Le Guess Who? 2014 announces a 3-day program curated by Swans Michael Gira

Le Guess Who? Festival 2014, who will be hold from 20th and 23th of November at various locations in the city of Utrecht, has informed that Swans’ leader Michael Gira will curate a 3-day program which includes Swans, Wire, Ben Frost, Silver Apples and a special performance by Savages together with Bo Ningen. They also announcing the world premiere of 24-Hour Dronefest, including William Basinski, Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’Malley, Tim Hecker, Steve Hauschildt and Raime.

Michael Gira, the main force behind Swans will curate a three-day program for the project Mouth To Mouth. This will be the second instalment of Mouth To Mouth, and the first spanning multiple days and venues. The main performance<span”> will be the London based post-punk group Savages, together with Japanese avant-rock band Bo Ningen, entitled ‘Words To The Blind’. Inspired by the surrealist, early DADA concept of simultaneous poetry, the group experiments with improvisation and noise. </span”>

Also, Le Guess Who? will host the world premiere of 24-Hour Drone Fest, a project initiated together with New York’s Basilica Hudson that will cover the entire spectrum of drone during 24 non-stop hours of live performances and installations. First acts confirmed for this project are avant-gardistic producer/composer William Basinski (amongst others known for his four-part The Disintegration Loops), guitarist/producer/composer Stephen O’Malley (Sunn O)))), Tim Hecker, London-based duo Raime, and Steve Hauschildt (formerly of Emeralds).

Four-day early bird passe-partouts for Le Guess Who? 2014 are available now until September 1st for just €90, changing later the prize to €100. Buy it at leguesswho.nl!