Paul Lansky

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Threads: I. Prelude - 03:00 Tools
Mild und Leise 00:00 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion: Her Song 03:06 Tools
Six Fantasies On A Poem By Tho 03:06 Tools
Not Just More Idle Chatter 08:05 Tools
Idle Chatter 09:28 Tools
Notjustmoreidlechatter 00:00 Tools
Still Time: second tableau - street scene 04:36 Tools
Book of Memory: Pastoral Counterpoint 12:55 Tools
Guy's Harp 12:55 Tools
Smalltalk 12:51 Tools
Threads: III. Chorus - 02:15 Tools
Night Traffic 10:23 Tools
Word Color 12:58 Tools
Just More Idle Chatter 08:48 Tools
Table's Clear 18:10 Tools
Late August 13:47 Tools
Post-Pastoral 04:35 Tools
Threads: IV. Aria - 02:41 Tools
Threads: II. Recitative - 01:54 Tools
Six Fantasies On A Poem By Thomas Campion: Her Song (1978) 00:00 Tools
The Lesson 06:27 Tools
Memory Pages 13:04 Tools
Threads: V. Recitative - 02:24 Tools
Threads: VI. Chorus - 02:16 Tools
Threads: VII. Aria - 03:40 Tools
Post-Pastoral (After G.F. Handel's Messiah) 00:00 Tools
Looking Back 03:38 Tools
Her Song 00:00 Tools
Not So Heavy Metal 19:12 Tools
Chatter of Pins 11:20 Tools
Now and Then 12:30 Tools
Threads: IX. Chorus - 03:26 Tools
Threads: X. Chorale Prelude 04:27 Tools
Two by Two 04:13 Tools
her voice 00:00 Tools
The Sound of Two Hands 10:29 Tools
Threads: VIII. Recitative - 02:07 Tools
Quakerbridge 13:24 Tools
Notjustmoreidlechatter (Exerpt) 1 00:56 Tools
Wordless 02:57 Tools
Idle Chatter junior 10:41 Tools
Notjustmoreidlechatter (Exerpt) 2 01:06 Tools
her reflection 00:00 Tools
Things She Carried 07:05 Tools
Notjustmoreidlechatter (Exerpt) 3 10:29 Tools
Travel Diary: IV. Arrived. Phone Home 06:27 Tools
her presence 00:00 Tools
Notjustmoreidlechatter (Exerpt) 4 02:16 Tools
Textures: I. Striations 05:51 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion - 02 - Her Song(1978) 03:06 Tools
Barbara Allen 03:34 Tools
her ritual 00:00 Tools
Ride 19:08 Tools
Six Fantasies 03:05 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion: Her Voice 02:51 Tools
her self 00:00 Tools
On F 05:51 Tools
Pavane Noir 04:08 Tools
Artifice (on Ferdinand's Reflection) 22:22 Tools
Alphanumeric Song 04:05 Tools
PassaKaglia 04:56 Tools
Wayfaring Stranger 04:54 Tools
Howl 04:37 Tools
The Long and Short of It: II. Braided Counterpoint 04:36 Tools
First Tableau: Panorama 07:09 Tools
Abc 07:55 Tools
B-O-B-O 03:05 Tools
Motherless Child 03:31 Tools
Composition Project for Seniors 08:59 Tools
Interesting Numbers 06:37 Tools
Third Tableau: From Above 07:55 Tools
Second Tableau: Street Scene 04:36 Tools
Pattern's Patterns 07:07 Tools
Mild Und Leise (Part 1) 10:00 Tools
Music Box 03:46 Tools
The Joy of F# Minor 10:01 Tools
Hammer 04:34 Tools
For the Moment 12:25 Tools
Still Time: first tableau - panorama 07:09 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion: Her Reflection 04:03 Tools
Countdown 04:07 Tools
Chords 10:59 Tools
Strut 04:04 Tools
Now That You Mention It 10:48 Tools
Um 04:04 Tools
Ash Grove 02:44 Tools
Andalusia 10:23 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion:Her Song(1978) 04:04 Tools
Six Fantasies On A Poem By Thomas Campion 00:00 Tools
Modal Fantasy 05:42 Tools
Tender Ladies 06:36 Tools
Travel Diary: I. Leaving Home 05:02 Tools
Aimless Air 04:34 Tools
As Things Were 03:01 Tools
Her song, from Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion- Her Song (1978) 03:06 Tools
Six Fantasies On A Poem By Thomas Campion-Her Song 03:06 Tools
Travel Diary: II. Cruising Speed 04:15 Tools
Same Scene, Nine Years Later 11:17 Tools
Crossworks 03:06 Tools
Travel Diary: III. Lost in Philly 03:50 Tools
Pretty Polly 03:15 Tools
Delia 04:54 Tools
Shadows 07:10 Tools
Say That Again 04:37 Tools
Still Time: third tableau - from above 07:56 Tools
