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Nyege Nyege Tapes present Hakuna Kulala Club Night Tia Maria Produções presents La Vida Es Un Mus presents Uncloud presents Knekelhuis presents Curated by Fatoumata Diawara Curated by Iris van Herpen & Salvador Breed Curated by Jenny Hval Curated by Moon Duo Curated by Patrick Higgins Curated by The Bug Satellite Events Untitled Curated by Devendra Banhart Curated by Moor Mother Curated by Shabaka Hutchings RVNG Intl. presents Untitled (2018) Satellite Events (2018) Curated by Perfume Genius Curated by James Holden Curated by Shabazz Palaces Curated by Grouper Curated by Jerusalem In My Heart Curated by Han Bennink Curated by Basilica Soundscape The Black Power Tarot 12-Hour Drone Satellite Events (2017) All media Interview/Longread LGW Audio LGW Video New music Photo Video Playlist Podcast Line-up Main newsNews snacks Thu Jan 6th Watch: 3voor12 live sessions at LGW21 with Bendik Giske, Automatic, Mario Batkovic, and Vanishing Twin Tue Dec 14th Relive the festival; listen to Le Guess Who? 2021 recordings Mon Nov 8th LGW x SPEAK present: UK hip-hop/grime artist Pa Salieu introduced by Hannah Johnson Fri Nov 5th LGW x SPEAK present: Dutch jazz musician Ronald Langestraat introduced by Renee Telkamp Tue Oct 26th LGW x SPEAK present: Pakistani singer Arooj Aftab introduced by Zainab Jamal & Tauqeer Raza Wed Oct 20th LGW x SPEAK present: Colombian musician Julián Mayorga introduced by Carlos Tapias & Camila Duarte Fri Oct 15th LGW x SPEAK present: Japanese composer Midori Takada introduced by Risa Arai Fri Oct 8th LGW x SPEAK present: Catalan vocal duo Tarta Relena introduced by Román Sánchez & Ayla Losada Fri Oct 1st LGW x SPEAK present: Brazilian songwriter Sessa introduced by Carlos Santos Thu Sep 23rd LGW x SPEAK present: Lisbon's DJ Lycox introduced by Ana Góis & José Teixeira Fri Sep 10th LGW x SPEAK present: Egyptian ensemble Mazaher introduced by Ahmed Mostafa Tue Nov 24th Vrije Geluiden broadcasts 3 live sessions with LGW OFF artists Fri Dec 13th Relive Le Guess Who? with lots of exclusive audio & video recordings Fri Nov 2nd Video portrait: Swamp Dogg talks Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune Sun Jun 17th Watch: La Blogothèque presents A Take Away Show with serpentwithfeet Wed Jan 24th Read: A side-by-side interview with Perfume Genius & Mary Margaret O’Hara, backstage at LGW17 Thu Nov 30th Watch: Sudan Archives in session for Vrije Geluiden at LGW17 Wed Dec 8th Front & LGW present: live session + interview with Dutch post-punk outfit Private Banking Fri Dec 3rd Front & LGW present: live session + interview with pop noir singer/songwriter/guitarist Anna van Rij Fri Oct 29th Video portrait: Gebroeders Dieleman van Eeckhout discuss faith, grief, and musical playgrounds during recordings Tue Jul 13th Watch: Anoushka Shankar & Manu Delago with Metropole Orkest Strings live at LGW18 Newsletter send Thu Jun 24th Watch Faust's Jean-Hervé Peron in conversation with Julian Brimmers for LGW ON Thu Jun 17th Video: watch the live premiere of AEAEA (Nicolas Jaar x Patrick Higgins) at LGW19 Mon Apr 26th Relive Richard Bolhuis & Prana Crafter's special collaboration as part of DRONE AT HOME 2021 Mon Apr 19th The Wire premieres video recordings of Mary Margaret O'Hara's rare live performance at Le Guess Who? 2017 Thu Apr 1st LGW presents Prana Crafter & Richard Bolhuis during Basilica Hudson's DRONE