Linsey Pollak

Linsey Pollak is well known all around Australia as a musician, instrument maker, composer, musical director and community music facilitator. He has worked as a musical instrument maker for over 20 years and has designed a number of new wind instruments as well as specialising in woodwind instruments from Eastern Europe (having studied Macedonian bagpipes in Macedonia). He has specialised in designing and making marimbas and other tuned percussion. His ongoing obsession combines much of this: Making music more accessible to the Community through musical instrument making and playing workshops.

This Cd contains original contemporary music played on a variety of hybrid wind instruments ranging from instruments I have designed and made (like the gaidanet and the saxillo) to the WX5 (a digital wind midi controller).

Listen to "The Key" ( WX5 / Clarini, mp3 audio 4.4mb)

Some of the Music was written for the outdoor festival show Bim..BamBoo!! in 1997 but the bulk of it has been written since then for a variety of wind instruments. It combines acoustic and digitally produced sounds and also draws on my love of Balkan rythms and modes.

Instruments Used:
WX5 wind midi controller (&VL70m)
Clarini & Gaidanet (narrow bone clarinets)
Taragato & Saxillo (single reed, conical bore)
Zurna (double reed, conical bore)
Clarinet /Flute /Jawharps /Monochord
DM5 drum module /S2000 sampler

This cd costs: $25 (AUD)
to purchase within Australia send
$30 (covers postage) to:
Linsey Pollak,
1193 Kin Kin Rd, Kin Kin, Qld. 4571
For orders from outside Australia please email: linsey@spiderweb.com.au