"This is flamenco punk", said Niño de Elche towards the end of his performance at Le Guess Who?. It's a fitting statement: the Spanish musician, who is also called a 'singer, poet and omnipresent master of ensorcelling souls' has been challenging conservative and picturesque perceptions of flamenco for over two decades.
You can relive his performance with our concert film, recorded at Utrecht's Jacobikerk during Le Guess Who? 2023.
Niño de Elche's most recent album, Flamenco. Mausoleo de Celebración, Amor y Muerte (2022), is yet another defying of the genre's canon, featuring fellow boundary-breaking musician Rosalía. As cerebral as it is sentimental, Niño de Elche’s musical proposal is unafraid to test boundaries, both on record and on the stage. Below, you can also listen to his full performance at the festival.
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 Stereolab, Tom Skinner, Selda Bağcan, clipping., Aldous Harding, Deerhunter, Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Microphones, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Lightning Bolt, Neneh Cherry, Arooj Aftab, and Beverly Glenn-Copeland, as well as special collaborations and one-time performances such as Saul Williams & King Britt present Unanimous Goldmine, Indian ensemble the Rajasthan Express together with Shye Ben Tzur and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, and AEAEA, the live premiere of a collaboration between Nicolas Jaar and Patrick Higgins.
Captured at Jacobikerk Utrecht on Friday, 10 November during Le Guess Who? 2023.
Niño de Elche - voice & guitar
Raúl Cantizano Nuñez - guitar
Direction: Dammes Kieft
Camera: Anaïs Saebu, Chris Groos, Jonathan Sipkema, Nicky Pajkić, Rikash Gobardhan, Yuma Eekman, Dammes Kieft
Production: Studio Dammes, Ramon de Lima
Montage & Grade: Jonathan Sipkema
Sound recording and mix: Marc Broer & Vera Kraaijkamp
Photography: Jelmer de Haas
