# John Cage — Williams Mix

John Cage’s Williams Mix (1952) is No. 5 in our Musique Concrète ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1952
- **On one list:** Musique Concrète
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30
- **Artist:** [John Cage](https://waxonia.com/artist/john-cage/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/john-cage--williams-mix/

## What we say

### No. 5 in [Musique Concrète](https://waxonia.com/genre/musique-concrete/)

Six hundred recordings spliced according to chance operations, taking a year to cut for four minutes of tape. Cage's most laborious piece and his most gleefully pointless.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/John%20Cage%20Williams%20Mix) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ApQap2o2Tbw)

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