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I had high expectations for @le_guess_who as I had heard so much about the festival, both from musicians who had played there and people who had attended as audience members, and to say I was not disappointed is an understatement – so much so that I have decided to post several reels from the footage I was sent.
I got my first standing ovation (I *think* it is my first, and it must be, because I think I would remember if I had had one before), and after nearly 250 shows (show #250 will be next year!), it was really heart-warming, especially since I really didn’t expect it in a festival setting and it totally took me by surprise.
I only learnt I was playing at the church of Janskerk a few days before, and was told shortly before starting that mine was to be the last ever Le Guess Who performance in that space! And as with @ekkobergen the week before, I got amazingly beautiful lighting – what a privilege!
I loved the church’s acoustics once I got used to the slapback echo I received in the choir (at first I thought something was wrong with the Grandmother!) and even with these mobile phone recordings, with headphones you can get a sense of the extra space it produced.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=pBI3Iym-3Ms%3Fsi%3D9wfmzW8ObOr_ttgo

LE GUESS WHO Part I, JANSKERK, UTRECHT 11th November 2023 + A FEW WORDS ON UNQUANTIZED SEQUENCING WITH @squarpinstruments HAPAX ON “TO HOLD AND TO BE HELD”.

“To hold and to be held” is a favorite of mine to play live: I just launch the composition’s long unquantized sequences with the @squarpinstruments Hapax sequencer I bought specially for the live shows, with some sections repeated in order to give me time to “arrive” to the right settings. The reason I smile so much when I play this and it goes well is not just that the music puts me in a great mood: it is *really* hard to get the settings just right on the Grandmother (we’re talking a millimitre on the LFO Rate knob making a real difference) *and* on the MF-104M Delay to produce the right lilt and groove. Mvt II involves 3 patches coming in succession, #3 being my fav as I feel the music is playing table tennis with itself!
Le jour et la nuit du réel out @thrilljockey
🙏🙏🙏 @le_guess_who, the audience and for 📷 @tristtristanstan @aslaugmusic

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