Theon Cross Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash “When I went to see Peter at LSD, I told him how much I … Continue reading →

Blank Canvas Tentet London – launch at The Hundred Years Gallery to create something new in a musical sense owned by those present. Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Alan Newcombe – reeds Chris Hill – sound Douglas … Continue reading →

Continuing our monthly residency with Cos Chapman mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session presided by visual artist/performer Jo Roberts in her role as The Librarian –  free entry, donations for materials welcome –  or bring your own … Continue reading →

Charlotte Keefe: solo trumpet and (maybe) flugelhorn from an amazing musician, who has been featured on BBC Radio 3 and Radio 6. Lucia H. Chung: super-dynamic no-input mixing board energies, in collaboration with chaotic improvisor and feedback obsessive IVY NOSTRUM. … Continue reading →

Live quartet improvisation: Rachel Musson – saxophone Phil Durrant – mandolin Roland Ramanan – trumpet Douglas Benford – harmonium/objects Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Rachel Musson Rachel Musson is a saxophonist, improviser and composer living in London, … Continue reading →

‘Romancero Books are turning 4 this summer and on Sunday 14 July we are throwing a party at Hundred Years Gallery to celebrate this achievement: thank you for following us, for purchasing our books over these years, for attending our … Continue reading →

Advance tickets at eventbrite Check out Lao San Yang‘s performing at Hundred Years Gallery earlier this year:

Readings by Frances Kruk, Ghazal Mosadeq, Jeff Hilson, Danny Hayward : This is the fifth event in a poetry series organised by Stephen Watts and Chris Gutkind. We are grateful to the readers for giving their time, all proceeds go to … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be some or all of the following: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Lu Edmonds : cumbus Mekons, Public Image Limited, Kirsty MacColl, 3 Mustaphas … Continue reading →

Sunday afternoon session of improvised music featuring two duos. Duo #1: Steve Noble (percussion) + Ute Kanngiesser (cello) Duo #2: Steve Noble (percussion) + Daniel Thompson (guitar) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, … Continue reading →

Tuesdays Post presents a night of solos, duos and a trio : Elif Yalvaç, Jono Podmore and Georgina Brett Doors 7.30pm | music 8.00pm | £10/£8 conc contactless and cash otd Elif Yalvaç (née Hazal Elif Yalvaç) creates music using … Continue reading →

Mathew Tudor is a figurative painter based in London. He studied at Wolverhampton University, graduating in 2004 with a BA Honours Degree in Painting. He went on to study an MA in Fine Art at Middlesex University. After finishing his … Continue reading →

Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Jack Cooper, guitar John Edwards, bass Heather Roche, clarinet de.type.inconnu: Sylvain Pohu, guitar+laptop P.A. Tremblay, bass+laptop The Cooper/Edwards/Roche trio performs for the first time this afternoon, yet its members need no introduction! … Continue reading →

Hundred Years Gallery welcomes visiting and UK-based Swedish poets presenting brand new collaborations with British counterparts exploring literary, experimental and performance poetry. Supported on the night by pairs of British-based writers, this will be a remarkable event showcasing the brilliant … Continue reading →

MUSIC FOR BROKEN VIOLINS is the project of Serbian born, New York City based violinist Marija Kovacevic. Kovacevic has developed an idiosyncratic vocabulary for her damaged instruments: dragging strings, playing cracks, bowing broken bodies, wrapping loose hair, and creaking pegs. … Continue reading →

another successful day non-event with protagonists Joseph K (double bass), Zheng Hao (fender bass), Graham MacKeachan (bass drum) & Montse Gallego (bass poetry) + guests? another successful day is Hundred Years Gallery’s bootleg label, run by Graham MacKeachan and Zheng … Continue reading →

The Sky Hasn’t Fallen Yet VI: an evening of music & poetry with music from georgia morgan turner & isobel doncaster, sidney jones + readings from lu rose cunningham & isabelle pead, elena cruz Doors 6.30 | start 7pm | … Continue reading →

Join Jac Common and petals for the launch of their pamphlets wetbulb (Osmosis Press) and & Glee and Bless (Guillemot Press). We’ll also have guest readings from Katy Lewis Hood, Pratyusha, and Chris Kirubi/dove, as well as live music from … Continue reading →

An important name in the Chinese free improvisation scene, Mai mai arrives from Shanghai with a last-minute show at Hundred Years Gallery. MAI mai will be playing duos and trio with Zheng Hao and Li Song, alongside Eddie Nuttall (Blue … Continue reading →

Raph Clarkson – trombone Matthew Grigg – guitar, amplifier Tim Hill – alto & baritone saxophones Charlotte Keeffe – trumpet, flugelhorn Dominic Lash – double bass Doors 3.30 | Music 4pm | £10 cash Raph Clarkson is a trombonist, improviser, … Continue reading →

Live concert recording with Beibei Wang (percussion), Ansuman Biswas (percussion, various instuments), Faradena Afifi (violin, strings, voice) & Rowland Sutherland (flute) + Henry McPhearson (voice & assorted instruments) Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash Beibei Wang is a … Continue reading →

Continuing our monthly residency with Cos Chapman mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session presided by visual artist/performer Jo Roberts in her role as The Librarian –  free entry, donations for materials welcome –  or bring your own … Continue reading →

A simultaneous launch event for two experimental EPs. Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash door / eventbrite “Experimental laureate / Nu-bard-refusenik BIPED has been a constant source of intrigue and inspiration, setting in motion a wave of posi-fury … Continue reading →

MOUTH on this occasion will be: Paul Taylor : trombone Trombone Poetry, The Brotherhood Of Breath, Loose Tubes, The Yiddish Twist Orchestra, The Pogues and The Mingus Big Band. Mark Roberts : percussion The Godfathers, D-Ream, Neneh Cherry, Youssou n’Dour, … Continue reading →

Georgina Brett and Cos Chapman will be performing a solo set each, then collaborating for the first time as a duo. They plan to be joined by friends for experimental improvised sounds and electronica. Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | … Continue reading →

Quartet improvisation: Catherine Pluygers – oboe Benedict Taylor – viola Sue Lynch – saxophone Douglas Benford – harmonium/objects Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash Catherine Pluygers Catherine Pluygers was born in Colchester in 1955. She studied oboe with … Continue reading →

Set 1 – duo Alex Ward (clarinet) & Steve Noble (percussion) Set 2 – duo Alex Ward (guitar) & Steve Noble (percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser … Continue reading →

flxnflx (pronounced flux in flux) is an experimental music duo made up of composer/performers Maya-Leigh Rosenwasser and James McIlwrath. Their work is predominantly improvised and explores queering processes, describing things and generating material to respond to through improvisation. since forming … Continue reading →

