The Utrecht based festival is back with an eclectic lineup of music and artists from around the world, giving a stage to the overlooked and outstanding sounds from Senegal to Shanghai. Get your tickets now, and check out who we’re most excited to cover.
PAM is once again heading to Utrecht to participate in one of the world’s most forward thinking festivals, Le Guess Who?. It’s an event that lasts from the 6-9 November highlighting, across many stages throughout the city, with music from China, Sudan, Norway, or Tunisia. Each year the festival highlights acts that represent the fascinating depth of the world’s cultures, as well as those reimagining music scenes for unknown futures.
To do so, Le Guess Who? calls upon an astonishing array of curators to build lineups with an artistic vision. Colombian DJ and producer Enda Martinez has tapped into her country’s colorful and zany picó soundsystem culture to bring acts like Mexico City’s BCLIP, and La Saramuya’s original sound system that will blast champeta, guaracha, cumbia, and more. Netherlands based drum and bass producer gyrofiled is bringing together today’s most imaginative bass producers, Pékin’s eclectic noise artist Tianzhuo Chen has curated a selection of East Asian visionaries from Indonesia’s HULUBALANG to Shanghai’s deconstructed club killer 33EMYBW, and American jazzman Lonnie Holley provides the soulful sounds of cosmic jazz via The Cosmic Tones Research Trio or Alabaster DePlume.
This year, PAM will be on the ground covering multiple acts, with an original in the field report, in collaboration with Kourtrajmé, of the Assiko Golden Band of the Grand Yoff neighborhood in Dakar, Senegal. Known for their legendary all-night jams, Assiko uses music to promote a positive message, wield political influence, pass on spiritual teaching of Sufi Islam, and organize rallies for social change. Led by poet Djiby Ly of the Wau Wau collective, PAM will capture the group’s electric performances in the streets of Dakar before they take the stage at Le Guess Who? so readers can understand the roots of this 25 year old jam band.
Don’t miss out on one of the world’s most radically inclusive and creatively diverse music experiences. Head over to Le Guess Who? to see the full lineup, and get your spots while you still can.