Watch: Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto live at Le Guess Who?

Curated by Mabe Fratti Recordings

During Le Guess Who? 2024, we witnessed the magic of legendary Cumbia and Gaita ensemble Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, thanks to festival curator Mabe Fratti who invited them to Utrecht. You can now relive the performance with our concert film below.

Dubbed "the authentic masters of traditional Colombian Music" by the New Yorker, Latin GRAMMY-winning Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto have toured the world for decades, helmed by lead vocalist Rafael Castro. The group have continuously been pushing the Cumbia and Gaita genres towards new eras since the forties through the staggering talent of their generation-spanning members.

Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto recently also released their new live album, recorded at Le Guess Who? 2024. Listen below.

“Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto carry the history of the Colombian countryside, of mestizaje, of the precariousness of rural life, of the mythology of the Mestizo, Indigenous and Black world. When I listen to them, I feel that all that is contained there, concentrated as in a diamond. It is incredible that they still exist.” - Julián Mayorga

Le Guess Who? Recordings

Listen to more Le Guess Who? recordings via the festival’s recordings archive, with 120+ recordings from past editions now freely available online, featuring a.o. Mabe Fratti featuring Shards, 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 Utrecht on Friday, 8 November 2024.

Rafael Castro Fernández - lead vocals
Nestor Adolfo Rodriguez - llamador drum
Gabriel Torregrosa - tambora drum, director
Wilson Fontalvo - alegre drum, vocals
Iván Salcedo - female gaita
Luis Miguel Salcedo - male gaita and maraca
Javier Mutis Garcia - music producer, manager
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto were sponsored by OM Producciones Foundation

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

Recording engineer: Floris Hagemans
Mixing engineer: Marc Broer
Mastering engineer: Carlos Silva
Music producer: Javier Mutis Garcia
Photography: Jelmer de Haas & Melanie Marsman
Executive Production: OM Producciones