Iannis Xenakis, La Légende d’Eer by Chris Cutler

In this podcast, music theorist Chris Cutler charts the artist Iannis Xenakis’ path from architectural forms to stochastic music, tracing a life shaped by war, exile, and radical creativity. The episode accompanies an exhibition at Simian, presenting La Légende d’Eer, Xenakis’ seminal composition from 1977 as a spatial installation, restored and remastered from the original tapes. The transcript with footnotes can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/lalegendedeertranscript