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Shabazz Palaces
Shabazz Palaces have always drawn inspiration from the heart and human instinct; the Seattle-based hip hop voyagers produce transcendental albums from an intuitive frame of mind. ‘Black Up&rsquo...
Noura Mint Seymali
Nationally adored Mauritanian musical star Noura Mint Seymali was born into Moorish griot royalty; her father is legendary musician Seymali Ould Ahmed Vall, and she grew up singing alongside step-moth...
Watch Shabazz Palaces' new video for 'Shine a Light'
Shabazz Palaces two new ‘Quazarz’ releases on Sub Pop mark the hip hop duo's biggest celestial quest yet. Now, Ishmael Butler and Tendai "Baba" Maraire share the video for 'Shine...
Read: "The Cosmic Consciousness of Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler"
Bandcamp Daily interviews Shabazz Palaces’ Ishmael Butler about his ambitious body of work; "how he blends the concrete sensibilities of hip-hop with the outermost regions of space, and why...
Watch Shabazz Palaces' Tiny Desk Concert for NPR
Seattle-based hip hop voyagers Shabazz Palaces produce transcendental albums from an intuitive frame of mind. Following the release of their two new 'Quazarz'-albums, Ishmael Butler, Tendai Marai...
Stream Shabazz Palaces' 2 new 'Quazarz'-albums
Hip hop futurists Shabazz Palaces are one of our curators for Le Guess Who? 2017, and have invited a.o. jazz legend Pharoah Sanders, OCnotes, and Natasha Kmeto. Before november though, they are releas...
Listen: Shabazz Palaces share '30 Clip Extension' & 'Julian’s Dream (ode to a bad)'
It seems like Shabazz Palaces has another surprise for you. They'll not release just one new album this year, the previously announced 'Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star', but yet another album, entitl...
Listen: Shabazz Palaces remix Gonjasufi for new album 'Mandela Effect'
Gonjasufi has just released his new remix album 'Mandela Effect', and gathers an impressive list of collaborators for the album. The album was released on Warp and features a.o. Le Guess Who? artists...
Listen: Shabazz Palaces share 3 track from 'Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star'
Hip hop's free spirits have announced their new concept album 'Quazarz: Born On A Gangster Star', to be released July 14th via Sub Pop. The band have now shared three singles from the album: 'Shi...
OCnotes: a wildly unpredictable yet razor-sharp sound explorer, curated by Shabazz Palaces
Born in the Southwest of the United States as Otis Calvin III, OCnotes was influenced at an early age by skateboard culture and developed a fascination for cartoons, as well as receiving musical educa...
Take a look behind the scenes at Le Guess Who? 2017
Did you always wanted to know what was happening backstage during Le Guess Who? Photographer Sara Amroussi-Gilissen was present at the festival last November, and captured artists like Kelly Lee Owens...
Listen to Den Sorte Skole's Mixtape for Le Guess Who? 2017
Denmark's Den Sorte Skole create magical, musical storytelling across time and space. For Le Guess Who? 2017, the duo have put together a special mixtape with artists performing at the festival. Liste...
James Holden added as curator + more new additions; day tickets on sale now
Electronic sound explorer James Holden is added as curator for Le Guess Who?, hosting multiple stages on Saturday, 11 November. Performing is Moroccan Gnawa musician Maâlem Houssam Guinia &...
OCnotes' 'Secret Society' album is out now
OCnotes is known for his wildly unpredictable and consistently on-point DJ sets. It's pretty clear to see why Shabazz Palaces invited him as part of their curated program at Le Guess Who?. His new alb...
Check out Dälek's 'Unsung Hip-Hop Heroes' Playlist, feat. Moor Mother, Gonjasufi, The Bug & more
Created specially for The Dowsers, hip hop pioneers Dälek have put together a playlist of 'Unsung Hip-Hop Heroes', featuring Le Guess Who? 2017 artists Moor Mother, The Bug, and Shabazz Pala...
Audio archive update: Digable Planets live at Le Guess Who? 2016
Hip hop visionaries Digable Planets played an exclusive show at Le Guess Who? 2016. We've just added three tracks to our online audio archive - listen below: Recorded by VPRO 3voor12 on Saturday, 1...
Why you should experience Pharoah Sanders live at LGW17, according to Greg Fox
Greg Fox: "I got to know Pharoah Sanders music at first mostly from listening to John and Alice Coltrane recordings. his playing on 'Journey in Sitchananda' is especially influential for me, the way...
Rabit's new album 'Les Fleurs Du Mal' is out today
Rabit just finished his work for Björk's new album, but is now also releasing his own. 'Les Fleurs Du Mal' is out now: a record that features collaborations with Chino Amobi and Elysia Crampton....
Bekijk The Daily Indie's talkshow met Ancienne Belgique, Welcome To The Village en LGW
The Daily Indie, een van de mediapartners van Le Guess Who? dit jaar, deelt hun allereerste talkshow: een gesprek met Kurt Overbergh, artistiek directeur van AB Brussel; Peter Reen, programm...
Interview: Dälek go crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
The Line Of Best Fit interview Dälek's Will Brooks, on 3 albums he'd be crate-digging for at the World's Biggest Record Fair, happening in Utrecht during Le Guess Who? 2017. R...
