The clarinetist Michel Lethiec and some young musicians from the Conservatory get positionned and set down a table with potted plants from the former Matisse museum. They play cycle upon cycle of measures non-stop so as to create a static ambiance likening the musical production to a simple parameter of domestic comfort. Satie predicts that the music of the future will be processed internally like heat or light.

The audience must take the passive role as visitors of the apartment. They must ignore the musicians and liken them to simple loudspeakers. But actually, the opposite happened.