# Iannis Xenakis — Every Record We Rank

Iannis Xenakis appears once in our Modernism list, placing as high as No. 9. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 1
- **Appears on:** Modernism
- **Year:** 1954
- **Highest placing:** No. 9 in Modernism
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/iannis-xenakis/

## Appears on

### [Metastaseis](https://waxonia.com/track/iannis-xenakis--metastaseis/)

*1954 · No. 9 in [Modernism](https://waxonia.com/genre/modernism/)*

Sixty-one players on sixty-one separate parts, the string glissandi drawn as the ruled surfaces Xenakis was designing with Le Corbusier at the time. Architecture, performed.

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