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Carsten Nicolai, aka Raster-Noton's Alva Noto is having an exhibition in Berlin of his recent sculpture of a hallucination-inducing Dream Machine. Entitled rota, the work is a 260cm X 170cm remake of Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville's stroboscopic rotating light emitting cylinder created around 1961, becoming popular with the beatnik community for its meditative qualities. Berlin Ernst Schering Foundation, Unter den Linden 32-34, free. Click here for more information.

Included in the lineup for 2009's Standon Calling Festival (theme: 'Space', capacity: 3000) are Marshall Allen and the Sun Ra Arkestra, N.A.S.A., Femi Kuti & The Positive Force along with an appearance by Hawkwind. Standon Hertfordshire 31 July - 2 August £89/weekend camping

Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong bring their home recording collage project to the UK. London St Giles-in-the-Fields Church, 25 July 7:30PM, £11.50 adv. from wegottickets and ticketweb.

Infinite Livez presents his first solo exhibition of silk screen prints along with an after party and live performance with Dj Dysu and Gold Panda. Plus, all who join the Exhibit X mailing list will be entered in a competition to win an Infinite Livez silkscreen. London Pebbledash Gallery, 2 Leswin Place, Stoke Newington. Private view and after party 11 July 7PM-1AM. Exhibition, 12 - 31 July.

Tatsuya Yoshida, drummer and driving force behind Japanese rock group Ruins, will be visiting London to perform with Charles Hayward at the Serpentine Gallery's annual Summer pavilion and then on to Cafe Oto for a two day residency in which he'll perform solo and with UK artists (tbc). London Serpentine Gallery, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens 7 August, 8PM £5 (available from the gallery's lobby desk). London Cafe Oto, 18-22 Ashwin Street, 8-9 August, 8PM, £8/night or £14 for a two day pass.

Stateside ramshackle free rock collective bring their noise to the UK for three dates supporting the release of their new album Ballads Of The Revolution: Newcastle Star & Shadow Cinema 8 July, Manchester The Ruby Lounge (9) London Cafe Oto (10)

4th annual celebration of the Brooklyn NY project space's multi-channel hemispherical sound system with performances by Keith Fullerton Whitman, Alan Licht & Loren Connors, C. Spencer Yeh & John Wiese and Suzanne Thorpe & Zeena Parkins amongst many others. 1 - 31 July, $15. Click here for full info.

Chicago post rock outfit sets up in London for one night with special guests (tbc). London The Garage 20-22 Highbury Corner, 25 August, £13, doors 7PM. Click here for more details.