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 Factory) and in Berlin for (Puschen/Shameless Limitless at SO36) and as a member of VANISHING opening for Cabaret Voltaire on their UK 50th anniversary celebration tour at XOYO Birmingham.

https://krldslv.bandcamp.com

ANYX is the solo project of Berlin-based composer and performance artist Anna Lucia Nissen. Originally trained as a sculptor, she approaches songwriting with an attention to form, space and resonance. Rooted in poetry and melodic songwriting, her music moves between tenderness and raw intensity, with her deep, androgynous voice at its centre, surrounded by organ drones, layered harmonies and ambient textures. In live performance, ANYX treats her body as an instrument, moving between fragile intimacy and almost feral expression. Her site-responsive performances blur the boundaries between concert and performance art.

Her debut solo album Starlink was released via La Rubia Producciones in August 2026 with support from Initiative Musik, receiving coverage in The Quietus, The Line of Best Fit and Louder Than War. ANYX has performed with Kristof Hahn (Swans) and supported artists including These New Puritans and Circuit des Yeux. Other notable performances include Volksbühne, KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Kantine am Berghain.

https://anyx.bandcamp.com/

MICROCORPS is a project of multidisciplinary artist Alexander Tucker. Formally trained as a painter at the Slade School of Fine Art, Tucker went on to produce a series of critically acclaimed solo albums for renowned Chicago based record label Thrill Jockey and All Tomorrow's Parties before recording as MICROCORPS for Alter Records, The Tapeworm and Downwards. His most recent album, ‘Clear Vortex Chamber’, features collaborations with Regis (Sandwell District, British Murder Boys, Eros), Justin K Broadrick (Godflesh, Jesu, J K Flesh), Phew, Elvin Brandhi, Karl D’Silva and JJOWDY. On the new album Tucker continues to develop work around modular systems, cello, bass guitar and voice, creating tracks of heavy electronics, that meld machine rhythms with acoustic samples.‘Clear Vortex Chamber’ combines techno, contemporary composition, drone and vocal manipulations to create a dense and often psychedelic world.

https://microcorps.bandcamp.com/album/clear-vortex-chamber-2

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