Montreal-based artist Myriam Gendron performs live at Le Guess Who? 2024 following the release of her new album 'Mayday'.

About
Before the release of her first record a decade ago, Quebecois musician Myriam Gendron was busking in Paris, singing Leonard Cohen songs. In a striking full-circle moment, the artist's newest release, 'Mayday', sees her inching closer than ever to the icon's delicate balance of light and darkness. Singing in English and in French, Gendron reminds the listener that even the most pitch-black night is but a transactional state - this too shall pass.

Captured at Pieterskerk Utrecht on Saturday, 9 November 2024.

Audio recording by Lucas Broer; mix by Marc Broer
Photography by Lisanne Lentink

Myriam Gendron - Live at Le Guess Who? 2024

Myriam Gendron - Look Down That Lonesome Road

Myriam Gendron - Par un dimanche au soir

Myriam Gendron - Au cœur de ma délire

Myriam Gendron - Go Away From My Window

Myriam Gendron - Threnody

Myriam Gendron - There Is No East Or West

Brian Jackson performs live during the closing night of Le Guess Who? 2024. 

About
As one-half of power duo Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson, Brian's fingerprints are still all over music today - from Common to Kendrick Lamar to Tupac and more. Almost 50 years later, the American keyboardist, flutist, singer, composer, and producer is still creating alongside contemporary names like Adrian Younge (Black Dynamite) and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Tribe Called Quest), Gregory Porter, and many more. He looks to the present and the past for ways to embody the griot - the African troubadour of truth. "This music isn't really mine," Brian asserts. "I learned it from those who came before me. It's my job to pass on what I've learned. That's the Tradition."

Captured at TivoliVredenburg's Grote Zaal on Sunday, 10 November 2024.

Audio recording by Vera Kraaijkamp; mix by Marc Broer
Photography by Maarten Mooijman

Brian Jackson - The Bottle

Brian Jackson - Guerilla

Brian Jackson - Winter in America

Brian Jackson - Home Is Where the Hatred Is

Brian Jackson - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

The Body & Dis Fig perform live on the opening night of Le Guess Who? 2024.

About
A crossover between American duo The Body, who have been tinkering with noise and metal since 1999, and Berlin-based DJ, producer, and vocalist Felicia Chen (AKA Dis Fig) was bound to make the earth shake. Sure enough, ‘Orchards of a Futile Heaven’, the collaboration’s first outing, sent seismic ripples reverberating throughout the heavy music scene. The Body’s previous flirtations with techno, minimal wave, and industrial meet full steam ahead Dis Fig’s seasoned club expertise in a collaborative project that is also, lest we forget, profoundly emotional.

Captured at TivoliVredenburg's Ronda on Thursday, 7 November 2024.

Audio recording by Philip ten Brink; mix by Marc Broer 
Photography by Anne-Marie van Rijn

The Body & Dis Fig - Live at Le Guess Who? 2024

Of titled 'Asian guitar army' CHELA, made up of long-time friends/collaborators Ajay Saggar and Kohhei Matsuda, perform live at Le Guess Who? 2024, curated by Bo Ningen. 

Borrowing its name from the Hindi word for 'disciple' and the Japanese word for 'claw' - a nod to the two artists' respective cultural backgrounds, CHELA weave hypnotic melodies with drone-folk-like structures and crisp electronic takes. In live setting, the six otherworldly instrumental tracks soar further, as their guitars, synths, and pedals fill the airwaves with fantasy.

Captured at TivoliVredenburg's Pandora on Sunday, 10 November 2024.

Audio recording by Lucas Broer; mix by Marc Broer
Photography by Noah Schielen

CHELA - Live at Le Guess Who? 2024

London-based Mexican violinist, composer, and improviser Gibrana Cervantes performs live at Le Guess Who? 2024, curated by Mabe Fratti. 

Thanks to her metal background, Gibrana Cervantes is unafraid to use noise as a compositional tool, creating immersive sound tapestries that bewitch the listener. 

Setlist: 
Blur of Memories (Unreleased)
Verdad vs. Error (Unreleased)
Moving Through Our Waters
Fuera de Nada (Extended version) 

Captured at Pieterskerk Utrecht on Saturday, 9 November 2024.

Audio recording by Lucas Broer; mix by Marc Broer
Photography by Melanie Marsman

Gibrana Cervantes - Live at Le Guess Who? 2024

A Celebration of Sound in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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