“Six Feet on Earth”: The Ocean Is Not a Silent World, by Maxime Dangles

[This article was first published on our site on April 5, 2022, and republished on June 6, 2025]

The oceans cover nearly 71% of our planet's surface. They feed us and regulate the Earth's temperature and climate. But they are under threat.

For this fifth and final episode of our series “Oceans, Sanctuaries or El Dorado?”, we gave the floor to Maxime Dangles, electronic music producer.

For four years, this artist from Valence, France, has been participating in Sonars, a project that combines art and science, in partnership between La Carène, a contemporary music venue in Brest Métropole, and the Franco-Quebec laboratory BeBEST .

Using sounds recorded underwater by researchers—particularly in Arctic regions—he produces works and live performances in spatialized sound. For him, it's not just about capturing underwater soundscapes disrupted by climate change, but also about provoking emotions. This is his mission, he tells us.

Enjoy listening!

This podcast is co-produced by Courrier International and AFD.

Interview, writing and presentation: Carole Lembezat

Directed by: Antoine Dabrowski

Music: Kagabas album , by Lion's Drums

With the participation of: Virginie Lepetit, Flora Trouilloud, Pascale Boyen, Joffrey Ricome

Six Feet on Earth is dedicated to the planet's major challenges. Each series explores a question and answers it in five episodes with five different speakers: a philosopher, a scientist, an anthropologist, an artist, an actor or actress from the field, etc.

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