Holeg Spies – Echos des Origines

What if listening were humanity’s founding gesture? In Echos des Origines, published by Signal Zéro, composer and sound researcher Holeg Spies traces an unbroken line from the resonant caves of the Paleolithic to the bass-driven warehouses of 1990s rave culture. He proposes what he calls écophonisme — an understanding of sound as a living organism in dynamic relation with its environment.

Between sociology, anthropology, and musicology, the book draws on three decades of immersive practice — Hopi rituals in Arizona, industrial wastelands of early techno, the studios of Abbey Road. Part manifesto, part counter-history, it reframes collective experience through sound rather than image. Published by Signal Zero Éditions, with contributions from astrophysicist Roland Lehoucq and sound archaeologist Mylène Pardoen.

Le Grand Jeu invites you to the launch of Echos des Origines in the presence of Holeg Spies. An evening to encounter a book that treats sound not as entertainment or noise, but as the oldest technology for being together.