Henri Chopin has been played on NTS shows including Jameszoo Fool Radio, with La Civilisation Du Papier first played on 6 September 2013.

Henri Chopin (1922 - 2008) is a little-known but key figure of the French avant-garde during the second half of the 20th century. Known primarily as a concrete and sound poet, he created a large body of pioneering recordings using early tape recorders, studio technologies and the sounds of the manipulated human voice. His emphasis on sound is a reminder that language stems as much from oral traditions as from classic literature, of the relationship of balance between order and chaos.

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