Doors 7.30 | Music 8pm | £10 cash The Bohman Brothers “ Sound art veterans The Bohman Brothers invest random words with unearned meanings via the eloquent juxtapositions of their elegantly neutral voices. After three decades of experimentation, these alchemists … Continue reading →

Continuing our monthly residency with Cos and The Librarian mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session –  free entry, everybody welcome –  bring your own drawing materials and join in. Collective paintings are currently on show in the … Continue reading →

Viv Corringham: voice, field recordings, effects Moreskinsound: David Toop & Ania Psenitsnikova Kate Carr: objects Doors 7:30 | music 8pm | £10 cash Celebrating album launch: Soundwalkscapes by Viv Corringham on Flaming Pines. Part narrated journey, part imagined fiction, Soundwalkscapes … Continue reading →

Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash James O’Sullivan – is a London- based experimental guitar player and improvisor who employs a playful but meticulous approach to the instrument through the bringing-together of physicality, resonance, detail, and dynamics. He … Continue reading →

Dave Draper : electric guitar, loops, electronics Mark Roberts : drums, percussion Doors 4pm | music from 4:30 | £ donations Dave Draper studied electronic music at Goldsmith’s College, where, with trombonist Joe Szarowitz, he formed the Ivory Coasters, a … Continue reading →

Now Is The Time Of Monsters is a group show by The Tunnel which focuses on the current state of humanity. The exhibition is in two parts , the second instalment is called Things To Come and will be produced … Continue reading →

1. Da Dan Zi SHI XING: “If the epidemic ended in this year, Hai would go Tokyo to study industry design, as he wish. Due to high tuition fees, he would have to work during the study, so he play … Continue reading →

Live quartet improvisation: Iris Colomb – voice/megaphone Alan Newcombe – saxophone Tom Mills – theremin Douglas Benford – harmonium/objects Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Iris Colomb Iris Colomb is an artist, poet, improviser, curator, editor, and translator … Continue reading →

A new take on the classic guitar/bass/drums trio line-up bringing together three generations of improvising musicians. Expect plenty of intensity coupled with a minute attention to detail. This concert is to celebrate the release of their debut album on Lash’s … Continue reading →

TooSeriouslyCommittedPeople is a duo from composers and improvisers Stefano Grasso and Alessio Dal Checco. Both rooted in jazz and active in many different musical situations (from ska to hip hop to afrobeat to radical improvisation), they gather in a shared approach … Continue reading →

MOUTH on this occasion will be: Mark Roberts : percussion The Godfathers, D-Ream, Neneh Cherry, Youssou n’Dour, Blabbermouth Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Lu Edmonds : … Continue reading →

Steve Noble (percussion) John Edwards (double bass) Yoni Silver (bass clarinet) Doors 3:30 | music 4pm | entry £10 Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive and hyper-detailed playing has galvanized encounters with Derek … Continue reading →

John Macedo (electronics) / John Butcher (saxophones) / Ecka Mordecai (unspecified) + Regan Bowering (solo drums, feedback) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash full info coming up ….

Hundred Years and MRM are very pleased to present a rare live UK appearance by Japan based, Canadian artist Tim Olive as part of his UK tour. The line up also features Kate Carr and Iain Chambers‘ Rubbish Music project … Continue reading →

Eleftheria Kotzia presents an evening of guitar music from around the world, from the rhythms of South America to the Mediterranean folk inspired guitar standards from Greece (her native country), Persia, France and the soulful music of Spain. Sir John … Continue reading →

LUFT+ 1 & Quartet FECK This afternoon’s session sees two debuts – the trio LUFT (Alan Newcombe/James O’Sullivan/Chris Hill) and Quartet FECK (Faradena Afifi/Ed Shipsey/Chris Hill/Kostas Chondros). No messing around, straightforward ensemble improvisation! LUFT will be joined today by percussionist … Continue reading →

Natasha Allden is a poet, mother, PhD’er and business anarchist based in the Borders in Scotland. (Where she accidentally fell whilst on a trip from her beloved Sussex). Previous poetry includes Conversive Lands (self-published), some riveting academic papers on business … Continue reading →

Anthropods/Sloth Racket The London date of a four-night double bill UK tour featuring these two acclaimed European bands. Doors 7:30 | music 8pm | £10 Advance tickets click here. Sloth Racket (UK) Sloth Racket is a band of improvisers from … Continue reading →

Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Duo 1 : Caius Williams (double bass) + Steve Noble (percussion) Duo 2 : Alex Bonney (trumpet) + Steve Noble (percussion) Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser … Continue reading →

Lee McFadden reports: Walking home after an enjoyable night at the Hundred Years Gallery a guy asked me for change on the corner of Pearson Street. As I approached him it turned out he wasn’t really asking me to give … Continue reading →

Continuing a new monthly residency mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session –  free entry, everybody welcome –  bring your own drawing materials and join in. Collective paintings are currently on show in the basement gallery. Doors 4pm, … Continue reading →

Private view: Wednesday 20th of March from 6.30 to 9.30 A Rude Mechanicals concert will be part of this show on Wednesday 27th from 7pm.  When I was younger, I thought about the meaning of art a lot. I looked … Continue reading →

Live trio improvisation: Julian Woods (guitar), Benjy Sandler (saxophone) & Douglas Benford (harmonium/objects) Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £8/£10 donation Julian Woods Last minute substitution for Heather Roche Benjy Sandler Benjy Sandler is a saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from … Continue reading →

MOUTH on this occasion will be: Mark Roberts : percussion The Godfathers, D-Ream, Neneh Cherry, Youssou n’Dour, Blabbermouth Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Lu Edmonds : … Continue reading →

Regan Bowering / Li Song / Conal Blake (trio) + Rory Salter / Ecka Mordecai (duo) + Hunter Brown (solo) Hunter Brown (Chicago) Hunter Brown is a composer, improviser, and electronic musician based in Chicago, Illinois. His practice is focused … Continue reading →

A reading/performance by Chinese poet Yang Lian & prose writer YoYo & with translations read by Stephen Watts & Cristina Viti, followed by a walk led by Gareth Evans from Hundred Years Gallery to the Lea Valley, with further brief … Continue reading →

