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A funny thing happened to Paul Lansky on the way to the computer. Originally expecting to be caught up in the search for "new sounds" and "unknown soundworlds" he instead became much more interested in human sounds and the noise of the world around us. Since the early 70s he has thus been using the computer as a kind of aural microscope on this world-noise. His "Six Fantasies on a Poem by Thomas Campion", widely regarded as a landmark work in computer music, takes us on a journey to the inner world of poetry and speech. "Idle Chatter" and its sister pieces, "just_more_idle-chatter" and "Notjustmoreidlechatter", make music from the incoherent babble of synthesized speech. "As if, Values of Time, Stroll", and "Talkshow" all involve live performers in a kind of musical reality play. Recent works have made use of ambient noises such as those of shopping malls and highways, and he continues his explorations in search of the implicit music in the way people speak. His music has been widely heard and performed in the United States, Europe and Australia, and has been used extensively by dance troupes, including the well-known Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company. In 1989, "Idle Chatter" was used as the opener for the Zurich International Jazz Festival. Lansky was born in New York City and flirted with a career as a French horn player (Dorian Quintet 1966-67) before turning to composition. He is on the faculty at Princeton University.

Paul Lansky's website is located at http://www.music.princeton.edu/~paul/.

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