Designed to be ignored’ – uncover the surprisingly fascinating origins of background music in this video essay on Erik Satie ...

In his upcoming performance of Erik Satie’s piece ‘Vexations’ at London’s Southbank Centre, Levit will once again recreate the work exactly per its instructions, repeating it 840 times.

Awe’s second release, from Danish artists MK Velsorf and Aase Nielsen, at first seems like it couldn’t be further from Atlas’ ...

The extreme simplicity of many of Satie’s pieces, their thin textures and strange, unprepared harmonies, coupled with his idiosyncratic sense of humour, have led many to view him as the clown (or the ...

The first piece was Erik Satie’s “Gymnopedie,” orchestrated by Debussy. It was a wise choice to start the concert program with a light and delicate piece, because what was to come would certainly be ...