Ndox Electrique - Live at Le Guess Who?

Relive Ndox Electrique live at Le Guess Who?, the first international performance of the genre-blurring musical ensemble that originated in Senegal, and whose music is inspired by an ancient ritual of the spirit-world originating from Senegal’s n’döep ceremonies.

Setlist:
00:00 Rakad (sabars instrumental)
02:01 Ngor Diouf Ne De Walé
12:49 Wali Namalé
16:34 Galoo Sahara Laleet El Aeed

About
How does one put Ndox Electrique into mere words? It is wild, dark, and solar; it is feminine and powerful, groovy and heavenly. Most importantly, Ndox Electrique is a ritual of possession which comes from Senegal’s N’döep ceremonies. On the stage, Ndox Electrique calls on the spirits to heal the modern world before them, with the aid of traditional incantations, dances, percussion, electric guitars, and laptops. A pact is made with the spirits. It takes much more than good intentions - but moving to the screeching music might just be the path to achieve salvation, whilst destroying and trading our tired cultural influences for something truly new.

“The first time we arrived; the impression was of extreme violence sound wise, and extreme tenderness, social wise… because everybody is taking care of each other. And that's really a sense of community" - François R. Cambuzat
Read the full feature by Atiyyah Khan about Ndox Electrique: https://leguesswho.com/news/ndox-elec...

Captured at TivoliVredenburg’s Grote Zaal on Sunday, 12 November 2023.

Ndeye Coumba Mbaye Kebe - vocal
Awa Mbodji - vocal
Oumar Ngom - nder, mbëng-mbëng & thiol
Mouhamet "Sangue" Sambe - nder, mbëng-mbëng & thiol
Mamadou "Pape" Ngom - nder, mbëng-mbëng & thiol
Gianna Greco - bass, choir & videos
François R. Cambuzat - guitars, choir, computer & videos
Alessandro Maffei - live sound

Direction: Dammes Kieft
Camera: Anaïs Saebu, Chris Groos, Jonathan Sipkema, Nicky Pajkić, Rikash Gobardhan, Yuma Eekman, Dammes Kieft
Production: Studio Dammes, Ramon de Lima
Montage & Grade: Nicky Pajkić, Peter Marcus
Sound recording: Marc Broer

Le Guess Who? Team: Bob van Heur, Anne Marleen de Jong, Barry Spooren, Jacob Hagelaars, Bethany Andrzejak, Zsarà Grünfeld, Gijs Cals

https://www.leguesswho.com