# Iannis Xenakis — Metastaseis

Iannis Xenakis’s Metastaseis (1954) is No. 9 in our Modernism ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1954
- **On one list:** Modernism
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [Iannis Xenakis](https://waxonia.com/artist/iannis-xenakis/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/iannis-xenakis--metastaseis/

## What we say

### 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.

## Listen

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