music ÉLIANE RADIGUE
infinitesimal variations, no breaks, no narration, just music that resonates with the world, a vibratory intensity that opens to introspective soundscapes
interview by JONATHAN HEPFER
portrait by OLIVIER ZAHM
shot in éliane radigue’s apartment in paris
JONATHAN HEPFER — Your career as a composer has had three periods: your work with feedback in the ’60s at the Studio d’Essai [in Paris]; synthesizers in the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s; and acoustic instruments since around the year 2000. Do you see these as unrelated chapters of your life, or do they belong to some kind of trajectory?
ÉLIANE RADIGUE — I think there’s absolutely a sense of continuity in what I’m doing. In fact, there’s not that much difference between the electronic period and what I do now, working with musicians. It’s all…