François Bayle (born 27 April 1932, in Toamasina, Madagascar) is a distinguished Electronic Music and Musique Concrète composer. In the 1950s he studied with Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Schaeffer and Karlheinz Stockhausen. In 1960 he joined the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française and in 1966 was put in charge of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM). He is behind innovations such as the Acousmonium and the INA-GRM recordings label. After leaving GRM he founded his own electronic music studio, the Studio Magison, where he devotes his time to research, writing and composition.
1.) WHICH RECORD HAS HAD THE MOST PROFOUND INFLUENCE ON YOU?
Maurice Ravel – Jeux d’eaux – by Alfred Cortot.
2.) HOW MANY HOURS DO YOU SPEND A WEEK RECORDING/PLAYING/CREATING?
Between 30 and 60.
3.) WHICH OF YOUR OWN CREATIONS IS YOUR FAVOURITE?
The most recent one, always.
4.) WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST REGRET?
Human stupidity.
5.) WHAT DO YOU DO TO RELAX?
Reading (philosophy, novels, biographies).
6.) OTHER THAN FRIENDS AND FAMILY WHAT IS YOUR MOST CHERISHED POSSESSION?
My ears.
7.) TELL ME THREE OF YOUR HEROES/HEROINES?
D’Artagnan, Captain Nemo, Colette.
8.) WHERE IS YOUR FAVOURITE PLACE IN THE WORLD?
My house.
9.) IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE YOUR ART WHAT OCCUPATION DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD BE DOING?
Gardener.
10.) IF THERE IS ONE THING THAT YOU WOULD WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW ABOUT YOU THAT YOU HAVE NEVER CONVEYED IN AN INTERVIEW BEFORE WHAT WOULD THAT BE?
That I’m a genius!
En français
1.) QUEL DISQUE VOUS A INFLUENCÉ LE PLUS PROFONDÉMENT?
Maurice Ravel – Jeux d’eaux – par Alfred Cortot.
2.) COMBIEN D’HEURES PAR SEMAINE PASSEZ-VOUS À ENREGISTRER/JOUER/ CRÉER?
Entre 30 et 60 h.
3.) DE VOTRE CRÉATIONS, QUELLE EST VOTRE FAVORIE?
La dernière, toujours.
4.) QU’EST-CE QUE VOUS REGRETTEZ LE PLUS?
La bêtise humaine.
5.) QU’EST-CE QUE VOUS FAIRE POUR SE DÉTENDRE?
Lecture (philo, romans, biographies…).
6.) QUEL EST VOTRE BIEN LE PLUS PRÉCIEUX (SAUF FAMILLE ET AMIS)?
Mes oreilles.
7.) QUI SONT VOS TROIS HÉROS/HÉROÏNES?
D’Artagnan – le capitaine Nemo – Colette.
8.) OÙ EST VOTRE ENDROIT FAVORI DANS LE MONDE?
Chez moi.
9.) SI VOUS N’ÉTIEZ PAS ARTISTE, QUEL EMPLOI AURIEZ-VOUS?
Jardinier.
10.) DISEZ-MOI UNE CHOSE QUE VOUS N’AVEZ JAMAIS DIT DANS UNE ENTREVUE?
Que je suis un génie!