Exclusive: listen to Fhloston Paradigm's unreleased track '...THE MOON', feat. Heru Shabaka-Ra
Following this year's highly acclaimed and healing album AFTER..., Fhloston Paradigm aka King Britt gave us this unreleased track before his live solo set at Le Guess Who? 2017. '...THE MOON' feature...
John Maus' new album 'Screen Memories' is out now
It has been six years since John Maus' last record 'We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves'. In between, he graduated in Philosophy, but now he's back and you can listen to his brand new alb...
Listen to Ben Frost's 'Selections' playlist for Crack Magazine
As a preview for his performance at Le Guess Who? 2017, Ben Frost has put together a 'Selections' playlist for Crack Magazine. As we wrote in his festival biography: "Ben Frost’s interests are a...
Watch: John Maus shares new video for 'Touchdown'
John Maus' new album 'Screen Memories' will be released this Friday, 27 October. But first, Maus now shares the video for new song 'Touchdown'. Watch below. "Directed by Jennifer Juniper Stratf...
Watch a full live performance by Kevin Morby via KEXP
KEXP have captured a full live performance by Kevin Morby last August at The Triple Door in Seattle, and now shares the footage, featuring a lot of songs from Morby's latest album 'City Music'. W...
Listen to John Maus' latest track 'Teenage Witch'
Avant-pop maestro John Maus announced his new album 'Screen Memories' late August, and now, he shares the new track 'Teenage Witch' from the album. Watch the video below, featuring footage of a very y...
Explore James Holden's curated program for Le Guess Who? 2017
(Artwork by Raimund Wong) Playing live following ‘The Inheritors’ was a complete new experience for James Holden; improvising with live drums, sax and synths opened a new world for Holden...
Why you should experience Pharoah Sanders live at LGW17, according to Fhloston Paradigm
Fhloston Paradigm aka King Britt: "My parents were collectors and my mother was exposing me to more spiritual jazz as a kid. I heard music he did with Don Cherry & Sun Ra first. Opened up sonic p...
Interview: Zeal & Ardor go crate-digging at the World's Largest Record Fair during LGW17
The Line Of Best Fit interview Zeal & Ardor, on 3 albums they would be crate-digging for at the World's Biggest Record Fair, happening in Utrecht during Le Guess Who? 2017. Fea...
Rabit announces new album 'Les Fleurs du Mal' + shares first single
Houston producer Erik Burton aka Rabit just announced his second album 'Les Fleurs du Mal'. The record features vocals from Cecilia and Chino Amobi, whom Burton also collaborated with earlie...
Watch METZ's short film on the making of new album 'Strange Peace'
With new album 'Strange Peace', METZ frantically push their well-established sound even further, capturing the notorious intensity of their live shows. The album was recorded in just four days wi...
Watch: METZ perform songs from 'Strange Peace' live in the CBC Music Studios
"The loudest band we've ever had in the studio"; with those words, CBC Music shares a new session with METZ, performing songs from their latest album 'Strange Peace'. Watch below. "The noise ro...
Stream Ben Frost's new album 'The Centre Cannot Hold' in full now
Ben Frost's new album, produced by Steve Albini, is out now, and you can listen to it in full below. In his biography for Le Guess Who? 2017, we described his music as a 'huge, piercing sound: gr...
Stream METZ's Steve Albini-produced new album 'Strange Peace'
Post-grunge/noise/hardcore juggernaut METZ is back with their new, Steve Albini-produced album 'Strange Peace'. This time around, the band have captured the notorious intensity of their live show...
Watch Natasha Kmeto's Unpeeled session of 'Pour Down'
Natasha Kmeto is a composer, producer, singer and performer from Portland, OR. Stylistically she explores the lines intersected by RnB, soul, and dance music, built using an electronic toolkit de...
Ben Frost shares 'Ionia' from new album 'The Centre Cannot Hold'
Today, Ben Frost shares a new track of his upcoming album 'The Centre Cannot Hold', which will be released september 29th via MUTE. Listen to 'Ionia' here - it follows the release of the title tr...
Listen: Dälek's new album 'Endangered Philosophies' is now up for streaming
Veteran agitators Dälek have never been ones to stick within the rigid parameters of the hiphop genre, holding the utmost contempt for conservative expectations. The trio just released their new...
John Maus announces new album & shares first single 'The Combine'
Six years after the release of his last album, avant-pop maestro John Maus finally returns. He now announces his new album 'Screen Memories', to be released 17 October via Ribbon. A first taste is giv...
Pharoah Sanders & Peter Brötzmann featured in Pitchfork's Best Albums of the 1960s
Pitchfork have just published their list of best albums of the 1960s - no less than 200 choices, that include jazz icon Pharoah Sanders' influential and cosmic 'Karma', as well as The Peter Brötz...
Listen to Brian Case's new album 'Spirit Design'
Just one year after his debut, Disappears' Brian Case is already releasing his second solo album, entitled 'Spirit Design'. The record features intense drone, combined with ambient soundscapes and con...
