I don't have a specific recommendation, but Lansky sounds a lot like the Tape Musician's of the 50's. Said musicians would slice and glue together countless snippets of sound recordings of real objects or spoken voice to create their compositions.
Today, the same can be accomplished digitally. Here is a recent example (though a little pop-music like):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAwR6w2TgxY