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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

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

Exterior of Cafe Oto, which has tables outside at which a woman is sitting smoking a cigarette
Cafe Oto in Dalston, east London, has been specialising in adventurous music since 2008. Photograph: Marc Zakian/Alamy

The co-owner of a cafe in east London that doubles up as a venue for creative new music in the evenings said he was stunned that an Oscar winner mentioned it during his acceptance speech.

Hamish Dunbar, of Cafe Oto in Dalston, woke up on Monday to find the 150-capacity venue had received the shoutout at the Oscars from Daniel Blumberg, the composer of The Brutalist score.

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