Over the years, Taiwanese-born, Montréal-hailing Alex Zhang Hungtai (formerly Dirty Beaches) 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 stage, Hungtai deepens his research into complex psychoacoustics, turning the audiences into students of sound. Listen to his captivating performance at Le Guess Who? 2024, following the release of his latest album Young God's Run Free:
Le Guess Who? Recordings
The publication of this recording is part of Le Guess Who?’s ongoing expansion of the festival’s recordings archive, with 100+ recordings from past editions now freely available online.
This archive contains audio and/or video recordings of performances by Ex-Easter Island Head, ASA-CHANG & Junray, Meshell Ndegeocello, Kamilya Jubran, Alan Sparhawk, Stereolab, Tom Skinner, Selda Bağcan, clipping., Aldous Harding, Deerhunter, Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Microphones, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Lightning Bolt, Neneh Cherry, Arooj Aftab, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, and many more.
Captured at Pieterskerk Utrecht on Saturday, 9 November 2024.
Audio recording by Lucas Broer; mix by Marc Broer
Photography by Jelmer de Haas
