Alex Zhang Hungtai performs live at Le Guess Who? 2024 following the release of his latest album 'Young God's Run Free'. 

About
There is life after Dirty Beaches. Taiwanese-born, Montréal-hailing Alex Zhang Hungtai was born anew after retiring from the project, and, since then, has dived fully into the role of composer. Tinkering with the saxophone, synthesizers, percussion, and piano, Zhang has embraced the free form, focusing on explorations of improvised music, free jazz, and ritualistic music of liminality. On the stage, Hungtai deepens his research into complex psychoacoustics, turning the audiences into students of sound, mouths agape. 

Captured at Pieterskerk Utrecht on Saturday, 9 November 2024.

Audio recording by Lucas Broer; mix by Marc Broer
Photography by Jelmer de Haas

Alex Zhang Hungtai - Live at Le Guess Who? 2024

A little story. A moment. Immerse yourself in your own world and listen to the story you have to tell yourself. Or just be here in the moment and linger.

Ein kleine Geschichte. Ein Moment. Tauche in deine eigene Welt und hör dir deine Geschichte an die du dir zu erzählen hast. Oder sei kurz hier im Moment und verweile. 

Bubble Noise and Sounds. A free Composition. For everyone.
Blubber/Pläterli Geräusch und Klänge. Eine freie Komposition. Für Jeden.

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explanation:
All you hear are sounds made with the mouth - a piece consisting of vocal sounds and fragments.

erklärung:
Alles was du hörst sind ausschließlich Geräusche die mit dem Mund erzeugt sind - also ein Stück bestehend aus Vocal Sounds und Fragmente.

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Asher Gamedze with Another Time Ensemble perform live at Le Guess Who? 2024 as part of Chromesthesia, curated by Hannah Elsisi.

About
In 2020, Cape Town, South Africa-based drummer Asher Gamedze found himself in Cairo assembling a quintet made up of some of the capital’s finest improvisers; Maurice Louca, Alan Bishop, Cherif El-Masri, and Adham Zidan. Another Time Ensemble had come to be. The group perceives music and time as manifold, and soundtrack the thought that another time is possible. Their playing is so immersive we might be in it already.

From Rio to Cairo, Miami to Kampala, Chromesthesia tracks Afro-diasporic rhythms and explores the history that undergirds Afro-descendant electronic music.

Captured at TivoliVredenburg's Pandora on Friday, 8 November 2024.

Audio recording by Vera Kraaijkamp; mix by Marc Broer
Photography by Juri Hiensch

Asher Gamedze with Another Time Ensemble - if it rains. to pursue truth

Asher Gamedze with Another Time Ensemble - out stepped zim

Frente Abierto featuring Israel Fernández & Lela Soto perform live at Le Guess Who? 2024. 

In the flamenco world, Frente Abierto is presenting new possibilities; by welcoming genres as diverse as metal and ambient into their realm, the music they play takes on a whole new form. Their sound fuses this experimental streak with some of new flamenco’s most powerful singers. This year, the Andalusian group is touring stages alongside Israel Fernández, a cantaor capable of bridging the gap between present and past, and Lela Soto, one of the most promising young voices to emerge from the scene in recent years. Together, they redefine tradition.

Captured at TivoliVredenburg's Ronda on Saturday, 9 November 2024.

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

Frente Abierto feat. Lela Soto - Bambera

Frente Abierto feat. Lela Soto - Alegrías

Frente Abierto feat. Lela Soto - la Caña

Frente Abierto feat. Israel Fernández & Lela Soto - Tientos

Frente Abierto feat. Israel Fernández & Lela Soto - Soleá

Maurice Louca performs 'Fera' with Ayman Asfour live at Le Guess Who? 2024 as part of Chromesthesia, curated by Hannah Elsisi.

Fera is a wild and adventurous new work that Egyptian artist Maurice Louca wrote over a four-year period. Taking its title from the Latin root for the word feral, the album has its origins in a solo set that Louca first developed for a music festival in Italy in 2019; the compositions eventually took their final shape when he recorded them in a Cairo studio in 2024 with a group of longtime collaborators and guests. Hypnotic polyrhythms play a central role on Fera, creating the pulse for a sound that’s rich in acoustic tonality and lively energy. Louca uses custom-made, microtonal guitars to explore nuanced phrasings, and his languid interplay with violin, synthesizer, and other instruments lead to moments of vivid beauty. Fera is some of the most composed and thoughtfully-crafted music Louca has ever made, but of course it’s guided by the dynamic experimentation and collaborative spark that have become central to his work. Look out for the studio album, released via Simsara Records: https://mauricelouca.bandcamp.com/album/bar-y-fera

Captured at TivoliVredenburg's Grote Zaal on Saturday, 9 November 2024.

Composed and arranged by Maurice Louca
Performed by Maurice Louca (Keyboard, electronics, microtonal guitar, lap steel guitar) and Ayman Asfour (violin)
Audio recording by Vera Kraaijkamp; mix by Marc Broer
Photography by Jelmer de Haas

Maurice Louca's Fera with Ayman Asfour - Live at Le Guess Who? 2024



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