Artist Info: Jacques Dudon

Jacques Dudon is a french just intonation composer and instrument builder. In the 1970s, he created 150 water instruments called ‘aquaphones’ described in his pioneering book ‘La Musique De L’eau’ (Water Music, 1982). While he was living in India in the early 1970s, he studied indian singing with Sri M. R. Gautam in Benares. At this time, he was known as ‘Guilain’, a guitar player with hippie bands like Crium Delirium. In 1972, he created his first photosonic disc to generate sounds through the means of light. [read more...]