life is beautiful started in 2022 as a radio show (on loose fm) by aloisius (the life is beautiful show).

 

in early 2023 aloisius decided that he would eventually make life is beautiful a gesamtkunstwerk, encompassing an independent record label, collective and series of shows/ experiences in which he could fully realise the ideas he wanted to explore without any constraint or limitation. life is beautiful is a home  for freedom in the exploration of ideas, no matter how simple or abstract.

 

aloisius invited 6 of his closest collaborators/ spiritual warriors to embark on this journey with him. these 6 founding spiritual warriors were/ are: the narrator, nwakke, jaso, abi asisa, bianca scout and isaiahull.

 

when formulating the ideas for life is beautiful, aloisius knew that he definitely wanted his close friend (and deep spiritual warrior) amber joy {the narrator} to be involved as more than just as an artist but also in the ideation and artistic direction of the label, as he had long admired her eye for design and art. so he asked, and she accepted, (she designed this website that you are on right now, shout out to her).

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aloisius met samara langham in june 2023 through a mutual friend (nwakke), and ended up seeing samara again in close succession when she danced for a performance at cafe oto with nwakke, aloisius & jaso, and then again for an improvised performance at a gallery in soho with abi asisa. aloisius was deeply impacted by these performances and by the way samara moved.  an artistic relationship between aloisius and samara blossomed. samara then performed at the life is beautiful show #01 in July 2023, to a score made by aloisius. this performance further developed the artistic connection between aloisius and samara and aloisius was certain she was a spiritual warrior. after discussing with other members of life is beautiful, aloisius invited samara langham to officially join the collective arm of life is beautiful, and to continue to play a role in the direction that life is beautiful was/ is to take. samara continued to be a core member of the life is beautiful collective, performing with the group until 2025.​

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after the  first show at ormside, life is beautiful as the gesamtkunstwerk that it is today started to take it's shape, life is beautiful continues to host regular shows at venues such as ormside projects, spanners, the horse hospital, the windmill & cafe oto (check our shows page to keep updated with show announcements).

 

life is beautiful shows have featured artists such as: DJ Spanish Fly (UK debut), Tommy Wright III (also for his UK debut, one year after the Spanish Fly debut), Jadasea, John Glacier, Slauson Malone 1, Voice Actor, Astrid Sonne, James Massiah, Lord Tusk, Kenichi Iwasa, YHWH Nailgun, Salimata (UK debut), Pretty V, Dav1d, zukovstheworld, fakemink (debut performance), Novelist, Klein, Lauren Duffus, Gg (of the band caroline), Asha Lorenz (of the band sorry), Nova Varnrable, May Kershaw (of Black Country, New Road) + many more.

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ormside projects, spanners & cafe oto have played (& continue to play) a very important role in the development of life is beautiful, providing space for us to grow and build, feeling comfortable, yet also pushing us forward in our practice. we have much love & appreciation for mike & all the ormside staff, mary & tobbs (& all spanners staff), fielding, mo, jackson, billy, rory (& all the rest of the oto staff) who consistently  treat us with care, love and respect and allow us complete freedom in our artistic expression. we do not underestimate the importance and value of these spaces and humans, and feel honoured & blessed to be in relation to these people and spaces.