Leigh Landy is a composer and musicologist. He holds a Research Chair at De Montfort University where he directs the Music, Technology and Innovation Research Centre. Landy's compositions include several works for video, dance and theatre and have been performed around the globe. Many of his works are sample-based. He is editor of the international journal 'Organised Sound' (Cambridge University Press) and author of over 100 articles and seven books and is currently working on 'The Music of Sounds and the Music of Things' with John Richards.