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Efterklang
Whether it’s the early, more electronic-driven beginnings or excavating field recordings at an abandoned settlement in the Arctic Circle, these Danish pop adventurers express boundless enthusias...
Casper Clausen
Efterklang singer Casper Clausen presents his (yet to be released) solo music, made up in a small studio by the river in Cacilhas (Lisbon). With songwriting still in progress, Casper has only played s...
Efterklang shares video for new single 'I dine øjne', from upcoming album 'Altid Sammen'
The musical trademark of the Danish band Efterklang is a tapestry of acoustic and electronic elements. These Danish pop adventurers express boundless enthusiasm with each radical new undertaking. Now, the group have shared the video for their new single 'I dine øjne', featuring the astonishing Helena Christensen, who also worked th...
Listen: Efterklang shares new single 'Uden Ansigt'
The musical trademark of Danish trio Efterklang is a tapestry of acoustic and electronic elements. The group will release their new album 'Altid Sammen' on September 20th via 4AD; now, they share the third single from the album, titled 'Uden Ansigt'. 'Altid Sammen's songs are about belief and togetherness,' frontman Casper Clausen s...
Watch our concert film of Efterklang live at Le Guess Who? 2019, curated by Iris van Herpen and Salvador Breed
Whether it’s the early, more electronic-driven beginnings or excavating field recordings at an abandoned settlement in the Arctic Circle, Danish pop adventurers Efterklang express boundless enthusiasm with each radical new undertaking. The band performed on the opening night of Le Guess Who? 2019, following the release of their new...
Listen: Efterklang release new album 'Altid Sammen'
'Altid Sammen' is the fifth album from Danish pop adventurers Efterklang, marking their first release in seven years. It's a record full of sonic experimentation, which the trio are known for, and examines the relationships that connect us from nature to death and much more in between. 'Altid Sammen', out now via 4AD, is the t...
Watch: Efterklang debut new album 'Altid Sammen' live at the iconic Elbphilharmonie concert hall
Recently, Danish pop adventurers Efterklang released their fifth studio album 'Altid Sammen'. The day after the release, they debuted the record live in its entirety at the iconic Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg during this year’s Reeperbahn Festival. The trio was joined on stage by Øyunn on drums,...
Bekijk Vrije Geluiden's LGW19 specials met o.a. Cate Le Bon, Aldous Harding en Efterklang
VPRO Vrije Geluiden was aanwezig op Le Guess Who? 2019 en maakte twee prachtige televisiespecials die op zondag 17 en 24 november werden uitgezonden op NPO1. Daarin zijn zowel sessies met festivalartiesten, opgenomen door Vrije Geluiden in het Academiegebouw in Utrecht, als live registraties van het festival te zien. Zondag 24 november:...
17 & 24 November op NPO1: Vrije Geluiden LGW specials met o.a. Cate Le Bon, Aldous Harding en Efterklang
VPRO Vrije Geluiden was aanwezig op Le Guess Who? 2019 en maakte twee prachtige televisiespecials die op zondag 17 en 24 november werden uitgezonden op NPO1. Daarin zijn zowel sessies met festivalartiesten, opgenomen door Vrije Geluiden in het Academiegebouw in Utrecht, als live registraties van het festival te zien. Zondag 24 november:...
Full curated programs + various special projects announced for Le Guess Who? 2019
Following our initial line-up announcement in May, we're now pleased to reveal the full curated programs by Fatoumata Diawara and Iris van Herpen & Salvador Breed for the festival, as well as new additions for Moon Duo, Patrick Higgins, and The Bug curations. We're also announcing Príncipe Discos and Spazio Disponibil...
Coucou Chloe discusses music & fashion for Crack Magazine's 'Aesthetic'
Coucou Chloe's malformed take on pop music is as mind-melting as it is urgent, ripping the elements of hip-hop, industrial, sampling and electro-pop asunder. The French artist and producer is also the co-founder of burgeoning label/collective NUXXE, and some of the tracks released via the label have also found their way onto fashion week...
Djrum returns to R&S with double a-side of "Ambient-Gabber"
Felix Manuel, also known as Djrum, takes elements from different musical sources and composes tracks that adhere to their own unique internal logic. His ears are attuned to the spontaneity of jazz while his production chops create original compositions out of a wellspring of samples, textures and beats. That's why he is widely acknow...
Listen to Ami Dang's folkloric & transcendental album 'Parted Plains'
Ami Dang takes her listeners to higher states of mind through meditative sounds. The Baltimore ambient musician fuses sitar, voice, and electronics to create east-meets-west transcendental music. On her latest solo record 'Parted Plains', she draws inspiration from South Asian and Middle Eastern folkloric narratives. Dang c...