Doors 7.30pm | Music 8pm | £7/£10 cash Sophie Sleigh-Johnson – tapes, spoken word Adam Bohman – amplified object & strings,text Sue Lynch – tenor saxophone, flute Ulf Mengersen – double-bass Adrian Northover – saxophoneses, electronics Sophie Sleigh-Johnson of Southend-on-Sea … Continue reading →

Benedict Taylor & Dirk Serries – Two Day Residency “The duo’s respective idiosyncrasies add dynamism and timbral variation to what might otherwise be a too-cosy meeting of string-orientated brains. Serries, on acoustic guitar, scrupulously avoids politeness. His guttural strums and … Continue reading →

Three duos : doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10/£7 cash Dominic Lash & Ren Shang Dominic Lash is a double bassist and guitarist. He concentrates on improvised and experimental music, performing regularly with musicians such as John Butcher, Angharad … Continue reading →

Rude Mechanicals and friends will be performing their bizarre combinations of rude folkpunk, and distorted blues with sophistication and panache, under the strict guidance of Miss Roberts. ‘The Rude Mechanicals often get compared to The Birthday Party/Nick Cave, Tom Waits, … Continue reading →

An afternoon of sonic curios. The state of the nation mediated through radical vibrations, deconstructed tape epiphany and off-kilter versification. Snapshots from parallel timelines… Curated by Mouth_in_Foot and DiscountGnostic http://mouthinfoot.net/ https://soundcloud.com/mouth_in_foot https://mouthinfoot.bandcamp.com/ https://discountgnostic.bandcamp.com/ Michael Ridge My work incorporates elements of … Continue reading →

Free Event, click here to get your ticket Synopsis: Tarot reader Ms. Moon chokes to death on a slice of ham in her London shop after playing cards to her four Spanish clients. Shee has ten days to resolve her … Continue reading →

Continuing a new monthly residency mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session –  free entry, everybody welcome –  bring your own drawing materials. Doors 4pm, session between 4.30 – 6pm. free Cos Chapman plays music and makes odd … Continue reading →

The first of our SomaPoetic Experiments. Come play with words and what they do to us. Bring your poetic license. Doors 6.30 | experiments 7-9pm | donations welcome

Live quartet improvisation: Jamie Coleman – trumpet Caius Williams – double bass Tilly Coulton – flute Douglas Benford – harmonium/objects Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £8/£10 donation at the door Tilly Coulton Tilly, a versatile flautist, improviser, and educator … Continue reading →

Geoff Eales Birthday Gathering with Maggie Nicols, Paul Jolly, Faradena Afifi, Julia Doyle, Ray Roughler Jones and Rowland Sutherland. Geoff Eales “as original as they come, listening to everyone but beholden to no single influence, Eales demands your attention with … Continue reading →

multi.modal label m.m05 launch: Desire Lines Raymond MacDonald – solo saxophones Cath Roberts – solo electronics Claudia Molitor / Tullis Rennie – multi.modal duo Doors 7:30 | music 8pm | £8 otd (cash / card) multi.modal is a London based … Continue reading →

MOUTH on this occasion will be: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Lu Edmonds : cumbus Mekons, Public Image Limited, Kirsty MacColl, 3 Mustaphas 3, The Damned … Continue reading →

Readings by Cristina Viti, Virna Teixeira, Sascha Akhtar & Montse Gallego : This is the third event in a poetry series organised by Stephen Watts and Chris Gutkind. We are grateful to the readers for giving their time, all proceeds … Continue reading →

[something’s happening] somethingshappening.bandcamp.com [something’s happening] is the sound and text duo of poet and performer Iris Colomb and composer Daryl Worthington (Beachers). The project explores textual and sonic permutation through improvisation. Fragments of found text and gestural electro-acoustics weave through … Continue reading →

Sunday afternoon session of improvised music with Steve Noble (percussion) Ute Kanngiesser (cello) Alex Paxton (trombone) Yoni Silver (bass clarinet) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £8 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, … Continue reading →

The sky hasn’t fallen yet V is back with … a music eve with sets from My Raccoon King, Kerenza Nawacki, Jonathan Creek and Sharkpit Doors: 6.30PM Performances: 7:30PM £7 tickets via eventbrite NO TICKETS OTD Expect: singing, banjo, violin, … Continue reading →

Charlotte Keefe (trumpet), Tom Challenger (tenor saxophone), Olie Brice (double bass) and Adam Shade (percussion) Doors 7:30 | music 8pm | £10 cash Charlotte Keeffe Trumpeter/flugelhorn player Charlotte Keeffe plays regularly in the London Improvisers Orchestra and and has shared … Continue reading →

OISHI: Ren Shang: vocals, electronics, etc. Zheng Hao: electronics, laptop, pedals, mixing board DEKUNOBO: Keisuke Matsui : guitar, ‘cello, pedals, objects Graham MacKeachan : double bass, plastics Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £5 / £10 (offer subject to status) … Continue reading →

Continuing a new monthly residency mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session –  free entry, everybody welcome –  bring your own drawing materials. Doors 4pm, session between 4.30 – 6pm. free Cos Chapman plays music and makes odd … Continue reading →

London based saxophonist Colin Webster is quickly establishing himself on the European avant garde scene. Collaborating with some of the key figures in improvised and experimental music, Webster is known for working from extreme sonic palettes  – from minimal to … Continue reading →

Two trios : Alan Newcombe (saxophones), Dave Fowler (drums), and Jordan Muscatello (double bass) Petero Kalulé (petals) (piano, kalimba, flutes, cello, tambourine, saxophone, harmonica, violin, bells, voice, clarinet), Jordan Muscatello (double bass), and Ed Shipsey (drums, melodica, percussion, voice, bells, … Continue reading →

Romancero Books is pleased to invite you to the premiere of A Queer Latinxs Poetry Reading film and the launch of MARICA FORMAL. A Queer Latinxs Poetry Reading – film directed by Vasco Vieira Join us for the premiere of … Continue reading →

‘Açid Blüüs Räägs Vol.2’ is the forthcoming album by The Jonny Halifax Invocation. The follow up to last year’s ‘Açid Blüüs Räägs Vol.1’, this new collection of studio recordings will be performed live for the first time at the Hundred … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Lu Edmonds : cumbus Mekons, Public Image Limited, Kirsty MacColl, 3 Mustaphas 3, The Damned Recent … Continue reading →

Duo and quintet improvisations: Mirei Ya – trumpet/movement Douglas Benford – objects/harmonium On melodicas for the Multiples: Steve Beresford, Georgina Brett, Martin Hackett, David Grundy & Douglas Benford Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £8/£10 donation at the door Mirei … Continue reading →

