Ellis’s solo work is intensely personal in nature. A companion piece to Vol. 1, the album opens a treasure chest of archive recordings from the last decade, documenting a turbulent period in his domestic life.

Where the first Music For The Home consisted almost entirely of pieces created and edited inside a computer, this album includes many piano pieces recorded ‘live’. A self-taught pianist, Ellis’s idiosyncratic approach to composition has drawn comparisons to the work of Messaien, Reich and Cage among others. The album also utilises domestic recordings and concrète techniques, notably on the remarkable ‘Church Opposite’, which uses the sounds of church bells to startling effect.

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