Born in in Limoges in 1981, François J. Bonnet is the artistic director of the prestigious institute INA-GRM and the curator of the Recollection GRM series on Editions Mego label. In 2012 he published The Order of Sounds: A Sonorous Archipelago (Szendy Editions [original French] / Urbanomic [English Translation]) his book on the philosophy of sound and listening.
Bonnet produces music under his Kassel Jaeger pseudonym. Kassel Jaeger’s works are a complex balance between concrète experimentalism, ambient noise, and electroacoustic improvisation. He has released several well-received albums on various labels including Editions Mego and Senufo Editions.