François J. Bonnet talks about The Order of Sounds: A Sonorous Archipelago, his book on the philosophy of sound and listening, explaining the motivation behind its examination of modes of listening and its mapping of plural sonic ontologies, and expanding on some of the concepts he introduces in order to take account of the ‘schizological’ nature of sound. The podcast concludes with an exclusive track by Bonnet’s alter-ego Kassel Jaeger.
Music used in this podcast: Kassel Jaeger, ‘Campo Del Cielo’, from Deltas (Editions Mego). Bernard Parmegiani, ‘Des mots et des sons’, from L’Oeuvre Musicale (INA-GRM). Robin Mackay, Field Recording from St Agnes beach, 12 May 2016 0930. TLAOTLON, ‘The Co-Domain’, from Natural Devices (World Memory Records). TCF, 05DB9F72A8B41C628A3C96228B5B03236F811664763E0AD816, from 415C47197f78e811feeb7862288306ec4137fd4ec3ded8b (Mute). Alfred Bregman and Pierre Ahad, ‘Apparent Continuity’, from Demonstrations of Auditory Scene Analysis: The Perceptual Organization of Sound (MIT). Main, ‘Firmament IV’, from Firmament (Beggars Banquet). Konstantin Raudive, Breakthrough, record accompanying the book Breakthrough: An Amazing Experiment in Electronic Communication with the Dead (Gerrards Cross: Colin Smythe, 1971). Giacinto Scelsi, ‘Quattro Pezzi per Orchestra’, from Chamber Works (edition rz). Pierre Schaeffer, ‘Étude aux objects (1) Objets exposés’, from L’oeuvre musicale (INA-GRM) Bram Arnold, field recording from End of the World Garden, 1 May 2016 0620. Gérard Grisey, Ensemble Recherche, Vortex Temporum (Accord).
Banner Image: Charles Avery, Sketch for an Archipelago.
