6th October    
SALFORD – Islington Mill (UK)  
                                                     w/ Miles Cooper Seaton and Black Spring                                               

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7th October    
MARGATE – Arts Club (UK)  
w/ Ghostculture

13th October     
LONDON – The Waiting Room (UK)  

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14th October  
COVENTRY – The Tin (UK)    

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16th October 
GLASGOW – The Flying Duck (UK)  

30th October 
PORTUGAL - Semibreve Festival (PT) 

10th -13 November 
UTRECHT - Le Guess Who (NL) 

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ABOUT

Upstepping – the new mini-album by the cellist, composer and producer Oliver Coates – is, like its creator, defined by its contrasts. On first listen, Coates’ description of it as “pumped-up body music” feels perfectly apt – it’s a bedroom recording fuelled by caffeine, nervous energy and early Orbital and Photek – but deconstructed, destabilising and even sinister elements soon emerge. Coates himself, a globally lauded soloist, juggles appearances in Europe’s grandest concert halls with long-running, wide-ranging collaborations with like-minded artists, from the experimental composers Jonny Greenwood and Mica Levi to the electronic musician and producer Actress.  

PRESS

"a compendium of sonic love letters" – Wire  
"Upstepping makes a strong and lasting impact" – 4/5 Music OMH
"an extraordinary cellist" – Max Reinhardt, Late Night Junction BBC3  
"Oliver Coates has just dropped one of the best albums of the year" – Fact
"One of my favourite radical cello players" – Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC6 Music  
"Coates has made a fascinating and genuinely exciting record that is removed from everything else going on around it" –8/10 Clash  
"Upstepping’ blends stark electronica and experimental classicism into a magnificent album, which sees Coates skirt the edge of perfection" –9/10 Loud & Quiet