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Now well-established in its Dalston home after an enforced shift around four years ago from Stoke Newington, the Vortex has developed a strong profile on London's improv jazz scene and is now well known for its consistently exciting programming. Mopomoso is the free improv club night to catch here. A monthly, it was founded in 1991 by guitarist John Russell and pianist, trumpeter and composer Chris Burn. Its aim was to 'promote improvised music and, where applicable, its relationship to other forms of contemporary music-making, with practitioners coming from backgrounds in jazz, rock, folk, classical, electronic, world and computer-generated music'. Expect instrumentation to range from the traditional to the newly invented, and there are occasional collaborations with artists working in poetry/spoken-word, dance, film and performance art, too.
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The review didn't mention the awesome Gypsy/Eastern European night that has been running monthly siince 2006.
I had my bag stolen from here on Friday night. The staff were extremely unhelpful and unfriendly. Such a shame as the venue and music were great.
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