Mike Kelley & Scanner – Esprits de Paris

This hour-long electronic composition by Mike Kelley and Scanner explores the so-called ‘electronic voice phenomena’ associated with the psychic researchers Friedrich Jürgenson and Konstantin Raudive. Waveform anomalies, found on blank digital minidiscs ‘exposed’ to sites in Paris linked to the city’s spiritualist, avant-garde, and pop musical histories, were mixed to produce this beautiful and haunting soundscape. Commissioned by the Centre Georges Pompidou in 2002 for the exhibition Sonic Process.