Lebanese free-rock, post-folk sextet SANAM performs live on the opening night of Le Guess Who? 2023, following the release of their debut album 'Aykathani Malakon'.

Setlist:
00:00 Aykathani Malakon
03:11 Bell
08:43 Shajar Al-Touti
12:16 Ya Nass
18:33 Rings
25:09 94
30:40 Ayouha Al-Taiin Fi Al-Mawt

About
SANAM's music is akin to a ritual, somewhere between a marriage and an exorcism. The six Lebanese musicians blend traditional Egyptian songs and Arabic poetry with improvised rock, free jazz, and noise. These are stitched together by Sandy Chamoun's commanding singing. Fittingly, the group came to be as part of a performance of another notable experimenter, Faust's Hans Joachim Irmler, at Irtijal, the oldest music festival in Beirut. Their first album, 'Aykathani Malakon', was recorded in a traditional house in the village of Saqi Reshmaya, and released via Mais Um Discos.

Captured at TivoliVredenburg's Pandora on Thursday, 9 November 2023.

Sandy Chamoun - Vocals
Antonio El-Hajj Moussa - Bass, Electronics
Farah Kaddour - Buzuk
Anthony Sahyoun - Guitar, Synthesizer, Electronics
Pascal Semerdjian - Drums
Marwan Tohme - Guitar, Electronics

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: Peter Marcus
Sound recording: Marc Broer
Sound mix: Fadi Tabbal at Tunefork Studios (LB)

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