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Bliss Signal
Diving headfirst into genres like shoegaze, post-rock, noise and black metal, Bliss Signal unleashes a claustrophobic blast of furious energy. The project marks the collaboration between two experimen...
Brìghde Chaimbeul
Two-thirds into Caroline Polachek’s ‘Blood and Butter’ (from the ground-pushing album ‘Desire, I Want To Turn Into You’), an explosive bagpipe solo erupts; behind it is n...
Visible Cloaks
As we struggle to keep up with a world enwrapped in digital technology, its influence on art and communication is often dismissed as harmful. Spencer Doran and Ryan Carlile's ambient project Visible C...
Islam Chipsy & EEK
Islam Chipsy’s hyperactive keyboard mashing and drum duo EEK’s chaotic bliss rev up crowds into utter frenzy. This mighty Egyptian alliance is without question one of the most rowdy live a...
Shintaro Sakamoto
As a former member of legendary Tokyo-based psychedelic band Yura Yura Teikoku, Shintaro Sakamoto became a cult star in his motherland of Japan. In his solo work, Sakamoto creates post-apocalyptic exo...
The Botanical Revolution / Jasper Hagenaar / Antonis Pittas / Modern Love
The Botanical RevolutionGardens have appealed to our imagination for centuries. We associate them with harmonious bliss, a place to witness the cycle of life and death, a place of contemplation, and a...
Film: Everybody in The Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992
In ‘Everybody in The Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992’ (2018), Jeremy Deller explores the socio-political history and contemporary legacy of the ‘Second Summer of Lo...
Stream 700 Bliss’ debut EP ‘Spa 700’
Combine Moor Mother's everlasting, raging voice with DJ Haram’s dissonant Middle Eastern melodies and hard hitting club beats, and the result is the noise-infested yet cleansing sound of Philly...
Read: The Quietus interviews DJ Haram about Philadelphia and her link with Moor Mother
One-half of Philly duo 700 Bliss and member of the Discwoman collective DJ Haram speaks to The Quietus about the scene in her base of Philadelphia, linking up with Moor Mother and the Discwo...
Chicago footwork originator RP Boo releases new album 'I'll Tell You What!'
RP Boo is the originator of footwork music and one of Chicago's finest producers. Now he has released his new album 'I'll Tell You What! via Planet Mu, which is his first album since 2015's 'Fingers, Bank Pads, and Shoe Prints'. It shows off RP Boo's raw experimentalism, floating free between abstraction and precision, for which RP Boo ha...
Footwork legend RP Boo announces new album ‘I’ll Tell You What!’
The originator of footwork music and one of Chicago’s finest producers RP Boo will release his new album ‘I’ll Tell You What!’ on 6 July via Planet Mu. Leading up to his new LP...
Revealing the curators & initial line-up for Le Guess Who? 2018
We're very pleased to present you the curators and initial line-up for Le Guess Who? 2018. A gentle reminder: current 4-Day Festival Passes are available until Thursday, 7 June, and will increa...
Serpentwithfeet releases debut album 'soil'
Today, New York-based artist Josiah Wise, a.k.a. Serpentwithfeet, releases his long-awaited debut album 'soil' via Secretly Canadian/Tri Angle Records. His first full-length is an accomplished ex...
Oliver Coates announces new album, shares 'A Church'
London cellist, composer and producer Oliver Coates has just announced his new album 'Shelley's On Zenn-La', to be released in September via RVNG Intl. The album follows collaborations with artis...
GAIKA reveals video for new track 'Crown & Key'
Next month, on July 27th, genre-bending vocalist and producer GAIKA will release his debut album 'BASIC VOLUME' via Warp Records. Today, he offers a new taste of the LP with the masterful video for&nb...
Listen: DJ Haram joins Teklife to deliver a dazzling set of trap and B’more bounce.
Last week, Discwoman-affiliated producer DJ Haram joined renowned footwork crew Teklife to deliver a dazzling mix of ramped-up trap edits, B’more bounce and distorted non-Western...
Stream Ras_G & The Afrikan Space Program's new LP 'Stargate Music'
Ras_G & The Afrikan Space Program recently released a new album via Leaving Records titled 'Stargate Music': an astral ode to women and a spiritual reflection on earthly life, which features...
Listen: Saul Williams shares new single 'The Flaw You Worship'
The shamanistic Saul Williams is a singer, rapper, poet, actor, screenwriter and renowned harbinger of noise poetry and hip hop futurism. At the moment, Williams is working on his Kickstarter film pro...
