Paul Lansky: Homebrew (VOL. 1)
BRIDGE 9035

Cover painting by P. Craig Russell

This CD includes Lansky's wonderful "Table's Clear"- a piece made when the composer and his two young sons "took our kitchen apart, recording the sounds of everything they could find which would make noise." The result is an exhilarating 18 minute piece that has been called "a masterpiece of the genre." Lansky writes: "The five pieces on this recording are attempts to view the mundane, everyday noises of daily life through a personal musical filter....They try to find implicit music in the worldnoise around us."

Reviews:

“Computer hackers certainly will want to add this CD to their collection, but it isn’t just for them alone. It also is for Chopin lovers and anyone who loves music because it is beautiful and moving.” - Saint Paul Pioneer Press

“Table’s Clear is a perfect little jewel, intriguing, funny, and viscerally satisfying. A tour de force of the art of sampling. Lansky’s pop-leaning usages provoke one to reflect on purposes and goals. It seems pretty clear that where Lansky aims his talent has as much to do with insouciance as with targets missed or unseen.” - Fanfare