Join us for this experimental gig of composed and improvised music and poetry! Second set features The Beigel Band Collective personnel: Emily Suzanne Shapiro : bass clarinet Maya-Leigh Rosenwasser : piano Sofia Vaisman-Maturana : ‘cello Constanza Pellicci : voice Natalia … Continue reading →

A collection of intimate performances by Kerenza Nawacki, Leisure fm, Regina Avendaño, Elida Silvey & Bella Aleksandrova + more… Expect — acoustic guitar, banjo, singing, crying, poetry that makes your heart hurt in a good way, synth soundscapes, ambience and … Continue reading →

Duo Daniel Thompson (guitar) & Steve Noble (percussion) Duo Alex Ward (clarinet) & Steve Noble (percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash on the door Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive … Continue reading →

An evening of performances exploring the theme of TIME, organised by: LAPER https://www.laper.uk Doors 6.30 | performance 7pm | entry £8 (£5 concessions) cash on the door Selected artists: Peta Lloyd (UK) www.petalloyd.net Jennifer Ng  https://www.jennifernsy.com Hugh Pryor (UK) https://www.hughpryor.co.uk … Continue reading →

TUMBATARECO   Loz Speyer – trumpet, flugelhorn, Marcio Mattos – double bass, electronics, and Dave Fowler – drums ~ with improvisational artist Aurelie Freoua + Alex Ward solo guitar + ALL FIVE Tumbatareco with Alex Ward – guitar, clarinet, and … Continue reading →

  Private View: 1st February from 6:30pm to 9:30pm ‘At Hundred Years Gallery I will be showing some recent new large scale works on paper. These drawings have developed over the last year in parallel to my performance work. They … Continue reading →

Tongue Depressor (New Haven, CT) is the duo of Henry Birdsey (bagpipes, fiddle, lap steel) and Zach Rowden (fiddle, upright bass). They write, improvise, and perform music that draws from the fields of drone, harsh noise, and church music, often … Continue reading →

Private view Thursday 18th of January 6.30 to 9.30. Including Photo-scanner synth demo by Hack Modular. ‘Symbiosis’ is a group exhibition exploring the relationship between image makers, the more-than-human, and alternative photographic processes. When working with analogue and alternative photographic … Continue reading →

7:30pm Water Dragon Temple-Album Tour, 8:15pm Bianco Li/ Marco Marotta/ Buchuan Zheng, 9:00pm Lao San Yang Lao San Yang: Bianco Li (voice, multi-instruments),  Zhuyang Liu (guzheng), Corey Lyu (voice, percussion) Water Dragon Temple: Paul Chenour (flutes) and Zhuyang Liu (guzheng) Trio … Continue reading →

Colin Webster – alto saxophone Daniel Thompson – acoustic guitar Mark Wastell – percussion Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £8 Advance tickets at Raw Tonk bandcamp Raw Tonk Records returns to Hundred Years Gallery with another exceptional afternoon of … Continue reading →

Virginia Sutera (violin) Isidora Edwards (cello) Alberto Braida (keyboard) Andrea Bolzoni (guitar) Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash on the door Virginia Sutera has always been interested in the creation of musical language and the interaction of music … Continue reading →

But then they turned ever so slightly to get a glimpse. The sea was a moody green and the skies set to an eerie black. Dark clouds condemn the sins for which we could not, and the perpetual light of … Continue reading →

Live quartet improvisation: Clive Bell – shakuhachi + more Emily Shapiro – bass clarinet N. O. Moore – guitar Douglas Benford – harmonium/objects Doors 3.30 |  music 4pm | £8/£10 cash at the door Clive Bell is a musician, composer … Continue reading →

Oishi are a hardware/ software electronic improvisation duo by Ren Shang and Zheng Hao from China, using samples from their own materials, field recordings, lives, etc. Set up includes mixers, laptops, cassette players. Slightly different or very different every time. … Continue reading →

Continuing a new monthly residency mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session –  free entry, everybody welcome –  bring your own drawing materials. Doors 4pm, session between 4.30 – 6pm. free Cos Chapman plays music and makes odd … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Lu Edmonds : cumbus Mekons, Public Image Limited, Kirsty MacColl, 3 Mustaphas 3, The Damned Recent … Continue reading →

Trio music : Steve Noble (drums, percussion) Alan Wilkinson (clarinets) Oren Marshall (tuba) Doors 3:30pm | music 4pm | entry £10  /£8 (cash only on the door) Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive … Continue reading →

Mark Wastell : Cello-Intern // solo cello residency comes to an end after two years, 24 sessions and 2 CD releases. This is your last chance to catch this groundbreaking series. No pressure. This is not a gig. To play … Continue reading →

Continuing a new monthly residency mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session –  free entry, everybody welcome –  bring your own drawing materials. Doors 3pm, session between 3.30 – 6pm. free Cos Chapman plays music and makes odd … Continue reading →

Hundred Years Gallery Christmas Fundraiser concert presented by John Butcher, Phil Durrant and Mark Wastell together with two special guests. All donations/proceeds raised will go towards the running costs of the gallery and general upkeep. Doors open 4pm 4.30pm – … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Dave Draper : electric guitar The Invisible String Quartet, The Legendary China Pig Club Lu … Continue reading →

Belgian free impro and avant-garde label A NEW WAVE OF JAZZ returns 3 years after their first festival at HUNDRED YEARS GALLERY for another two days of free music which resembles the output of the label but simultaneously welcomes new … Continue reading →

Matt Atkins celebrates turning 50 with an evening of improv in the basement and songs in the upstairs bar. Bringing together friends old and new, the evening will kick off with a trio from Craig Stewart Johnson (Rovellasca, Invisible City … Continue reading →

Falls The Shadow is a group exhibition by The Tunnel drawing inspiration from the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury(1953) and the film version by Francois Truffaut (1966), and to a lesser extent The Hollow Men by T. S. Eliot(1925) … Continue reading →

Mervyn Diese returns to perform the third session of his 23 music project, playing a solo set of music for 23 minutes, followed by a second set inviting the audience to participate. Drawing on a catalog of songs dating from … Continue reading →

Duo Daniel Thompson (guitar) & Steve Noble (percussion) Duo Alex Ward (clarinet) & Steve Noble (percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £8 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive and hyper-detailed playing has … Continue reading →

Mark Wastell : Cello-Intern // solo cello residency continues, this month falling on a Sunday. This is the twenty-third and penultimate installment in the series. No pressure. This is not a gig. To play regardless of whatever else is going … Continue reading →

