Otomo Yoshihide, John Butcher, John Edwards, Mark Sanders, Mats Gustafsson, Daichi Yoshikawa, Rie Nakajima, Guillaume Viltard

Otomo Yoshihide is one of the most important musicians of the Japanese underground/avant-garde. He moves between free jazz, noise, improvisation, composition and the unclassifiable with a generosity that opens up the possibilities for expression in all of the constellations with which he's involved.

The Friday night will see him in a quartet with John Butcher, John Edwards and Mark Sanders plus a quintet set where they'll be joined by saxophonist Mats Gustafsson. The second night will be a quartet with Daichi Yoshikawa, Guillaume Viltard and Rie Nakajima where they will all be positioned around the space. That evening will also open with a reprise performance of Otomo's magnificent solo for piano which he's only done on a handful of occasions.

These two concerts will also act as a launch for two new Otomo Yoshihide LPs - both recorded during Otomo's first residency here in 2009 - the first is a recording of his 'solo piano' and the second is a quintet/sextet LP that features the late Tony Marsh, Sachiko M, Evan Parker and John Edwards plus John Butcher.