Sat 20 Feb 2027Doors 19:30
Cafe Oto · London
Upset The Rhythm presents… KARL D’SILVA ANYX MICROCORPS Saturday 20 February Cafe OTO, 18-22 Ashwin St, London, E8 3DL 7.30pm | £13 KARL D’SILVA is a nebulous figure on the UK underground music scene, having worked with Rian Treanor, Coby Sey, Helm, VANISHING, GNOD, Drunk In Hell, Oren Ambarchi, Ex-Easter Island Head, Stephen Mallinder of Cabaret Voltaire and Thurston Moore among others. A former resident of Salford’s Islington Mill, he sings Alt-pop songs about love, hope, fear and darkness in the modern world, with one arm stretched backwards into the mystical past and the other lurching toward an increasingly dystopian future. His entirely self-produced and self-recorded debut album ‘Love Is A Flame In The Dark’ was released by Night School Records in October 2024 to critical acclaim and was named an album of the year in both The Wire Magazine and The Guardian end of year lists for 2024. In 2025 notable live performances included Supersonic Festival, Sounds From The Other City, Acid Horse (co- curated by John Doran of The Quietus), No Bounds Festival, two sold out shows supporting Night School label mate Molly Nilsson in London (for Eat Your Own Ears at Colour Facto...
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