The evening features 3 sets – a solo by Whose Body Is This, duo by Jasmine Morris & Liam Dougherty, and a trio with Lucia H Chung, Ian Stonehouse and Yoni Silver. Please join us for the last MOM of the … Continue reading →

Luciano Maggiore (b. Palermo) is a London-based musician. His work is characterised by the use of speakers and several analogue/digital devices (samplers, CD players, walkmans, tape recorders) and addresses the performativity of the musical act, the perception of it, and … Continue reading →

An afternoon session of poetry & improvised music Doors 3.30 | music 4.00pm | £15 Buy here Steve Edwards – saxophone Steve Edwards (SteveKS20) is a saxophonist, composer & arranger focusing on jazz & improvised music and dedicated to creating … Continue reading →

Nicky Heinen (aka Nicky Scott-Francis) is a flautist specialising in all music with improvisation at its heart. She has toured, recorded and broadcast extensively in the UK and throughout Europe playing a wide range of music including Folk-Rock/Jazz/ Latin/African/Romanian/Electro-Acoustic/Euro Pop/Free … Continue reading →

Solos for _ _ _ _ Spaces is Regan Bowering’s first ever solo release. The tape documents the development of her practice improvising with amplifier feedback and percussion. It includes four tracks – two live performance recordings (at Goldsmiths University … Continue reading →

Live quintet improvisation: Alex Paxton – trombone Maggie Nicols – voice Hyelim Kim – flute Isidora Edwards – ‘cello Douglas Benford – harmonium/objects Doors 3:30 | music 4pm | £5/£8 donation at the door Alex Paxton Alex Paxton is a … Continue reading →

Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £8 cash Luong/Neubauer/Liebhaber are Fabian Neubauer (piano, electronics, comp.), Duy Luong (double bass, electronics, comp.) and Pablo Liebhaber (drums, comp.). Their open-minded sense of music unites improvisation with original and compositional ideas in a … Continue reading →

  Beginning a new monthly residency mixing live electronic improvisation and an open drawing session –  free entry, everybody welcome –  bring your own drawing materials. Doors 4.15, session between 4.30 – 6pm. free Cos Chapman plays music and makes … Continue reading →

Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash Media artist Simon Longo AKA Dithernoise, Enere, Citizens of Illusion, Cosmic Traveller and many more, makes electronic music and soundscape art, and other time based visual artwork inspired by theories of consciousness, … Continue reading →

Workings.. Four different approaches to the creation of sonic landscapes each with their own aesthetic and intellectual histories: a glimpse of something not quite here or there… Eggblood (UK) Eggblood (UK) works with found A/V media, collage, flexible and flammable … Continue reading →

Three sets of elctro-instrumental music Noah Berrie (violin/electronics) Pete Furniss (clarinets/electronics) Kubov – Emma Lloyd & Jess Aslan (violin/electronics) Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £8 / £5 students, unwaged (pay what you can) Peter Furniss is based in London … Continue reading →

Phil Durrant : mandolin & Daniel Thompson : guitar John Butcher : saxophones & Benedict Taylor : viola Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash Phil Durrant : Born near London in 1957, Phil Durrant is a multi-instrumentalist improviser/composer/sound … Continue reading →

The UK launch of the project Máis alálá, a reworking of a Galician book of poetry of the 1920’s (‘From four to four’ by Manoel Antonio) using improvised and experimental music and alternative poetics and vocals. The project-album was recorded … Continue reading →

Sunday afternoon session of improvised music with Steve Noble (percussion) Ute Kanngiesser (cello) Alex Paxton (trombone) Yoni Silver (bass clarinet) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £8 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, … Continue reading →

A performance art piece consists of 4 elements: Time, Space, the body or presence of the artist in a medium and the relationship between the artist and the audience. One of the most famous works of performance art in history … Continue reading →

Mark Wastell : Cello-Intern // solo cello residency continues, on the first Saturday of every month. This is the twenty-second in the series. No pressure. This is not a gig. To play regardless of whatever else is going on in … Continue reading →

Two duos: Phil Durrant & Neil Metcalfe + Dee Byrne & Cath Roberts. Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash Phil Durrant and Neil Metcalfe have worked/played together sporadically since the 1980s, mostly in larger groups/ensembles such as the London Improvisers Orchestra.  This includes ‘freedom of the … Continue reading →

7.30 to 9pm | £7 : tickets here At once devastating and uplifting, Fleur Pierets turns grief into art, in a LGBTQ+ reimagining of Joan Didion’s ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ Fleur and Julian wanted to get married in all … Continue reading →

Daniel Thompson – acoustic guitar & Alan Wilkinson – reeds First Set – DT Solo Second Set – AW Solo Third Set – DTAW Duo Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £8 cash Daniel Thompson was born in Norfolk, England. Largely … Continue reading →

Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash Maggie Nicols joined London’s legendary Spontaneous Music Ensemble in 1968 as a free improvisation vocalist. She then became active running voice workshops with an involvement in local experimental theatre. She later joined … Continue reading →

Tom Ward – flute, alto saxophone, clarinet, voice Nuno Trocado – guitar, electronics Sérgio Tavares – double bass, voice Tim Fairhall – solo double bass Charlotte Keeffe – trumpet, flugelhorn Emily Shapiro – bass calrinet Doors 7.30 | music 8pm … Continue reading →

Returning to Hundred Years Gallery for this slice of Tread Into Mulch, we present: LEYDEN JARS: the London based duo of Natalie Williams & Mark Courtney. Fragmented musicality, electro-acoustic emission, disembodied dub and revelatory DIY poetics. CHAUSSONS: free improv skedaddles … Continue reading →

Set 1 – duo Alex Ward (clarinet) & Steve Noble (percussion) Set 2 – duo Alex Ward (guitar) & Steve Noble (percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £8 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser … Continue reading →

// Breathing Heavy is the saxophone and sampler duo of Sam Andreae and Ciaran Mackle. breathingheavy.bandcamp.com Ciaran Mackle is one half of long-running South London improv duo Ashcircle. Specialising in micro feral concrète and music to soundtrack the grinding and … Continue reading →

Doors 7.30 | performance 8pm | entry  £5 cash Luisa Amorim is a Portuguese performance maker based in London. She is interested in experimenting how to dramatize the quotidian, bringing her every-day life and her own dirty linen onstage. She … Continue reading →

