Running through the book like a bassline is a twelve-hour conversation between the musician

FM Einheit (FME) and media archaeologist Siegfried Zielinski. The volume is an exploration of the

world of sound in the form of a playful dialogue. In his responses, FME uses language to create

the characteristic echo that constitutes his universe of sounds, tones, noises, and music. At the

same time his expatiations also resonate in the echo chamber of the statements, poetic texts,

quotations, and essays of fellow artists, musicians, critics, and media and cultural researchers. The

books numerous images and graphic gestures make it clear that the bands FME has developed

his musical identity with are always involved too with artistic, sculptural, architectural, and

scenographic projects.



FM Einheit is a musician, composer, and sound researcher and the drummer with the band Ein-

stu rzende Neubauten, which he also co-founded. Siegfried Zielinski helped devise the concept of

media archaeology and is passionate about researching the dynamic relationships between art,

science, and technology. Daniel Irrgang is a scholar of media, art, and culture, currently based

at the University of Copenhagen.