Music For The Home [CD]

Subtitled "Instrumental, Mechanical & Electronic Music 1994-1999", Music For The Home is the result of many years of personal fascination with contemporary classical music, jazz and electronica. Percussionist and producer Rob Ellis is a self-taught pianist, and the album started life as a piano solo album, gradually evolving into something more orchestrated, taking in music boxes and other wind-up instruments, as well as cello and classical guitar. The album has more in common with the work of composers like Messaien, Reich and Steve Martland than it does with any of Ellis' previous work. Music For The Home is not 'played' as such, rather it comprises a suite of music pieced together from fragments and layers of recordings made over several years. Ellis' composing and arranging, though unconventional here, provide a flow and rhythm that gives the album cohesive force.