Wish in the Dark 02:55 Tools
Pine Ridge 03:50 Tools
Three Moves: I. Hop (2) 05:40 Tools
Heavy Set 14:17 Tools
Crooked Courante 00:00 Tools
A is for... 06:04 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion: Her Ritual 06:00 Tools
Contemplating Weather: II. Clouds I 03:41 Tools
Folk Song 05:23 Tools
Fourth Tableau: Turning Inward 05:30 Tools
Spirals 03:06 Tools
Contemplating Weather: I. Weather Lament 03:41 Tools
Textures: II. Loose Ends 05:02 Tools
Odd Moments 04:54 Tools
Putative Prelude 02:55 Tools
Six Fantasies On A Poem By Thomas Campion-Her Song (1978) 03:06 Tools
Shameless Sarabande 04:35 Tools
Awkward Allemande 03:50 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion: Her Self 02:30 Tools
Still Time: four tableau - turning inward 05:31 Tools
Textures: IV. Slither 03:13 Tools
Things She Remembered 08:05 Tools
Lansky, Notjustmoreidlechatter (Excerpt).01 05:31 Tools
Three Moves: II. Turn 05:40 Tools
Contemplating Weather: III. Climate Change Riffs 03:11 Tools
Arches 03:11 Tools
Textures: VI. Points of Light 02:33 Tools
Textures: III. Soft Substrates 04:12 Tools
Lansky, Notjustmoreidlechatter (Excerpt).02 05:30 Tools
Partly Pavane 04:35 Tools
Three Moves: III. Slide 05:40 Tools
Hop(2) 04:35 Tools
Blue Wine 03:41 Tools
Songs of Parting: I. Ten Thousand Miles 02:56 Tools
Etudes and Parodies: I. Round and Round 03:04 Tools
Things She Noticed 08:20 Tools
Semi-Suite: I. Putative Prelude 03:11 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion:Her Song, 1978 03:06 Tools
Textures: V. Granite 03:52 Tools
Threads: II. Recitative I 04:12 Tools
Etudes and Parodies: II. Tongue Tied 02:33 Tools
Idle Fancies: I. Laughing Matter 09:46 Tools
Textures: VIII. Round-Wound 03:52 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion: her prescence 05:40 Tools
Contemplating Weather: IV. Clouds II 03:35 Tools
Threads: I. Prelude (Aria I) 05:40 Tools
Idle Fancies: II. Soliloquy 09:46 Tools
Semi-Suite: II. Aimless Air 05:18 Tools
Six Fantasies On A Poem By Thomas Campion Her Song 03:06 Tools
Textures: VII. Aflutter, On Edge 03:52 Tools
Mild und Leise 1973 (cut) 08:43 Tools
Partita: I. Preambulum 03:52 Tools
Semi-Suite: III. Crooked Courante 02:18 Tools
Etudes and Parodies: III. Call Me 03:08 Tools
Interlude 05:02 Tools
Threads: V. Recitative II 04:12 Tools
Idle Fancies: IV. Tipped Scales 01:53 Tools
Threads: III. Chorus I 04:12 Tools
Contemplating Weather: VI. Interlude 04:15 Tools
Partita: II. Allemande 03:52 Tools
Contemplating Weather: V. Echo of...(after hurricane Sandy) 04:15 Tools
Threads: VI. Chorus II 05:40 Tools
Horizons: I. Up Close 03:06 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion:Her Song 03:06 Tools
Contemplating Weather: VIII. Clouds III 05:40 Tools
Etudes and Parodies: IV. Make It Short 02:49 Tools
Etudes and Parodies: V. Naturally 03:13 Tools
Lansky, Notjustmoreidlechatter (Excerpt).03 02:33 Tools
Threads: IX. Chorus III 05:40 Tools
Idle Fancies: III. Repetitive Stress 01:53 Tools
Threads: IV. Aria II 05:40 Tools
Contemplating Weather: VII. Cold Front 05:40 Tools
Semi-Suite: VI. Partly Pavane 04:45 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion: Her Presence 03:45 Tools
Six Fants On A Poem By Thomas Campion: Her Song 06:27 Tools
Threads: VIII. Recitative III 05:40 Tools
Ricercare 05:02 Tools
Book of Memory: Prelude 04:15 Tools
Horizons: II. Rough Edged 03:06 Tools
Semi-Suite: V. Awkward Allemande 03:35 Tools
Semi-Suite: IV. Shameless Sarabande 04:15 Tools
Partita: III. Pavane 05:40 Tools
Contemplating Weather: X. Stratus 09:46 Tools
Etudes and Parodies: VII. Pavane Noire 05:40 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion - Her Song 05:02 Tools
Threads: X. Choral Prelude (Aria IV) 05:40 Tools
Idle Fancies: VI. Hop (3) 10:04 Tools
Notjustmoreidlechatter (Exerpt) 06:27 Tools