GAIKA releases debut album 'Basic Volume'
Exploring a multitude of musical influences and concepts about contemporary black British music, GAIKA releases his debut album 'Basic Volume' today. Reflecting on dark, uncertain times with a co...
Track of the Week #15: Georgia Anne Muldrow - 'Great Blacks'
Every week, we bring you a must-hear track from the Le Guess Who? 2018 line-up. This week, we zoom in on an old-school-esque hip-hop track from LA-based producer, musician and vocalist Georgia Anne Mu...
Stream: Oliver Coates releases new album 'Shelley's on Zenn-La'
London cellist, composer and producer Oliver Coates has released his new album 'Shelley's On Zenn-La' via RVNG Intl. The inspiration for the album was a legendary nightclub in the city of Stoke-on-Tre...
Stereogum navigates the many styles of Yves Tumor with 9 essential tracks
The enigmatic pop experimentalist Yves Tumor wins over new audiences every time he releases new music. Over the years, he has explored the most extreme genres, using harsh noise, field recordings...
The Quietus interviews JPEGMAFIA about journalism, Throbbing Gristle, and 'Veteran'
Ahead of his appearance at Le Guess Who? 2018, The Quietus has interviewed lo-fi rap and trap producer JPEGMAFIA. In the interview, he talks about the study of journalism the curr...
Video portrait: Moor Mother on free jazz as a liberation technology and curating at LGW18
"I call free jazz a liberation technology, and it’s very essential to anything that I make. It has to have that conductor running through my music for it to be successful, or for me to get acros...
Introducing: Poema - a fixture in the life of every student in Utrecht joins LGW18
This year, Le Guess Who? will feature three new venues for the official music program: WAS., BASIS, and Poema. All of them are part of Utrecht’s buzzing nightlife and are among the most prominent clubs in town. This time, we introduce you to Poema: a fixture in the life of every student in Utrecht. Did you know Utrecht is one of th...
Listen: King Britt shares new Fhloston Paradigm track 'Run'
King Britt / Fhloston Paradigm's music features impulsive experimentation, cosmic ambience as well as more structured techno leanings. Britt now releases a new Fhloston Paradigm track, entitled 'Run'. Set on embodying afro-futurist ideals, this pulsating track has a threatening, ongoing drive which haunts you down to the ve...
Watch 'Right Here Is Home', The FADER's short documentary on JPEGMAFIA
The FADER presents ‘Right Here Is Home’, a new documentary about rapper and producer JPEGMAFIA. The documentary displays JPEGMAFIA visiting the Bell Foundry in Baltimore, which was one of the first places where he connected with a creative community. He also explains how the city’s collective fight against police b...
Watch FACT Magazine's 'Against The Clock' session with footwork originator RP Boo
Besides being one of Chicago’s finest producers, RP Boo is also known as the originator of footwork music. His music is of a propulsive and repetitive nature: rapid, bouncy beats have a weightless feel, floating free between abstraction and precision. Ahead of his performance at Le Guess Who?, FACT Magazine visited RP Boo in...
Track of the Week #16: JPEGMAFIA - '1539 N. Calvert'
Every week, we bring you a must-hear track from the Le Guess Who? 2018 line-up. Last week, we highlighted a classical and timeless hip hop track of Georgia Anne Muldrow. This week, we shift phase...
Watch serpentwithfeet & the Heritage Orchestra's hauntingly beautiful performance at BBC Proms
As the boundary-breaking serpentwithfeet, New York producer and songwriter Josiah White bridges the gap between the sensual and the spiritual with a blend of experimental R&B,...
Listen to a 7-hour playlist with King Britt productions & remixes
Accomplished Philly-based musician, DJ, author and producer King Britt has shared a playlist with his collected productions and remixes, chronicling the musical development through his vast catalogue...
The Fader premieres Kojey Radical's new video for 'Soak It Up'
Today, The Fader premiered the intimate and hauntingly beautiful video of Kojey Radical's collaboration with UK producer MJ Cole, entitled 'Soak It Up'. Accompanied by a highly affecting vid...
Read: Emel Mathlouthi on why she doesn't want to be classified as 'voice of the Tunisian revolution'
Singer-songwriter and producer Emel Mathlouthi gained global recognition as a protest singer when her recording 'Kelmti Horra (My Word Is Free)' became an anthem of the Arab Spring. But, in a recent i...
Ravelin Magazine catches up with sound artist & abstract turntablist Maria Chavez
Meet Maria Chavez: a Peruvian avant-garde sound artist who approaches the turntables as an instrument of transmission. Ravelin Magazine caught up with the cutting-edge artist to talk about her hi...
