Are there any musical directions that you can see yourself going in the future that may surprise your listeners?
I don't think I'll ever do techno, metal, or even progressive rock... Bossa nova is also unlikely, although I enjoy very much this kind of music. However, since the days of our albums In Der Unterwelt, Cantus Umbrarum, and Lowell with Lightwave, I've been thinking about what an electronic opera might be like—I should point out that I'm a big fan of opera, and I've enjoyed certain operas by Peter Eötvös, Pascal Dusapin, and Helmut Lachenmann at the Paris Opera. This season, we are lucky enough to have Philip Glass's Satyagraha and John Adams's Nixon in China, which are more classically orchestrated. So yes, working towards an electronic opera, with sampled voices and real singers and reciters, would be wonderful... not to mention the possibility of a live performance...
Originally published in AUDION MAGAZINE #83, August 2025.
Interview by Andy Garibaldi.
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