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"The high-concept and experimental nature of Home builds in a level of musicality that shines through peripheral effects. A big part of the charm in bassist Eleonore Oppenheim's solo debut lies in the variety of ways she uses her core instrument to interact with electronics, noises and vocal components ... Home is persistent contemporary music with as much a propensity for minimalism as for impenetrable intensity. Her ability to blend acoustic, electronic and voice into a seamless and organic creation is uncanny. Oppenheim is exceedingly talented and has a strong inclination for thinking way outside the box. The result is uplifting." - All About Jazz Home, the debut solo recording from bassist Eleonore Oppenheim, is a musical core sample in which each track represents a different approach to the double bass as a modern solo instrument and to the ways in which it can interact with electronic media. By turns glitchy and pure, gritty and shimmering, Home releases the bass from its traditional obligations and embarks on a surprising, unfettered journey through several strata of sound which explore the breadth of the instrument’s emotional and physical range. Not beholden to any one style, all of the pieces draw on a variety of influences, from noise rock to jazz to synth-pop. Several also incorporate Oppenheim’s unadorned, folky voice, which blends and dialogues with the bass, acting both as another texture and as an offshoot of the instrument. This album is part of a years-long collaborative commissioning project that Oppenheim started in 2006 featuring works by some of today’s most innovative and original early to mid-career composers.