Contemplating Weather: XI. Chorales 09:46 Tools
Contemplating Weather: IX. Snow Arithmetic 09:46 Tools
It All Adds Up: I. Tie Yer Shoelaces 01:56 Tools
Etudes and Parodies: VI. Been Here Before 02:28 Tools
Ricercare Plus: I. Prelude 04:12 Tools
Book of Memory: Bransle 09:46 Tools
Partita: IV. Gigue 09:46 Tools
Things She Read 18:18 Tools
Six Fantasies On A Poem Of Thomas 03:13 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion; Her Song 03:06 Tools
Notes to Self: IV. Talk It Over 18:18 Tools
It All Adds Up: V. Enfolded 02:23 Tools
Lansky, Notjustmoreidlechatter (Excerpt).04 02:23 Tools
Idle Fancies: V. Split Rails 01:53 Tools
Notes to Self: II. Finger Tips 18:18 Tools
Horizons: III. Vanishing 18:18 Tools
It All Adds Up: II. As I Was Saying 04:48 Tools
It All Adds Up: III. Ten Is a Lovely Number 03:22 Tools
Everybody Heard 06:43 Tools
Book of Memory: Scriabinade 05:40 Tools
Book of Memory: Interlude I 18:18 Tools
Book of Memory: Antique Cadences 18:18 Tools
Notes to Self: III. Toccata 09:46 Tools
Book of Memory: Interlude II 18:18 Tools
It All Adds Up: VI. Topology 03:40 Tools
Folktropes 04:15 Tools
Ricercare Plus: II. Ricercare 09:46 Tools
Line and Shadow 16:37 Tools
It All Adds Up: IV. Flat Seven 03:16 Tools
Mild und Leise (Part 1 of 2) 03:06 Tools
Travel Diary: IV. Arrived, Phone Home 02:23 Tools
Ricercare Plus: III. Postlude 04:26 Tools
Dancetracks 05:40 Tools
Book of Memory: Interlude III 09:46 Tools
As It Grew Dark 18:18 Tools
Book of Memory: Lied 09:46 Tools
Book of Memory: Interlude V 09:46 Tools
Holy Moly 03:36 Tools
Book of Memory: Interlude IV 03:06 Tools
Notjustmoreidlechatter, for Computer (1988) 10:04 Tools
Book of Memory: Interlude VI 09:46 Tools
Things She Knew 10:04 Tools
Six Fantasies On A Poem 1979 09:46 Tools
Dancetracks (Remix) 03:16 Tools
As If - i. In Preparation 10:04 Tools
Notes to Self: I. Left-Handed Compliments 09:46 Tools
The Long and Short of It: I. Prelude 09:46 Tools
Book of Memory: Lament 10:04 Tools
Book of Memory: Scherzo 10:04 Tools
VII. Aria - 03:40 Tools
Hop 03:06 Tools
Songs of Parting: II. Stay Awhile 03:56 Tools
As If - ii. At a Distance 03:36 Tools
III. Chorus - 02:14 Tools
I. Prelude - 03:00 Tools
Leaping Lizards 04:17 Tools
six fantasies on a poem by thomas campion - her song (1978) 03:06 Tools
Mild und Leise, 1973 16:37 Tools
Dancetracks: Remix 16:37 Tools
Idle Chatter, for Computer (1985) 03:16 Tools
Six Fantasies On A Poem Of Th 03:06 Tools
Word Color, for Voice & Computer (1992) 03:16 Tools
II. Recitative - 01:53 Tools
Pavanne Noir 10:04 Tools
IV. Aria - 02:41 Tools
Good Grief 05:17 Tools
Golden State of Mind 10:04 Tools
Notes to Self: I. Left-Handed Complements 03:26 Tools
Comix Trips: What, Me Worry? 02:23 Tools
Delia's gone 03:16 Tools
V. Recitative - 02:23 Tools
X. Chorale Prelude 02:23 Tools
The Long and Short of It: III. Interlude No. 1 02:23 Tools
Etudes and Parodies, III. Call Me (2007) 02:23 Tools
The Long and Short of It: IV. The Joy of B-Flat Minor 02:23 Tools
VIII. Recitative - 02:06 Tools
The Lesson, for Computer Synthesized Tape (1989) 02:06 Tools
Threads, movement 1 03:06 Tools
just_more_idle_chatter, for Computer (1987) 02:06 Tools
As If - iii. In Practice 05:26 Tools
IX. Chorus - 03:26 Tools
fourth tableau - turning inward 03:26 Tools
second tableau - street scene 03:26 Tools
Six Fantasies On A Poem By Thomas Campion_Her Song (1978) 03:06 Tools
The Joy of F Sharp Minor 03:06 Tools
third tableau - from above 03:26 Tools
Talking Guitars: I. Repeat After Me 03:26 Tools
Talking Guitars: III. Fast Talk 03:26 Tools
The Long and Short of It: V. Interlude No. 2 03:26 Tools
Talking Guitars: II. Let's Talk 03:26 Tools
Pieces of Advice: II. Be Proud 03:26 Tools
The Long and Short of It: VII. Interlude No. 3 03:26 Tools