AT HOME 2021 Thu Feb 11th Creating the LGW21 visuals: a video portrait of Koen Delaere by LGW & Canal180 Thu Feb 4th LGW TV content now online, feat. Reports from Other Continents, Vunk on Vacation & more Thu Dec 3rd Introducing our new video series 'Hi! How Are You?'; watch the first episode, feat. RP Boo, Maria Chavez, and Isokratisses Thu Nov 12th Revealing the curators and initial program for Le Guess Who? 2021 Thu May 7th A force of celebration & hardship: listen to Isokratisses perform the polyphonic folk songs from Epirus at LGW19 Tue Apr 7th Watch: Cate Le Bon live at Le Guess Who? 2019 + stream full performance Tue Mar 31st Video: watch Deerhunter perform live at Le Guess Who? 2019 Tue Mar 24th Watch Lightning Bolt perform live at LGW19 + stream full set, marking the band's 25th Anniversary Thu Feb 13th Video: Aldous Harding performs 'Designer' and 'The Barrel' live at Le Guess Who? 2019 Fri Feb 7th Watch: Ethiopian funk legend Ayalew Mesfin's first ever EU performance at LGW19, together with the Debo Band Tue Jan 28th Watch our concert film of Efterklang live at Le Guess Who? 2019, curated by Iris van Herpen and Salvador Breed Wed Jan 22nd Watch: Girl Band perform Shoulderblades, Going Norway and Paul at Le Guess Who? 2019 Wed Dec 4th Relive Minyo Crusaders' glorious performance at LGW19: MusicMap premieres audio & video recordings Fri Nov 8th Watch: Björk plays surprise DJ set at Le Guess Who? 2019 Thu Apr 4th Watch: 'Representing the Underrepresented', a film about Le Guess Who? by Canal180 Fri Mar 29th Video portrait: 'Through The Eyes of Lonnie Holley: A Weekend in Utrecht' Fri Jan 25th Relive Indian Carnatic music pioneer Kadri Gopalnath's mesmerizing performance at LGW18 Wed Dec 19th Relive Beverly Glenn-Copeland's glorious performance at LGW18 Thu Dec 6th Relive BCUC’s ecstatic performance at LGW18, curated by Shabaka Hutchings Wed Nov 21st Watch: VPRO Vrije Geluiden sessions with Sibusile Xaba, Vera Sola and Ill Considered at LGW18 Wed Nov 7th LGW x Corderius College: students experience the music of festival artists Fri Nov 2nd Video portrait: Swamp Dogg talks Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune Thu Oct 25th Video portrait: Lucrecia Dalt: grasping the spontaneity of drawing for Centraal Museum's De Line Up Tue Oct 16th Video portrait: Moor Mother on free jazz as a liberation technology and curating at LGW18 Wed Sep 19th Premiere: King Champion Sounds - 'Om Bhur Bhuvah Svah'; new album 'For A Lark' released during LGW Mon Apr 9th Audio archive update: Elza Soares live at Le Guess Who? 2016 Tue Mar 6th Watch: Vinyl Factory premieres videos of Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares live at LGW17 Wed Jan 31st Revisit James Holden & The Animal Spirits' live performance at LGW17 Wed Jan 17th Watch: La Blogothèque & LGW present A Take Away Show with Juana Molina Fri Dec 22nd The 17 favorite performances of LGW17, as chosen by you Fri Dec 8th Watch Sevdaliza's full performance at Le Guess Who? 2017 Thu Dec 7th Wire Magazine shares Q&A's with Jerusalem In My Heart and The Bug & Dylan Carlson at LGW17 Thu Nov 23rd Listen + watch: Alanis Obomsawin live at Le Guess Who? 2017 Thu Nov 16th Video portrait: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane at Le Guess Who? 2017 Tue Nov 14th Video portrait: Jerusalem In My Heart at Le Guess Who? 2017 Sun Nov 12th Video portrait: Han Bennink at Le Guess Who? 2017