Surenchères consists of a series of musical moments that have no prior connection with one another. Their coexistence defies the most basic rules of good taste, and blocks certain instinctive auditory responses in the listener, whether he or she is a specialist or not. Through a surplus of information, the listener might well struggle to impose some kind of structure, some sense of coherence, for excess, like lack, can result in a feeling of frustration – it leaves an impression of incompletenes...