We’re so pleased to announce French newspaper Le Monde’s coverage of LE SON DU NOUS today in their Music section. In describing Philippe Starck’s ambitions for the performance, Odile de Plas notes that he hopes to move his audience to the point of tears with his exploration of the sounds of humanity. She describes the performance as being largely improvised, and quotes Starck in saying: “[To hold on to four hours, is easy, I do lectures all the time. What is more impressive, is not to know where one goes with it. I like this idea of surprise in an era as policed as ours and in a life as organized as mine. Sound is a difficult fluid to apprehend, because it is invisible, like the air. But it produces real physical effects, if the decibels are violent enough. I want to evoke all that and try to create a fertile chaos so that together we are able to release the sound of us. To be one in all, and all in one."
Le Monde goes on to quote Stephan Crasneanscki about Soundwalk's archive of sound that he has tapped into to create the audio for the performance: "[There was sound before us: nature, the cosmos. Sounds of us: buildings, noises of life, but also of death, like the silence after 9/11 that I captured. And the sound of after, which we will leave during the performance.]”
The article then refers to Soundwalk’s previous collaborations with Philippe Starck: the first occurring in 2004 for Paris’ la Nuit Blanche event. The second, 24 Hours: the Starck Mix, which Le Monde describes as “[a universe of sound, which one could access by downloading an iphone application, that diffuses the sound of the moment.]” Le Monde conveys the designer’s passion for music: “[Starck always listens to music... it helps him to concentrate on his work... and creates a comfortable space.]”
The article concludes by noting three sounds that Starck says have [shaken] him to the core, “the gutteral trumpeting of an Indian flute, the infrasound of Laurie Anderson’s electric violin, and the cry of an extrordinarily ugly girl in a café in Williamsburg, New York.” Le Monde finishes by quoting Starck as saying, “[...she put all her ugliness into the crystalline beauty of that sound. I was dumbstruck. I threw up my arms. It was my sound.]”
Thank you for the coverage, Le Monde!
Click here to read the full article (in French).
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