MIKE - Live at Le Guess Who? 2023

As part of Slauson Malone 1's curation at Le Guess Who?, New York City rapper MIKE performed live at the festival with tracks from all across his discography and an emphasis on material from his 2022 album Beware of the Monkey and its follow-up, Burning Desire. Tune in below.

"A magnetic stage presence fused with one of the most dextrous, malleable flows in contemporary rap music, MIKE’s work is laced with his own personal experience and struggle, but with an everpresent inspiration to push beyond it over unconventional instrumentation that truly marks MIKE out as one of rap’s more intriguing talents" - The Line of Best Fit

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 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, as well as performances by 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.

Recorded at TivoliVredenburg’s Pandora on Friday, 10 November 2023.
Audio recording by Casper Lucas; mix by Marc Broer  
Photography by Maarten Mooijman & 36framez

MIKE - Live at Le Guess Who? 2023

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