Cate Le Bon and Deerhunter's Bradford Cox to release collaborative EP; listen to 'Secretary'
Earlier this year, Cate Le Bon collaborated with Deerhunter to produce their new album, 'Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?'. Now, their collaboration continues, with Cate Le Bon & Deerhunter's Bradford Cox uniting on a new collaborative EP 'Myths 004', to be released via Mexican Summer on November 1st. Fo...
Video: Aldous Harding performs 'Designer' and 'The Barrel' live at Le Guess Who? 2019
Following the release of her latest album ‘Designer’ last year, New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding performed at Le Guess Who? 2019, becoming one of the audience’s highlights of the 13th edition of the festival. The show rendered instrumentation and voice into the most vivid and impressionistic of scenes. Harding&...
Video: watch Deerhunter perform live at Le Guess Who? 2019
Following the release of their latest album 'Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?', Atlanta art-punkers Deerhunter performed live at Le Guess Who? 2019. We're very pleased to now share a video of the band performing 3 songs live at the festival: 'Sailing' (from their 2010 album 'Halcyon Digest'), 'Take Care' (from 2015's...
Watch: Björk plays surprise DJ set at Le Guess Who? 2019
Last night, Friday, 8 November, we welcomed Björk for a surprise DJ set in the TivoliVredenburg venue. Björk was present at the festival as a guest of 2019 festival curators Iris van Herpen, a Dutch radical fashion designer, and sound artist Salvador Breed. Iris van Herpen and Salvador Breed have invited a.o. Danish pop adventu...
Listen to Cate Le Bon and Deerhunter's Bradford Cox collaborative EP 'Myths 004'
Cate Le Bon and Deerhunter's Bradford Cox are certainly no strangers to each other. Earlier this year, Le Bon produced Deerhunter's new album 'Why hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?', and now, the duo release a collaborative EP 'Myths 004' via Mexican Summer. Previous pairings in the series have included Ariel Pink with Weye...
Listen: Deerhunter shares 13-minute new song 'Timebends'
During this decade, Atlanta art-punkers Deerhunter have further established themselves as one of the finest bands alive, consolidating an unmistakable sound with restless reinvention. Now, the group release a 13-minute new song called 'Timebends'; their first new music since the release of 'Why Hasn't Everything Already disappea...
Read: The Line of Best Fit interviews Jenny Hval & The Raincoats ahead of LGW19
The Line of Best Fit recently sat down with Jenny Hval and The Raincoats ahead of their performances and Jenny Hval's curation at Le Guess Who? 2019, discussing their careers, albums & lots more. The interview with Jenny discusses the concept of her latest record 'The Practice of Love', language and her mother tongue, Norway an...
Aldous Harding shares hypnogogic new video for 'Zoo Eyes'
With her latest album 'Designer', Aldous Harding creates a strange, but inviting world where she operates according to her own baffling internal logic. On the album, she renders instrumentation and voice into the most vivid and impressionistic of scenes. Now, Harding shares a new hypnogogic video for new single 'Zoo Eyes'...
Listen: Not Waving & Dark Mark album 'Downwelling'
Not Waving & Dark Mark is the blood pact between the ink-black, minimal productions of Alessio Natalizia and the smoke-suffused vocal drawl of alt-rock minstrel Mark Lanegan. Natalizia releases music through the minimal synth/post punk Not Waving moniker and is one half of the Kompakt techno ambient duo Walls whose self-titl...
Explore Iris van Herpen & Salvador Breed's curation at LGW19 with their exclusive playlist
Le Guess Who? 2019 curator Salvador Breed has personally put together a playlist for the program he curates together with Iris van Herpen at the festival. The playlist features their favorite tracks from each artist they have invited to Le Guess Who?. About:Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen is widely recognized as one of...
Le Guess Who? 2019 Press Archive
“With the able steer of festival curators Jenny Hval, Moon Duo, Fatoumata Diawara, and Iris Van Herpen, this year’s boundary-crossing festival Le Guess Who?? welcomed visitors from over 60 countries and proved that even in times of political divide, music and art can bring us together into a more hopeful future.” - The...
Video 2019
Relive performances from LGW19 We captured some performances by Aldous Harding, Ayalew Mesfin & Debo Band, Efterklang, Girl Band, Makaya McCraven and Minyo Crusaders on video. Watch below: WATCH THE VIDEOS Press Archive Our archive includes news, reports and interviews for LGW19. Relive the edition with...
Le Guess Who? 2020 Press archive
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