Watch A Fascinating Video About Experimental Electronic Music
Chris Marker made a video about Iannis Xenakis. If those words mean anything to you, then you’re going to love it.
What is the relationship between electronic music and Ancient Greece? This question is explored as a part of the sadly never aired 13-part TV series The Owl’s Legacy. The show was directed by Chris Marker, a video essayist whose work La Jetée was the basis for 12 Monkeys (and many other sci-fi films). One segment of the series, Music, or Inner Space, explores the unusual sonic worlds of avant-garde Greek-French experimental electronic composer Iannis Xenakis. This show is probably as far-out as you’re going to get today. Take a half-hour break, strap in and give it a watch below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkwY5Jn-GEA
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