‘Viva La Vida’ – 5 International Artists from 4 Countries’ – Cuba, UK, Switzerland and Germany Viva La Vida depicts life experiences from the perspective of a group of seasoned and established artists. Sometimes profound, sometimes mystical, but often humorous … Continue reading →

Private view Thursday 19th October 6.30 to 9.30 Ground Floor Gallery Expressed on paper from observation and sensation, drawn in charcoal, pastels, watercolour and gouache, and possibly later unified or embellished from memory and imagination, to go beyond the actual … Continue reading →

James O’Sullivan is a London- based experimental guitar player and improvisor who employs a playful but meticulous approach to the instrument through the bringing-together of physicality, resonance, detail, and dynamics. He seeks to co-create a rich, layered, and engaging music … Continue reading →

Dirk Serries : guitar Benedict Taylor : viola Alan Wilkinson : bass clarinet, saxophone Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £8 cash For HYG’s audience these three prolific musicians aren’t strangers.  They all stood here many times before but never … Continue reading →

Cat-themed experimental trio, No-Input, Cat! were formed at the tail end of 2022, with Tautvydas Kuliešius, Finn West, and Ben Mason at it’s heart. Traversing a gamut of stylistic influences, the three musicians collide to form a unique style of … Continue reading →

Doors 6pm | music 7pm | £8 cash

Live quartet improvisation: Sue Lynch – saxophone Dave Fowler – drums Noah Berrie – violin Douglas Benford – harmonium/objects Doors 3:30 | music 4pm | £5/8 donation at the door Sue Lynch Tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute and composition. Sue Lynch … Continue reading →

South West Improvisers Group with guests Adam Bohman (prepared strings and amplified objects) & Charlotte Keeffe (trumpet and flugelhorn) Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £8 cash Advance tickets / digital : eventbrite.co.uk/swig Convening monthly at Bristol’s Cafe Kino, the … Continue reading →

Mark Wastell : Cello-Intern // solo cello residency continues, on the first Saturday of every month. This is the twenty-first installment in the series. No pressure. This is not a gig. To play regardless of whatever else is going on … Continue reading →

Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £7 Beachers Beachers is the project of London-based Daryl Worthington. He works in the crossovers between accidental and composed sounds, hi and lo-fi audio, with a particular interest in the beauty of the mundane. … Continue reading →

Two exceptional saxophonists meet for a duo session at Hundred Years Gallery : Evan Parker & Tom Challenger Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £10 cash Evan Parker : tenor saxophone Saxophonist Evan Parker is renowned as one of the … Continue reading →

Beibei Wang – percussion Ansuman Biswas – percussion etc Rowland Sutherland – flutes Roshi Nasehi – voice, comedy, vocal processor Faradena Afifi –  bowed strings, voice, movement Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 (cash) / £5 conc. full info … Continue reading →

Exhibition Ground Floor. Finissage Thursday 20th of September 6.30 to 9.30. Performances by Monika Tobel, Mark Rathmell & Mai Nguyen Tri at 7.15 Breathe Is a body of work, an action, a viewpoint, a stand, looking at our urban environment … Continue reading →

Live trio improvisation: Lucy Strauss – viola Alan Wilkinson – saxophone Douglas Benford – harmonium/objects Doors 3:30 | music 4pm | £5/8 donation at the door Lucy Strauss Lucy Strauss is a South African musician and researcher who studies the … Continue reading →

Ross Lambert : guitar / Seymour Wright : saxophone doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £8 cash only Seymour Wright is a saxophonist. His work is about the creative, situated friction of learning, ideas, people and the saxophone – music, … Continue reading →

Rudi Fischerlehner – solo drums Alex Bonney – trumpet / Will Glaser – percussion Ted Milton – spoken word Doors 7.30 | Music 8pm | £8 cash on the door A night of fastidious chaos, unabridged idiosyncrasy and carefree polyglottism … Continue reading →

Raw Tonk Records returns to Hundred Years Gallery to present the fourth duo album by Colin Webster and Daniel Thompson – ‘However, Forward!’ They are joined on this occasion by the incredible improvising duo of Rachel Musson and Alex Ward. … Continue reading →

Third outing for the trio of Turner, Lash, and Moore.  Curious directions, sustained engagements, surprising twists. NO Moore : electric guitar / Dominic Lash : double bass / Roger Turner : drums Roger Turner : drums Over decades Roger Turner … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Dave Draper : electric guitar The Invisible String Quartet, The Legendary China Pig Club Mark Roberts : percussion … Continue reading →

Trio music : Steve Noble (drums, percussion) Alan Wilkinson (clarinets) Oren Marshall (tuba) Doors 3:30pm | music 4pm | entry £8 (cash only on the door) Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive and hyper-detailed … Continue reading →

raxil4 presents: an evening of three duets Part one: featuring Iris Colomb :  A duet for voice, subwoofer and objects Part two: featuring Rick Jensen : A duet for saxophone and tape Part three: featuring Greta Pistaceci : A duet … Continue reading →

Infant Tree presents Alexandra Spence, MP Hopkins & Tom Betteridge Doors 7.30 | performances from 8pm | £8 cash Alexandra Spence is a sound artist and musician living on unceded Wangal land in Sydney, Australia. Through her practice Alex attempts … Continue reading →

Apocalypse Jazz Unit was formed as a recording project by Rick Jensen in 2013. It eventually transformed into a live band with many different members coming and going and many guests! They harness the 1960’s free jazz with a dose … Continue reading →

Mercury Over Maps 17 The 17th installment of Bill Thompson’s extended residency at Hundred Years Gallery – Mercury Over Maps This edition features 3 solo sets – Roma Agnihotri and their stunning audio/visual work, the excellent Pete Furniss performing a … Continue reading →

Mark Wastell : Cello-Intern // solo cello residency continues, on the first Saturday of every month. This is the twentieth installment. No pressure. This is not a gig. To play regardless of whatever else is going on in the space. … Continue reading →

Set 1- duo Alex Bonney (trumpet) & Steve Noble (percussion) Set 2 – duo Alex Ward (clarinet) & Steve Noble (percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £8 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose … Continue reading →

Continuing our afternoon of CD release concerts Oishi and Dekunobo join forces for the launch of their DEKUNOBO / DEKUNOBOO albums. This performance will follow on from Mark Wastell’s solo residency (and release of the Pre-Existing Commitments CD) after a … Continue reading →

Mark Wastell : Cello-Intern // solo cello residency continues, on the first Saturday of every month. August is the nineteenth installment and sees the CD album launch of Mark Wastell : Pre-existing Commitments, a composition comprising of four multi-tracked violoncello … Continue reading →

