, ▁free ▁impro vis ation ▁and ▁other ▁world ▁elements . ▁He ▁has ▁used ▁avant - gar de ▁concepts ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁experimental ▁works , ▁electronic ▁music ▁and ▁multimedia ▁interactive ▁art ▁projects . ▁His ▁body ▁of ▁work ▁has ▁been ▁compared ▁to ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁ac oust ic ▁guitar ▁virt u oso ▁Don ▁Ross ▁and ▁the ▁experiment ation ▁of ▁multi - inst rument al ist ▁George ▁Kol ler . ▁ ▁This ▁al liance ▁of ▁music ▁a est het ics ▁is ▁found ▁both ▁in ▁his ▁early ▁compos itions ▁( 1 9 9 5 – 1 9 9 8 ) — j azz ▁fusion ▁works ▁in ▁which ▁jazz ▁fund aments ▁are ▁treated ▁with ▁synth es izer ▁sounds ▁and ▁electric ▁instruments ▁creating ▁ju xt ap os itions ▁of ▁inten se ▁jazz - rock ▁son ic ▁materials ▁with ▁harm on ically ▁rich , ▁sometimes ▁almost ▁es oter ic ▁material   — and ▁in ▁later ▁pieces ▁( 2 0 0 0 – 2 0 0 6 ), ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁integration ▁of ▁oppos ites , ▁inher ent ▁performance ▁complex ities ▁and ▁game - like ▁attitude ▁creates ▁the ▁opportunity ▁for ▁free ▁interaction , ▁fusion ▁of ▁sing led ▁sounds ▁or ▁even ▁whole ▁ens emb les . ▁These ▁compos itions ▁are ▁examples ▁of ▁" con vers ational ▁music ", ▁a ▁term ▁he ▁uses ▁to ▁describe ▁a ▁musical ▁language ▁constructed ▁from ▁processes ▁gover ning ▁a ▁ver bal ▁conversation , ▁that ▁are ▁handled ▁in ▁a ▁musical ▁way . ▁Simon ' s ▁most ▁recent ▁compos itions ▁draw ▁insp iration ▁from ▁Central ▁European ▁folk lor ic