Kōenji Music presents: Miki Berenyi Trio
with support from Ayu Okakita

£15 Adv
7.30pm doors

Miki Berenyi should need no introduction. The front person of Lush she, and her band evolved from late 80's shoegaze style to mid 90's Britpop influenced guitar pop culminating in the hit album Lovelife and its hit singles Ladykillers, Single Girl and 500 (shake baby shake). She became possibly the music press's favourite cover girl. More recently she has released albums with the band Piroshka and now her own trio formed of husband Kevin 'Moose'; Mckillop (himself formerly of the crazily great but short lived band Moose) along with Oliver Cherer currently also playing in the band Aircooled. Miki has also wrote a book of her life in the Lush-'Fingers Crossed, How Music Saved Me from Success' which made it on to several Book of The Year lists including the Sunday Times, Rolling Stone and Rough Trade.

Ayu Okakita is a solo performer from Osaka, Japan. Her first album 'Cyan Dreams of Miss Ashleen' was released in 2008 after which she relocated to the UK and became the voice of the trip- hop/dubstep band Nedry. Despite 2 critically acclaimed albums the bands last release was 2012's 'In a Dim Light' before Ayu returned to Japan. It was a long wait for her second album, 'Sayonara Dance'; released in 2019. Her sound would have been familiar to Nedry fans but Ayu was developing as a great multi instrumentalist whose sound would evolve into her masterpiece album, Grow Grow initially self released in Japan but has in 2026 been re released on 12” vinyl by Koenji Music in the UK. Ayu's next work may be previewed on these dates and the Piano has become a major love for her so we could expect a very refreshing new sound- whatever she comes as, it will be heartfelt and personal. These UK dates will follow a festival performance in Martigues, France supporting Leonie Pernet.

Please note the basement is not wheelchair accessible and is accessed by a narrow enclosed staircase. For more accessibility info, please email [email protected]