Not Applicable

Maurizio Ravalico (percussion) & Isambard Khroustaliov (electronics) are marking twenty years since the beginning of their collaboration with XX a limited edition double CD containing their 2006 and 2011 formative duo releases in faithful replicas of their original packaging.

Maurizio Ravalico and Isambard Khroustaliov started their collaboration in May 2006, with a three-day recording session documented on their first album Five Loose Plans. A second live album The Resurfacing of an Atavistic Trait followed in 2011 before the duo teamed up with Rudi Fischerlehner to form the pan-European trio Fiium Shaarrk, alongside other projects and solo releases. During the intervening years, Maurizio and Isambard have continued to work together and a new duo project is planned for 2027.

We hope you can join us for some celebratory concerts in London and Berlin:

25.11.2026 – 7:30 PM – Tickets: £14 / Entry + album: £20
Total Refreshment Centre, London.
MAURIZIO RAVALICO / ISAMBARD KHROUSTALIOV
+ ALEX BONNEY
+ TAMAR OSBORN (DJ)

This night will feature a DJ set throughout from Tamar Osborn, whose band Collocuter Maurizio has played in since its inception.

The concert will also be preceded by a solo set from Alex Bonney, a stalwart of the Not Applicable roster and long time collaborator with Isambard Khroustaliov in their groups Leverton Fox, Scarla O’Horror and Ancient Psychic Triple Hyper Octopus.

28 & 29.11.2026
Liebig12, Berlin.
NOT APPLICABLE FILMS

A two day installation of the numerous audio/visual collaborations that span the breadth of the Not Applicable artists

28.11.2026 – 8:00 PM – Tickets: €5
Liebig12, Berlin.
ISAMBARD KHROUSTALIOV
+ BRITT HATZIUS (Video)

A rare chance to see Isambard Khroustaliov solo with live video projections from long time collaborator Britt Hatzius.

29.11.2026 – 4:00 PM – Tickets: €15
Galiläakirche – Berlin
MAURIZIO RAVALICO / ISAMBARD KHROUSTALIOV
+ RUDI FISCHERLEHNER

The concert will be opened by Rudi Fischerlehner on solo drum kit. Rudi Fischerlehner is a long time collaborator with both Ravalico and Khroustaliov, with whom he co-founded the trio Fiium Shaarrk in 2013. Fischerlehner has released two solo albums with Not Applicable, plus a number of collaborations with other artists from the label.

PLEASE NOTE: This is an afternoon concert, and it will be held in the smaller – well heated – room.

With its roots in Tom’s Augmented Nature recordings, Tom and Sam’s experimental work on Vaucanson’s Muse and Hangkerum, and their joint work with Britt from the early days of London’s Not Applicable collective and Scooterworks sessions, Verbania marks a new chapter of subtlety, intimacy, sensuality and connection – drawing on experiences in deep listening, (acoustic) ecology, meditation, as well as various ambient, immersive and improvised artforms.

Neither reducible to any one of these areas, or adequately described by any combination of them, the trio toyed with descriptions such as rewilding the imagination or even the ears… exchanging ideas of varying complexity and pretense, and debating the problematic loadedness of each of these terms, before finally settling on the title Verbania – simply put, the name of this unique area of northern Italy, where the lush wild green of the Val Grande national park encounters the faux-exotic, colonial projections of the cultivated gardens of some of Italy’s most privileged historical families.

The cover art here offers a small glimpse into the beautiful work of Britt Hatzius, which, in its immersive entirety, we felt was not possible to document in film.  But nonetheless this music is infused with Britt’s spirit as much as with Tom and Sam’s – the intertwined interaction of film montages and field recordings in the live setting, becoming wound into dialogue by the sensitive and reduced improvisations of Tom’s trumpet, and resulting in the four live and almost unedited performances that can be heard here.

In the end, the trio hope very much that these tracks will serve to gently explore all of these complexities and contradictions, whilst at the same time, hoping very much that, in the moment of listening, none of this will matter at all.

We are indebted to Antonella Cirigliano of Cross Festival for commissioning this project, and also to Mona Spägele of Poesia Vocale and Manuel Bärtsch of Musiksommer am Zürichsee for their support of earlier versions of this project.

Available for pre-order on vinyl and digital now.

Landscapes is the third album by the free improvising electroacoustic trio of Lothar Ohlmeier (bass clarinet), Rudi Fischerlehner (drums and percussion) and Isambard Khroustaliov (electronics).

★★★★★ “A fine example of well-handled volatility”
— @bbcmusicmag

“An improvising trio who conjure meticulous anarchy… offering the pure thrill of charting newly forged sounds from the outer limits.”
— @jazzwise

“Filled with a subtle science-fiction sheen and a percussion table of odd delights… On this evidence, a fourth instalment would be welcome.”
— @ukvibe

“Brain-wibbling, sometimes psychedelic… a set of oddball instrumentals that are unique and fascinating.”
— @theartsdesk

“This is serious work, but there is a lot of fun too. Some of the sounds here are properly joyful… I’m not sure anyone else could do what they do.”
— @moonbuilding

Available on vinyl and digital now.

For the first time, Ted Milton has united two of his most celebrated shows into a single, two-act touring performance.

The first act takes audiences on a journey through the dark humour and nonsensical logic of pioneering Russian literary absurdist Daniil Kharms.

The second act dives headfirst into Milton’s own prose and verse, delivering a dose of savage irony and bittersweet satire that shines a light on today’s rollercoaster of delusionality.

Combining tape music and the percussive might of David Aylward (Blurt’s esteemed drummer) in the first act and the propulsive electronics of Sam Britton (AKA Isambard Khroustaliov) in the second, Milton and his cohorts fuse avant-garde sound assemblages, improvisation, experimental electro-acoustic textures, politically charged poetry, free-jazz saxophone and propulsive rhythms to spectacular effect.

In Kharms Way and The Odes have previously toured extensively in Europe as individual performances and have featured, amongst numerous other festival appearances, as part of Patti Smith’s ‘Soirées Nomades’ at the Fondation Cartier, Paris and Thurston Moore’s ‘City Poems & City Music’ at the Whitechapel Gallery, London.

“outrageous, profane performances … Milton’s anti-authoritarian streak remains as strong as ever” – The Guardian

“high art with punk poetic intervention … linguistic détournement, backed by tense electronics” – The Quietus

“encapsulates the current messy, fucked-up state of society and politics, and offers up a performance of equals working out on the peripherals of the music world.” – Monolith Cocktail

Recordings

Bookings

Ted Milton Presents: In Kharms Way & The Odes – Double Bill, Now Booking from March 2027,
Contact: milletones@gmail.com

Leverton Fox return with a new album; ‘Eternal Gongbath of the Sunbed Mind’ and album launch at New River Studios, London.

Leverton Fox
+ guest appearance from James Allsopp
+ support from Taku (Agathe Max, Julia Nutter, Nathan Fustec, Thomas Broda).

Thursday 11th June 2026
New River Studios, London

£5 advance / £7 on the door

https://wegottickets.com/f/20601

Comprising of Alex Bonney (electronics, trumpet), Tim Giles (electronics, drums) and Isambard Khroustaliov (electronics), Leverton Fox are singular as a group, in that they stress the value of playing and improvising using electronics collectively. The importance of this dynamic, has, over the last 15 years, cemented their reputation for producing both genre defying records and mind bending live performances.

‘Eternal Gong Bath of the Sunbed Mind’ is no exception; there are triple albums with less going on in them relative to these supernovae of creations – from which whole galaxies are hinted at …