Max Richter

Yeah. Well, this is one of the other paradoxes, isn't it? I mean, when you hear a piece of music, if you sort of connect with it in any way, you do feel like you're being spoken to about something and you're sharing something of the consciousness of the person who made that piece or who played it. And this is, again, one of the great puzzles of music. You know, we feel it.

Yeah. Well, this is one of the other paradoxes, isn't it? I mean, when you hear a piece of music, if you sort of connect with it in any way, you do feel like you're being spoken to about something and you're sharing something of the consciousness of the person who made that piece or who played it. And this is, again, one of the great puzzles of music. You know, we feel it.

Look, this is just air bouncing around. Right. And yet, you know, there is something very profound going on. Yeah. But I mean, it's just such a paradoxical and interesting thing.

Look, this is just air bouncing around. Right. And yet, you know, there is something very profound going on. Yeah. But I mean, it's just such a paradoxical and interesting thing.

It's a very dark song. It's a song about loss and everything falling to pieces, right? Yeah.

It's a very dark song. It's a song about loss and everything falling to pieces, right? Yeah.

um it's hilarious right because i think um at one point it was even used as a kind of campaign song absolutely yeah over and over again not just at one point people love it i can answer them it's like really are you even listening no no they are not yeah no i mean it's interesting that isn't it i mean he's obviously a brilliant songwriter and it's a very clever piece of writing

um it's hilarious right because i think um at one point it was even used as a kind of campaign song absolutely yeah over and over again not just at one point people love it i can answer them it's like really are you even listening no no they are not yeah no i mean it's interesting that isn't it i mean he's obviously a brilliant songwriter and it's a very clever piece of writing

because it's actually the blackest irony, right? That song.

because it's actually the blackest irony, right? That song.

Well, in the record itself, you have composed music, so instrumental music, which has been written down. And then you have essentially found objects, interludes, really, between the composed music. So you've got this sort of polarity operating in the piece all the time. And that's, I guess, sort of speaks to the idea of polarities.

Well, in the record itself, you have composed music, so instrumental music, which has been written down. And then you have essentially found objects, interludes, really, between the composed music. So you've got this sort of polarity operating in the piece all the time. And that's, I guess, sort of speaks to the idea of polarities.

And this, for me, I guess, leans into the societal aspect of the record and the time that we're living in. You know, we live in a very polarized time. A historical moment is a moment where people who have mild disagreements can't even speak to one another.

And this, for me, I guess, leans into the societal aspect of the record and the time that we're living in. You know, we live in a very polarized time. A historical moment is a moment where people who have mild disagreements can't even speak to one another.

And I guess in trying to have these different kinds of objects live with one another, the electronic, the acoustic, the found object, the intentionally written music, putting these things into a kind of fruitful unity, I guess I'm making a kind of a small plea for coexistence and listening.

And I guess in trying to have these different kinds of objects live with one another, the electronic, the acoustic, the found object, the intentionally written music, putting these things into a kind of fruitful unity, I guess I'm making a kind of a small plea for coexistence and listening.

I can see both sides of this. I have the radio on in my kitchen during all waking hours. But it's set at such a level so that if I'm cooking, I can hear the music. Because I like to be surprised. I like to hear things that I haven't heard or wasn't expecting to hear. On the other hand, if I listen to music, if I put a record on, then I will sit and listen to that music with full concentration.

I can see both sides of this. I have the radio on in my kitchen during all waking hours. But it's set at such a level so that if I'm cooking, I can hear the music. Because I like to be surprised. I like to hear things that I haven't heard or wasn't expecting to hear. On the other hand, if I listen to music, if I put a record on, then I will sit and listen to that music with full concentration.

Because that is what the artist will have intended. So I guess that's a sort of, it's like a contract.

Because that is what the artist will have intended. So I guess that's a sort of, it's like a contract.