The Long and Short of It: VI. Long Short 03:26 Tools
Fantasies (6) on a Poem by Thomas Campion, for computer synthesized tap 03:06 Tools
Memory Pages, for Computer Synthesized Tape (1993) 06:34 Tools
As If - iv. In Distance 06:34 Tools
Songs of Parting: III. When I'm Gone 05:26 Tools
Six fantasies on a poem 05:26 Tools
Folk Tropes 05:26 Tools
Six Fantasies On A Poem By Thomas Campionher Song 04:17 Tools
Mild Und Liese 04:17 Tools
STILL TIME 04:17 Tools
Patterns Patterns 03:06 Tools
As If - At a Distance 04:17 Tools
As If - In Practice 06:34 Tools
2 by 2 06:34 Tools
Pieces of Advice: V. Be Insistent 06:34 Tools
The Long and Short of It: VIII. LaDiDaDiDaDa DiDaDaDiDa DiDa 06:34 Tools
Pieces of Advice: IV. Be Annoying 06:34 Tools
Pieces of Advice: I. Be Mysterious 06:34 Tools
Pieces of Advice: III. Be Patient 06:34 Tools
Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion:Her Song (1978) 06:34 Tools
Six Fantasies On a Poem By Thomas 05:17 Tools
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Paul Lansky (born 1944) is widely considered one of the original electronic music or computer music composers, and has been producing works from the 1970s up to the present day. A former student of George Perle, he is a currently professor of music composition at Princeton University, and in addition to his music is known as a pioneer in the development of computer music languages for algorithmic composition . He is also former student of Milton Babbitt and Edward Cone. Lansky's first album, Smalltalk, was not released until 1990. It features four tracks, two covering aspects of the human voice, and two looking at two styles of music (metal and harmonica). His second album, Homebrew (1992) contains five tracks, including the percussive and aural 18-minute classic, "Table's Clear", featuring samples of his children playing kitchen utensils. Following that came More Than Idle Chatter, the six compositions of which focus on processings of the human voice using LPC, granular synthesis, and plucked string synthesis; its three highlights are granular synth pieces called "Idle Chatter", "just_more_idle_chatter" and "Notjustmoreidlechatter" which look at the same thing from multiple perspectives. In 1994, he released Fantasies And Tableaux, a collection of two earlier works, "Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion" and "Still Time". 1995 brought Folk Images, Lansky's personal interpretation and reworking of a "good few folk songs." At around this point there was a slight change in the style of Lansky's music that made it sound slightly more modern, and 1997 heralded a one hour 'computer opera', Things She Carried, a musical portrait about an unnamed woman in a series of eight movements. During the following year Conversation Pieces was released. In early 2001 the CD Ride was released, featuring a new addition to the Idle Chatter family: "Idle Chatter Junior" and the 19 minute title piece, which tries to simulate a ride through various towns and country. The Radiohead song "Idioteque," from their 2000 album Kid A, features a prominent sample from Lansky's computer tape piece "Mild und Leise" (1973), which itself "samples" Richard Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"s opening motif -- essentially a half-diminished 7 chord, it's famous and influential enough in musical canon that it is simply known as the Tristan chord. The sample provides the entire harmony for the song through four looping chords taken from a few seconds of Lansky's original composition. Lansky has written an essay about Radiohead that appears in The Music and Art of Radiohead, as well as online Paul Lansky's webpage: http://www.music.princeton.edu/~paul/ Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.