A reading to celebrate the London launch of Vicky Sparrow‘s stand ins (RunAmok, 2022) and Tom Betteridge‘s Dog Shades (Just Not,2003). Tom Betteridge is a poet living in London. His pamphlets include Mudchute (Veer2, 2021) and Dressings (MATERIALS, 2019). With … Continue reading →

Caroline Kraabel : saxophone Julia Doyle : double bass Tom Ward : saxophone Douglas Benford : harmonium/objects Doors 3:30 | music 4pm | £5/8 donation at the door Caroline Kraabel Caroline Kraabel is a London-based improviser, saxophonist, artist and  composer. … Continue reading →

 An evening of cross-pollinated groups and nonet Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £8 cash Dan Powell : electronics/ amplified percussion Regan Bowering : percussion Ed Lucas : trombone Keisuke Matsui : ‘cello Paul May : percussion N.O. Moore : … Continue reading →

the sky has not fallen-yet presents… an evening of poetry & music from London-based emerging artists, to fundraise for Ukraine. Doors 6.30pm | event from 7pm | advance tickets : here

Tania Favela is a poet and essayist. Her recent books include El lugar es el poema: aproximaciones a la poesía de José Watanabe (APJ, 2018), the book of poems La marcha hacia ninguna parte (Komorebi, 2018), Remar a contracorriente. Cinco poéticas: Hugo Gola, … Continue reading →

Afternoon session and CD launch by : Dominic Lash : double bass John Butcher : saxophones Emil Karlsen : drums Doors 3:30 | music 4pm | £8 cash full details coming . . .

Debut live performance from Strange Devicers (Andrew Rowe and Matt Atkins) to celebrate the release of their first album on Steep Gloss. Wigan’s Diurnal Burdens (Ross, who runs the Steep Gloss label) will also be playing a duo with Matt. … Continue reading →

The Computer Music Research Society (CMRS), presents the third showcase in our experimental series. The CMRS is a research driven society, exploring the remits and possibilities of technologies, academic interests, and (un)popular cultures of electronic music. Featured artists verzekering, brickwork … Continue reading →

Private view  Thursday 13th July 6.30 to 9.30 Finissage Saturday 5th August 7pm to 9pm Despite the breathtaking scope of his artistic activities, painting and drawing have been continuously present in Matthew Randle’s work. Over the past few years, Matthew’s … Continue reading →

Mouth on this occasion will be: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Lu Edmonds : cumbus Mekons, Public Image Limited, Kirsty MacColl, 3 Mustaphas 3, The Damned Recent Recording: Horspiel by Blabbermouth … Continue reading →

Set 1- NiNo (Maggie Nichols (voice, taps) and Steve Noble (percussion)) Set 2 – duo Daniel Thompson (guitar) and Steve Noble (percussion) Doors 3.30 | music 4pm | £8 cash Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser … Continue reading →

Peter Urpeth : performance poet Evan Parker : saxophone Doors 7.30 | performance 8pm | £10 cash For Peter Brötzmann – With the death of Peter Brötzmann, the music lost one of its great pioneers and performers. This gig will … Continue reading →

Maggie Nicols : voice, taps Mark Wastell : percussion Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash “Their music unfolds with ritualistic care, courting metaphysical energies through physical gestures. Ranging from pointillism to drone (and various permutations in between), it walks a … Continue reading →

A dozen brilliant new performances celebrating poets, artists, writers and musicians, exploring experimentation and playfulness in live poetry in one of East London most brilliant venues. With performances by James Knight, Sophia Mold, Jacqueline Ennis Cole, Michael O’Mahony, Stephen Emmerson, … Continue reading →

An experimental improv night with Angela Wai Nok Hui “I have always been fascinated with sounds that are – not meant to be.  Glitches, feedbacks, peaking drones, the distortion from a phone recording, the lofi quality of a cassette tape…  … Continue reading →

Mark Wastell : Cello-Intern // solo cello residency continues, on the first Saturday of every month. July is part eighteen. No pressure. This is not a gig. To play regardless of whatever else is going on in the space. Develop … Continue reading →

Pat Moonchy : voice, synthesizer Lucio Liguori : guitar, gongs Paul Jolly : bass clarinet, saxophones Roger Turner : percussion Neil Metcalfe : flute Doors 7:30 | Music 8pm | £8 cash Pat Moonchy: vocalist/musician/producer/dj and ancient Latin singer songwriter … Continue reading →

Icons of the Information Age : Jamie Stantonian Private view Thursday 29th June 6.30-9.30pm In the past year, Generative AI has provoked both excitement and existential dread in the creative world. Right now it’s unclear whether it threatens to extinguish … Continue reading →

ASTRAL SEWAGE RECORDS present the opportunity to hear and also purchase Egg&Crisp‘s latest work SUCKLE TIME as their debut release. Ten deluxe numbered editions of SUCKLE TIME with original artwork by Chris Hill and Ed Shipsey will be available on … Continue reading →

Live quartet improvisation: Jamie Coleman – trumpet Florence Uniacke – vocals/misc Daniel Thompson – guitar Douglas Benford – harmonium/objects doors 7.30 | music 8pm |  £5/8 cash Jamie Coleman Jamie Coleman is an accomplished trumpet player and has played with … Continue reading →

Faye Patton Music and Ian Newton-Grant present: ‘The Art of Nu Jazz’ Faye Patton : guitar, voice Ian Newton-Grant : percussion An intimate night of funky contemporary red hot basement nu jazz from singer-songwriter/guitarist Faye Patton and long-time percussionist Ian Newton Grant – with … Continue reading →

A celebration and show by the artist Mervyn Diese to mark his 60th Birthday . . . a collecton of his works since his illness in 2011 alongside recent works, as well as a chance to see him perform his … Continue reading →

Trio music : Steve Noble (drums, percussion) Alan Wilkinson (clarinets) Otto Willberg (double bass) Doors 3:30pm | music 4pm | entry £8 (cash only on the door) Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive … Continue reading →

Celebrating twenty years of Mark Wastell’s metamorphic large group The Seen. Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash First half of the evening will be a screening of David Reid’s film of The Seen in concert at Teaterhuset Avant … Continue reading →

The relentless advance of the Tread Into Mulch New Weird Music series continues with Ivy Nostrum, Spencer, Shit Creek & the bonkers sound of Oishi Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £8 cash door Ivy Nostrum is Paul Margree (We … Continue reading →

