François-Elie Roulin: Spectral Music and Avant-Garde Affinities

François-Elie Roulin, a 29-year-old French composer, has gained recognition in the new music scene with two albums on Brian Eno's Opal Records label. He is the only French artist signed to the label. Roulin invented a so-called 'spectral' range of music. In an interview with Dominique Guillerm, he discusses his affinities with Satie and Kandinsky, the Schoenberg lineage, American composers, the concept of the avant-garde, the risk of regression posed by machines, his borrowings from other eras and countries, and the reality of a global culture. His work places him alongside figures like Philip Glass, the Residents, Michael Nyman, and Arvo Pärt.