When Jim O’Rourke first visited the French institution known as the Groupe de Recherches Musicales 30 years ago, it was a young man’s act of fandom. He was already trying to make electro-acoustic music that emulated the methods and aesthetics that the GRM supported. He had also figured out that the instructors where he was … Continue reading Essential New Music: Jim O’Rourke’s “Shutting Down Here”