« I’m very interested in the relationship between music and new technologies. I try to see how the conception and perception of music are modified by multi-media devices. The theatricality inherent in their use is at the heart of my work. These devices become sound characters in their own right, play partners… I integrate them into my compositions as an element capable of guiding, accompanying and disorienting perception. I also try to question our new musical listening mechanisms, linked to the technological universe that is part of our daily lives. This universe has changed our relationship to music. Music’s link with its own means of distribution (streaming platforms, remote controls, videos…) has imposed a particular kind of listening: active, jerky, fast, fragmentary, repetitive, multiple, random. Our listening is moving away from preconceived forms, creating new ones, opposing the ritual of the concert and questioning its codes. I try to draw inspiration from this to find new poetic spaces, both in the musical content and in the way it is performed, and in the relationship with the audience. »

Alexandros Markeas