When UK-based experimental collective Ex-Easter Island Head steps on stage, the electric guitar - an instrument whose possibilities sometimes seem to have been exhausted - is born anew. Mechanical preparations, extended techniques; call it what you want, but, to us, it's more like auditory magic.
Watch our concert film of the group's mesmerizing performance at Le Guess Who? 2024, following the release of their latest album 'Norther' via Rocket Recordings:
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 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 TivoliVredenburg's Pandora on Sunday, 10 November 2024.
Benjamin D. Duvall – prepared guitar, sampler, taishōgoto
Benjamin Fair – prepared bass, percussion
Jonathan Hering – prepared guitar, percussion
Andrew PM Hunt – prepared guitar, percussion, sampler
Direction: Dammes Kieft
Camera: Anaïs Saebu, Emily Duurland, Jonathan Sipkema, Nicky Pajkić, Rikash Gobardhan, Yuma Eekman, Dammes Kieft
Production: Studio Dammes, Ramon de Lima
Montage & Grade: Peter Marcus
Datahandling / AC: Dennis Bravenboer
Sound recording: Marc Broer
