The Bug performed live as one of the closing acts of Le Guess Who? 2022, accompanied on stage by MC's Dis Fig, Flowdan and Logan to bring the buzzing energy found on The Bug's record to life. Relive part of the performance with our concert film below, featuring Fat Mac and Dirty/I Luv You (Freestyle) feat. Flowdan, Take feat. Dis Fig and Judgement Time feat. Logan.
About
As a defiant experimentalist ceaselessly exploring sonic extremities, contrasts and frictional collisions, The Bug aka Kevin Richard Martin's obsession with beats, bass, body horror, and dub technology has been mirrored throughout his turbulent, mutating career. From seismic low end resonations, to brutal noise detonations, via drone excavations, and the cavernous pulsations of dancehall, his discography is a fusion of physical assault, cerebral electrification and the deepest, most deadly dub. The Bug’s relentless appetite for re-invention and confrontation has resulted in some of the most satisfying records and collaborations of the past twenty years.
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 80+ recordings from past editions now freely available online. It contains audio and/or video recordings of Goat, clipping., Panda Bear & Sonic Boom, Marina Herlop, Arooj Aftab, OSEES, Deerhunter, Lightning Bolt, Suuns, Alabaster dePlume, Zwangere Guy, Duma, FLOHIO, The Microphones, Aldous Harding, Deerhunter, Gilla Band, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Neneh Cherry, Mount Eerie, Selda Bağcan and many more.
Captured at TivoliVredenburg’s Ronda on Sunday, 13 November during Le Guess Who? 2022.
Direction: Dammes Kieft
Camera: Anaïs Saebu, Jonathan Sipkema, Nicky Pajkić, Rikash Gobardhan, Yuma Eekman, Dammes Kieft
Production: Claudia Rison, Studio Dammes
Coordination: Barry Spooren
Montage: Peter Marcus
Sound recording: Marc Broer
