Lansky later added eight pieces in 1991-93 to make the album Folk Images . Lansky has used ambient urban sounds in only a few pieces, and they have tended to be not quite as successful as those based on music or speech. Lansky's most successful solution to that problem has been his music based on the spoken word, perhaps because either the text or the speaker has personal importance for him. Usually, the speaker is Lansky's wife Hannah MacKay, a trained actor. Lansky has described his theories of how technology is changing the relationship between listeners, performers, and composers.
Recording is the norm and concerts are glorifications of recording.
This reversal of roles, Lansky believes, has implications for everyone involved in music that have not been sufficiently thought through.