Doors 6pm | music 7pm | £8 cash Mouth on this occasion will be some or all of the following: Lu Edmonds : cumbus Mekons, Public Image Limited, Kirsty MacColl, 3 Mustaphas 3, The Damned Recent Recording: Horspiel by Blabbermouth Mark Roberts : percussion The … Continue reading →

Following on from the third April session of Phil Morton‘s 50:50 chess clock methodology at Hundred Years Gallery, a fourth event will take place in June hosted and facilitated by Phil Morton and Babble&Squeak. For those unfamiliar with the 50:50 … Continue reading →

Dominic Coles Dominic Coles is a composer & improviser based in Queens, NYC. His work investigates the interactions of place, personhood, and power as they are articulated in sound, attempting to complicate and intervene in these categories through specific acts … Continue reading →

Mark Wastell : Cello-Intern // solo cello residency continues, usually the first Saturday of every month. No pressure. This is not a gig. To play regardless of whatever else is going on in the space. Develop a new method. Sounds. … Continue reading →

Klaus Bru – C-melody saxophone, electronics Phelan Burgoyne – drums The Greater Part of the Whole album release concert Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £12 /£7 cash Describing music with words, isn’t that like imprisoning clouds? Take two things, … Continue reading →

Private view 8th of June 2023 from 6.30 to 9.30 Ground floor gallery. Presenting a series of prints  featuring drawing, photography and text about our relationship to nature: how humans try to make nature bend to their will, either by … Continue reading →

Curated by Bianco Li : voice, multi-instruments performed with Zhuyang Liu : Guzheng（strings), synth Corey Lyu : voice, percussions, movement Doors 7.30 | performance 8pm | £8 cash on the door Advance tickets from eventbrite Story of Lao San Yang … Continue reading →

“A shadow performance steeped in ancient Egyptian mythology, accompanied by mystical sounds, poetry and song. The first half of the programme is a play about the cycle of rising and setting of the sun, enacting the relationship between Ra the … Continue reading →

TREAD INTO MULCH continues with IVY NOSTRUM / Liminal Haze / Jonathan Deasy / Ecka Mordecai & Rory Salter Doors 19:30 | music 20:00 | £8 cash IVY NOSTRUM is Paul Margree (We Need No Swords), producing uneasy states of … Continue reading →

Rita Says and The Jerico Orchestra present a screening of their new film piece Deportment Positions 1-5 (2023). As documentation of a site specific performance at Hundred Years Gallery, the film will run continuously on a loop in the basement … Continue reading →

General midi is an experiment in computer network composition, a group of laptop musicians is going to process midi informations from a keyboard player and re sequence them only using sound fonts from the midi protocol General midi is : … Continue reading →

Regan Bowering : percussion N.O. Moore : guitarism Jamie Coleman : trumpet Daniel Kordik : synthesizer Ed Lucas : trombone Regan Bowering is a percussionist, improviser and sound artist based in London. Her solo improvisations explore various combinations of objects … Continue reading →

‘For this 40th birthday musical extravaganza, I’ve invited some spectacular London improvisers, plus a few special international guests to join me in a FULL DAY! of informal improvised music sets in various combinations. There will also be some secret surprise … Continue reading →

Steve Noble (percussion) John Edwards (double bass) Yoni Silver (bass clarinet) Doors 3:30 | music 4pm | entry £8 Steve Noble is London’s leading drummer, a fearless and constantly inventive improviser whose super-precise, ultra-propulsive and hyper-detailed playing has galvanized encounters with Derek … Continue reading →

Live quartet improvisation: Sylvia Hallett – violin/saw/bicycle wheel Ecka Mordecai – cello Roland Ramanan – trumpet Douglas Benford – harmonium/objects Doors 7:30 | music 8pm | £5/8 donation at the door Sylvia Hallett Sylvia Hallett is a composer and improviser, … Continue reading →

Private view including live performances by Rude Mechanicals and Grassy Noel & APE :  Thursday 18th of May 6.30 to 9.30 Ground floor gallery. “Performance” is an exhibition documenting two of my favourite live outfits, Grassy Noel & APE with … Continue reading →

A Menagerie : 3 overlapping groups of strange Fauna, Flora, Fictions, and Fiddles : Neil Luck, Chihiro Ono, Benedict Taylor & Matt Rogers : open scores, improvisation, acoustic instruments with electronics. Doors 7pm | music 8pm | £8 cash / … Continue reading →

Visceral is the third audiovisual solo exhibition by Richard Bolhuis in Hundred Years Gallery. Richard’s interdisciplinary installations, in which various disciplines converge, are constantly in motion. Mystery and intuition are the primary elements in his practice. Many of his immersive … Continue reading →

Doors 6pm | music 7pm | £8 cash Mouth on this occasion will be some or all of the following: Mike Walter : saxophone & synthesiser Grassy Noel & Ape, Mouth, One & Fun-King Poets, Extreme Quartet, Lol Coxhill Lu Edmonds : cumbus … Continue reading →

Trilce, published in Lima in 1922 is one of the most powerful books of poetry in the Spanish language. This new translation, published by Veer Books and Crater Press, comes out of the need to make available in English Vallejo’s … Continue reading →

Mark Wastell : Cello-Intern // solo cello residency continues on the first Saturday of every month. No pressure. This is not a gig. To play regardless of whatever else is going on in the space. Develop a new method. Sounds. … Continue reading →

Phil Durrant – electric mandolin & electronics Levente Dudas – electronics Kate Carr – objects, and field recordings Matt Atkins – objects, percussion, cassette recorders An evening of electro acoustic improvised music featuring various combinations Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | … Continue reading →

Decoded and Deciphered is an exhibition that brings together a complex and thoughtful collection of multi-disciplinary works. The collection aims to explore the codes and cyphers embedded within our modern way of living through painting, sculpture and video work presented … Continue reading →

Three Danish poets visit London to present collaborations with British based poets, made for the night. From performance to concrete poetry, and through the work of Martin Glaz Serup, Kamilla Jørgensen and Sara Hamming. these new live works will celebrate … Continue reading →

Afternoon session of three sets :  duo / trio / duo Doors 3pm | music 4pm | entry £8 cash Hyelim Kim – taegum / Blanca Regina – voice, objects, electronics Yves Charuest – saxophone / Olie Brice – double … Continue reading →

Gerard Cousins plays ‘Music for Artists’ by Philip Glass and more. This innovative guitarist known for his ingenious arrangements, performs the music of Philip Glass, Ólafur Arnalds and his own compositions. Doors 7:30 | music 8pm | entry £TBC Advance … Continue reading →