1–3 May 2025
For her residency at Cafe OTO, Dali is curating 3 nights for experimentalists, avant-gardistes and dancefloor destroyers. Inviting a big crew from Bristol, where she’s based, and beyond, as many guests are international artists. Some of them are returning to OTO, many are coming for the first time, they all have crossed her path over the years and as music is made of connections, they have been creating music together. This line-up is made of great musicians and DJs widely engaged in culture; DIY promoters, part of various collectives, labels, in different countries and contexts. They've been working not only to produce their music but also to spread music from other musicians around them, in their communities thus resisting the shrinking political climate. The 3 days are a celebration of activism in music.
Dali de Saint Paul is a raw experimental vocalist, a performer, a composer, a producer and cultural actor of the Bristol experimental music scene. Her particular use of vocals through fx blurs sonic borders, questions gender stereotypes and destabilises spatial and linguistic borders; as a lyricist, she mixes poetics and politics to bring intensity to her performances. With her self-exploding project EP/64 the Ephemeral Project 64, which involved more than 40 artists over six years (2016-22), Dali refreshed conceptions of improvisation, bringing back the focus on community in music culture. A prolific collaborator, she has worked with Moor Mother, Valentina Magaletti, Mariam Rezaei and more. She’s the searing voice of post-industrial duo HARRGA and of the experimental film, light and sound performance Penumbra. As a producer she operates under the alias Content Provider. In 2024 she received an Oram Award. In 2025 she held a three-day residency at Cafe Oto, performed at the New Music Biennial with Penumbra and released “Endless Summer” as Content Provider, which was named one of the best tapes of the year by The Quietus. In 2026 she presented her first solo performance, “Melted For Love”, at Sonics Acts in Amsterdam.
