Glokenspiel, windup instruments, and various amounts of horizontal fuzz make appearances, occasionally imbuing Music For The Home with a carnival-like quality. Ellis only worked with strict mathematical systems on one track, yet the apparent freedom on display seems to be worked out within complex serial tonal systems. Much of the disc creates a fluttering amid a polytonal canvas, disorientating as often it is playful. The album offers many approaches and styles, but the organ works of Olliver Messiaen certainly seem to have played a major role, ascetic meditations as they are. Although its title suggests an ambient leaning, the 20 tracks presented here are, to be fair, heavily influenced by 20th century avant-garde classical composition, albeit informed with a subtle post-ambient approach. ![]() Far from the precise rhythmic workouts of his sessions with PJ Harvey and Laika, Music For The Home finds Rob Ellis leaving the drumkit at home (for the most part) and getting comfortable behind pianos, organs and all manner of antiquated ephemera.
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