Pierre Schaeffer locked himself in a studio with train recordings. He rejected sheet music and synthesizers: "The material of music is sound itself." Thus was born Musique Concrète: a collage of reality, created with scissors and tape.
Welcome to an interactive map of electronic sound evolution. From the first experiments with electricity to neural audio. Navigate the timeline, explore events, listen to music.
>SCROLLScroll down to move through time.
>FILTERSFilter events by categories in the top menu.
>EVENTSClick on cards to learn details and listen to tracks.
>INFLUENCEToggle [INFLUENCE] to reveal connections between events.
>HORIZON VIEWSwitch to [HORIZON VIEW] for a chronological horizontal layout.