 It must be presented by means of non-traditional characteristics, you see … one might say that the origin of this music is also found in the interest in 'plastifying' music, of rendering it plastic like sculpture…musique concrète, in my opinion … led to a manner of composing, indeed, a new mental framework of composing" .Schaeffer had developed an aesthetic that was centred upon the use of sound as a primary compositional resource.The aesthetic also emphasised the importance of play ("jeu") in the practice of sound based composition.