Read: Avey Tare interviewed on recapturing the youthful fun of just making music
This summer, Avey Tare released his third solo record, ‘Eucalyptus’. In an interview with Noisey, he explains how his solo work relates to the larger studio based record with Animal C...
Read: Jambinai guide The Line of Best Fit through Seoul, South Korea
South Korean outfit Jambinai performs a thrilling mix of post rock, noisy jazz, dreamy ambient, electro and metal. If you're interested in learning more about the city of Seoul, look no further. For T...
Listen: OCnotes releases new album 'Doug Morris'
Born Otis Calvin III, OCnotes has been an artist, musician, DJ, author, motivational speaker and vibrant figurehead within Seattle’s music scene since the turn of the decade. He just releas...
Get to know Pharoah Sanders through 5 essential collaborations
"Trane was the Father, Pharoah was the Son, I am the Holy Ghost,” the avant garde saxophonist Albert Ayler famously decreed, suggesting that John Coltrane, Alyer, and Sanders were tied together,...
Le Guess Who? included in Pitchfork Festival Guide
Le Guess Who? 2017 is included in Pitchfork's new Guide to Upcoming Festivals. Their lineup highlights, besides our curators, are Pharoah Sanders, James Holden, Sun Kil Moon,...
Stream Fhloston Paradigm's new album 'After...'
Fhloston Paradigm is one of the many groundbreaking excursions of renowned Philly producer, musician and DJ King Britt. His new album has just been released, entitled 'After...', and featuring collabo...
Revealing the first curators & initial line-up
The first curators are announced for the 11th edition of Le Guess Who? 2017, each hosting a range of inspirations and befriended artists, and also performing themselves. Perfume Genius invites a.o. Bu...
Listen: Moon Duo share new album 'Occult Architecture Vol. 2'
Moon Duo makes inflammatory music that submerges and manifests within the subconscious like a living rorschach drawing. The psychedelic duo now release their new album 'Occult Architecture Vol. 2...
Nobody (aka Willis Earl Beal) releases new album 'Turn'
Willis Earl Beal releases his first record under his new moniker Nobody, entitled 'Turn': listen in full below. In a recent interview with Far Out Magazine he said: "On the street, I am known as...
Listen to Farai’s debut EP 'KISSWELL'
On her debut EP ‘Kisswell’, Zimbabwe-born, UK-based musician/poet Farai joins forces with producer Basil Anthony Harewood, aka TØNE. The results are a visionary and self-possessed e...
Listen: An introduction to Pharoah Sanders in 11 Astral Cuts
Pharoah Sanders eagerly bleeds jazz traditions out into the spiritual realms of gospel, soul, African folk and R&B, influencing artists as diverse as The Stooges, Marvin Gaye and Sun Ra (who coine...
Le Guess Who? pays tribute to Pharoah Sanders with world premiere of The Harvest Time Project
Following the release of our initial line-up for 2023, and our Special Projects, we now announces the world premiere of The Harvest Time Project: A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders, which celebrates the legacy of Pharoah Sanders and his seminal composition, Harvest Time (1977). The Harvest Time Project is an ever-evolving concert which will ha...
Photo series: The Harvest Time Project at LGW23 by Juri Hiensch
As one of the special projects of Le Guess Who? 2023, the festival celebrated the legacy of spiritual jazz icon Pharoah Sanders and his seminal composition, Harvest Time (1977). During the closing day of the festival, The Harvest Time Project: A Tribute to Pharoah Sanders brought together Irreversible Entanglements, Domenico Lancellotti,...
Listen: Noura Mint Seymali live at Le Guess Who? 2024
Noura Mint Seymali performed on the opening night of Le Guess Who? 2024 as part of the program curated by Arooj Aftab. You can now listen to, and relive, the full performance below. Noura Mint Seymali is a nationally adored Mauritanian musical star, born into a prominent line of Moorish griot; West African praise singers, poets a...
Digable Planets - Live at Le Guess Who? 2016
Hip hop visionaries Digable Planets played an exclusive show at Le Guess Who? 2016. Three tracks are now available to stream: 'It's Good To Be Here', '9th Wonder', and hit single 'Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)': Recorded by VPRO 3voor12 on Saturday, 12 November. Watch the entire performance at the festival below. More Le Guess...
Noura Mint Seymali - Live at Le Guess Who? 2024
Noura Mint Seymali performed on the opening night of Le Guess Who? 2024 as part of the program curated by Arooj Aftab. You can now listen to, and relive, the full performance below. Noura Mint Seymali is a nationally adored Mauritanian musical star, born into a prominent line of Moorish griot; West African praise singers, poets a...
Le Guess Who? 2017 Press Archive
The Netherlands 3FM: "3voor12 is op Le Guess Who?, waar basketballen tegen aan het plafond geschroefde gitaren worden gegooid"3voor12: "Eerste 67 namen voor Le Guess Who? 2017" 3voor12: "Kelly Lee Owens, dagdromer met kennishonger" 3voor12: "Le Guess Who? str...
About Le Guess Who?
With the motto of Listening is the Way Forward, Le Guess Who? is widely considered to be one of the most forward-thinking festivals around.