Name: Robyn's Rocket
Start: 2025-04-18T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-04-18T23:00:00+01:00
Location: Cafe OTO

Vinyl launch gig: Robyn Rocket and People you May of Heard of
About this Event

This month we have a special Robyn’s Rocket to celebrate the launch of Robyn's new vinyl, Robyn Rocket and People you May of Heard of.

The record features 20+ musicians from the three communities Robyn is part of, with some names you may have heard of – like Charles Hayward, John Edwards, Alabaster DePlume, Danalogue and Dean Rodney Jnr. And some new names too.

This month's Rocket will be a little different. There will be three live acts:

Brainwaves, featuring Clive Bell

Brainwaves is a project run by Dave Ross. Robyn met Dave through Musical Keys, a Norwich based charity which helped Robyn learn to speak through music. Dave has created technology that allows people who have very little movement in their body to control music via their brainwaves. This performance will feature a disabled artist as well as Clive Bell.

Iko Chérie

Experimental pop, dub textures and analog noises.

Elaine Mitchener and Robyn Rocket

After a successful Late Junction live session, Elaine and Robyn will create cosmic sound worlds.

We’ll also listen to the new record, with live visuals by Rucksack Cinema and Samir. They’re regulars at Robyn's Rocket, providing live visuals for the acts, but this is the first time they’ve been the main action on stage.

Tickets: £12 in advance, £7 for Cafe OTO members, £14 on the door

Doors are at 7:30pm and music starts at 8pm.

This gig is also streamed online.

Robyn’s Rocket offers an equal platform for artists with and without Learning Disabilities, and Autistic and non-Autistic artists.

It aims to be Inclusive Conscious. That means looking at who is not in the space, thinking of ways to invite them in, and then asking for feedback and acting on it to make things better.

You'll be greeted with a Rocket communication badge ( Up = I’m happy to talk to anyone; Sideways = I only want to talk to people I know, and down = I don't want to talk to anyone).

There are timetables, and no music in the breaks so you can hear yourself chat.