Name: Morgane Lhote
Occupation: Producer
Nationality: French
Recent release: Morgane Lhote's "Connection transpacifique" is out March 7th 2025. It is the first single off her upcoming LP, scheduled for this Summer.
Recommendations: I love both these books: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé by Bob Stanley and How Music Works by David Byrne

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When I listen to music, I see shapes, objects and colours. What happens in your body when you're listening? Do you listen with your eyes open or closed?

My body is in tune with the energy of the music so I feel energized if listening to upbeat music or slightly lethargic when hearing more downtempo stuff.

I listen with my eyes open in general but closed when mixing.

How do listening with headphones and listening through a stereo system change your experience of sound and music?

Listening with headphones is really helpful when mixing and hearing the location of different parts within the mix.

Tell me about some of the albums or artists that you love specifically for their sound, please.

I love Roxy Music and their smooth, clean production sound, especially Avalon.



François De Roubaix is overall my favorite musician and I love his very distinctive way of combining acoustic and electronic sounds.

Do you experience strong emotional responses towards certain sounds? If so, what kind of sounds are these and do you have an explanation about the reasons for these responses?

I lost a fair amount of my top end hearing so I gravitate towards lower, bassy sounds. It’s a physiological response at this point.

There can be sounds which feel highly irritating to us and then there are others we could gladly listen to for hours. Do you have examples for either one or both of these?

John Cage really irritates me in general and I could listen to 1970s analog synths sounds forever.

Are there everyday places, spaces, or devices which intrigue you by the way they sound? Which are these?

I love long tunnels (we have loads of those in Los Angeles) and the reverberation they generate.

Have you ever been in spaces with extreme sonic characteristics, such as anechoic chambers or caves? What was the experience like?

I haven’t yet but the night is young!

What are among your favourite spaces to record and play your music?

My bedroom! I set up my home studio there and it sounds great!

Do music and sound feel “material” to you? Does working with sound feel like you're sculpting or shaping something?

Song composition feels like I’m building something as opposed to sounds in general.

How important is sound for our overall well-being and in how far do you feel the "acoustic health" of a society or environment is reflective of its overall health?

I think music is very healing. You just have to look at music therapy in general and how people with cognitive impairment still respond really strongly to music.  

Sound, song, and rhythm are all around us, from animal noises to the waves of the ocean. What, if any, are some of the most moving experiences you've had with these non-human-made sounds?

I spent a lot of time in my youth in Tunisia and I can still hear in my head the sounds of the boats’ ropes slapping against the mast as the wind shifted, which created a rhythmic "clanging" sound.

It was magical falling asleep to those noises as a kid.

Many animals communicate through sound. Based either on experience or intuition, do you feel as though interspecies communication is possible and important? Is there a creative element to it, would you say?  

I’m not sure if it’s creative but I heard recently that cats’ meows are meant to be on the same frequency as infants crying so we pay more attention to them! Isn’t that wild?

Tinnitus and developing hyperacusis are very real risks for anyone working with sound. Do you take precautions in this regard and if you're suffering from these or similar issues – how do you cope with them?

I lost a lot of my hearing already so I’m not being super careful. I should be!

We can surround us with sound every second of the day. The great pianist Glenn Gould even considered this the ultimate delight. How do you see that yourself and what importance does silence hold?

I need to hear a lot of music daily but I also need a lot of silence. When aural fatigue sets in, it becomes physically painful to listen to anything.

Seth S. Horowitz called hearing the “universal sense” and emphasised that it was more precise and faster than any of our other senses, including vision. How would our world be different if we paid less attention to looks and listened more instead?

I think we would turn into bats!