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An Interview with Éliane Radigue

8 points by jim-jim-jim 6y ago

daydream 6y ago
Thank you jim-jim-jim for posting this. I love Éliane’s music and hadn’t seen this interview with her before. Her description of her life and interactions with Arman and his friends in their early days, while relatively brief, I found fascinating.
emptysongglass 6y ago
Not many people know that the male-dominated noise scene of today owes itself to the female pioneers, like Radigue, of the musique concrète genre. People have a hard time grokking the appeal of noise music but to me it's the deep blue of the cities, the violence and hum of our machines. I stewed in this scene for years in my early twenties in Copenhagen, right at the time the women were reasserting their birthright over the genre with artists like Pharmakon and Puce Mary. It was a time of a lot of suffering for me but I was also so thankful for the splintering cracks of their invented, burly instruments and voices like saws or some antediluvian Eve. It was a warm comfort to hear the tumult of cities crying with you.
- jim-jim-jim 6y ago
  >I stewed in this scene for years in my early twenties in Copenhagen Late reply, but I'm guessing you were adjacent to some Posh Isolation/Janushoved stuff then? That whole scene was easily my favorite sonic development of the 2010s. It seems to have stagnated in its own right now, but it really was a breath of fresh air compared to much of the butt noise of the 00s.
  - emptysongglass 6y ago
    That was my jam, yeah! Posh especially. I'd hang out down at their little shop on Blågårds Plads and just listen to whatever records they had on rotation. Actually, that's how I was introduced to Radigue! They had a vinyl release that was just brought in and I was hooked. Some of the Posh crowd is still making good stuff: Loke under his own name and as Croatian Amour. I think most of that scene transformed into what's the Danish techno scene now. I've really fallen for the sweet candy bops of Kasper Marott. At 4:28 Courtesy comes in with one of his new tracks [1]. It's all very playful, something in short supply these days. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6X8nOudnkg&t=271 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6X8nOudnkg&t=271
_spduchamp 6y ago
Here's a book I highly recommend... http://www.mottodistribution.com/shop/eliane-radigue-intermediary-spaces-9789082649550.html http://www.mottodistribution.com/shop/eliane-radigue-interme... This has a much deeper insight into what went into making her music.

8 points by jim-jim-jim 6y ago

Thank you jim-jim-jim for posting this. I love Éliane’s music and hadn’t seen this interview with her before. Her description of her life and interactions with Arman and his friends in their early days, while relatively brief, I found fascinating.

emptysongglass 6y ago

Not many people know that the male-dominated noise scene of today owes itself to the female pioneers, like Radigue, of the musique concrète genre. People have a hard time grokking the appeal of noise music but to me it's the deep blue of the cities, the violence and hum of our machines. I stewed in this scene for years in my early twenties in Copenhagen, right at the time the women were reasserting their birthright over the genre with artists like Pharmakon and Puce Mary. It was a time of a lot of suffering for me but I was also so thankful for the splintering cracks of their invented, burly instruments and voices like saws or some antediluvian Eve. It was a warm comfort to hear the tumult of cities crying with you.

jim-jim-jim 6y ago
>I stewed in this scene for years in my early twenties in Copenhagen Late reply, but I'm guessing you were adjacent to some Posh Isolation/Janushoved stuff then? That whole scene was easily my favorite sonic development of the 2010s. It seems to have stagnated in its own right now, but it really was a breath of fresh air compared to much of the butt noise of the 00s.
- emptysongglass 6y ago
  That was my jam, yeah! Posh especially. I'd hang out down at their little shop on Blågårds Plads and just listen to whatever records they had on rotation. Actually, that's how I was introduced to Radigue! They had a vinyl release that was just brought in and I was hooked. Some of the Posh crowd is still making good stuff: Loke under his own name and as Croatian Amour. I think most of that scene transformed into what's the Danish techno scene now. I've really fallen for the sweet candy bops of Kasper Marott. At 4:28 Courtesy comes in with one of his new tracks [1]. It's all very playful, something in short supply these days. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6X8nOudnkg&t=271 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6X8nOudnkg&t=271

_spduchamp 6y ago

Here's a book I highly recommend... http://www.mottodistribution.com/shop/eliane-radigue-intermediary-spaces-9789082649550.html http://www.mottodistribution.com/shop/eliane-radigue-interme... This has a much deeper insight into what went into making her music.