Watch: La Blogothèque presents A Take Away Show with serpentwithfeet
Two weeks ago, serpentwithfeet released his first full-length 'soil'; an accomplished exploration of the r&b, gospel, and pop trinity. Now, La Blogothèque has released a stri...
Listen: The Wire shares Moor Mother-curated playlist for Le Guess Who? 2018
Moor Mother's Camae Ayewa has put together her own playlist as an introduction to her curated program at Le Guess Who? 2018, with some of her favorite tracks of each artist. Hosting several of h...
Playlist: Club Cuts - explore the club-affiliated music of Le Guess Who? 2018
Le Guess Who? 2018 features a wide variety of club & dancefloor-oriented music, which we've now brought together in one playlist for you to explore. Check out the 'Club Cuts of Le Guess Who? 2018'...
Read: The Hidden Artist Refuge in Remote Iceland
Interview: Seyðisfjörður Community Radio Seyðisfjörður Community Radio (SCR) is a shared digital and analogue broadcasting platform located in the fisher town of Seyðisfjörður. The platform is hosted, nurtured and initiated by an open-ended international community inhabiting various conditions and p...
Blanck Mass amongst final line-up additions + announcing venue hosts
Today, we announce three final line-up additions for Le Guess Who? 2018, including a performance by British electronic musician/producer Blanck Mass. We are also sharing some venue hosts during the festival; find their descriptions below & see when/where they are hosting in our downloadable time schedules. Blanck Mass Sin...
Ahmed Fakroun: rediscovered pioneer in modern Arabic music, live with Dutch-Turkish act Altin Gün
Ahmed Fakroun is a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, raï singer (based on a form of Algerian folk music from the 20's) and pioneer in modern Arabic music. As a kid, Fakroun already developed a f...
Listen to Richard Dawson perform 'Museum' and 'Two Halves' at Le Guess Who?
Richard Dawson performed live at Utrecht's Jacobikerk during Le Guess Who? 2023 as part of the program curated by Slauson Malone 1. You can now listen to the British folk master performing Museum (from the 2022 album The Ruby Chord) and Two Halves (from 2020). "The next song is from the point of view of a robot or an AI, somethin...
Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali: Artists-in-Residence at LGW25
Le Guess Who? presents a three day residency of Pakistani legends Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali during the 2025 edition of the festival. The vocalist duo, nephews of qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, together with their ensemble will present three different performances at different locations during the festival. Rizwan and Muazzam Mu...
Listen: Kojey Radical releases new grime-meets-jazz single ‘Water’
The multitalented British-Ghanaian Kojey Radical dropped a new, smooth-as-silk hip hop tune named ‘Water’. This soulful track also features Atlantic vocalist Mahalia and the grime-meets-ja...
Leila Bordreuil releases debut album 'Headflush'
Brooklyn-based, French cellist, composer and sound artist Leila Bordreuil has released her debut album 'Headflush'. The album was recorded in a single afternoon in Brooklyn and comprises a collection of unprocessed amplified cello works, exploring the limits of tonal perception. As a result of Bordreuil's aim to challenge convention...
Listen: Prana Crafter releases new split-LP 'Symbiose'
Prana Crafter summons cobwebbed guitar meditations, kosmische drones, and mystic acid folk mantras. In their 2018 Best Albums-list, Aquarium Drunkard described William Sol’s project as “an alchemist of dark voodoo boogie that is entrancing and hypnotic.” In collaboration with Tarotplane, Prana Crafter has now relea...
Watch: Yves Tumor's new video gives new meaning to the word 'claustrophobic'
Yves Tumor is one of the most mysterious and gripping experimental musicians to emerge in recent memory. Watch his new video for 'Broke In' below, from his latest 'Serpent Music' LP. In an interview w...
Basilica Hudson & LGW announce 24-Hour Drone line-up
2017 marks our biggest Drone yet, as our series also expands to Salford, UK, and Malmö, Sweden. An immersive event and all-encompassing experience, 24-Hour Drone is a roving, international serie...
Richard Dawson - Live at Le Guess Who? 2023
Richard Dawson performed live at Utrecht's Jacobikerk during Le Guess Who? 2023 as part of the program curated by Slauson Malone 1. You can now listen to the British folk master performing Museum (from the 2022 album The Ruby Chord) and Two Halves (from 2020). "The next song is from the point of view of a robot or an AI, somethin...
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COSMOS Embassy: Bandung, Indonesia
In partnership with NORRM Radio & LaMunai Records. An introduction to Indonesia’s few select musicians and musical groups that portray the eclectic and diverse sounds, created through a variety of methods and different environments. Norrm Radio and La Munai Records wishes to capture the creative process of these m...