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Oscar winner’s shoutout for London music venue Cafe Oto stuns owner

The Brutalist composer Daniel Blumberg mentioned the experimental music space in his acceptance speech

Blumberg, who won the Oscar for best original score, sang his thanks to “his friends at Cafe Oto” as he was being played off, an apt move for someone who is synonymous with a venue that has embraced improvised music for nearly two decades. Photograph: Michael Buckner/Penske Media/Getty ImagesHe first emerged as part of Cajun Dance Party, the north London indie group who broke through when still in school and were described by the Guardian as being “Belle & Sebastian with backbone”. While working in Oto Projects, Blumberg forged relationships with the likes of the pianist John Tilbury, the trumpeter Axel Dörner, the saxophonist Evan Parker and the percussionist Steve Noble.

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