Music made from wine glasses, mbira, Tibetan bowls and Chimera synthesizer in Fordwells, Oxfordshire.

Fordwells

Music made from slowed-down bike bells on the Regent's Canal in London.
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The Regent's Canal

The Eccentric Press - Extract 1

The Eccentric Press - Extract 2

Maudslay Engine - Extract 1

Maudslay Engine - Extract 2

An exploration of what a post-apocalypse landscape might sound like in the form of British artist Iain Chamber's eerie and evocative examination of the decommissioned UK Ministry of Defence site Orford Ness.

Secrets of Orford Ness by Iain Chambers
Out: October 27, 
Format: digital
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All tracks by Iain Chambers
Mastered by Nima Aghiani
Photography: Ian Rawes

Secrets Of Orford Ness - Extract 1

Secrets Of Orford Ness - Extract 2

https://iainchambers.bandcamp.com/album/concrete-paris
Released 28th February 2021

“I’ve been making recordings of the sounds of Parisian architecture. Specifically those buildings in concrete often labelled brutalist – a term many architects dislike. 

Some of these early recordings found their way into Langham Research Centre’s Tape Works (Vol. 2) album. Now for this new composition I’ve brought them together with new lockdown recordings from beyond Paris’s Péripherique – the dual carriageway that contains the historic city.

These new town centres were built in the 60s and 70s. The communist suburbs – les banlieues rouges – made social housing their first priority and commissioned daring new buildings, like Renée Gailhoustet and Jean Renaudie’s work at Ivry-sur-Seine.

As a non-sequential guide I used the Brutalist Map of Paris, published by Blue Crow Media in 2017. Some of these buildings look utopian to me, suggesting different ways we could make spaces for our communities. They also suggest different textures and acoustics, and immediately got me thinking about describing the spaces through music and sound design.

“Concrete Paris” is also a radiophonic feature for BBC Radio 3's Between The Ears programme, featuring some of the architects of the buildings alongside the people who live there. This speechless version features just the sounds of the buildings themselves.”

Concrete Paris - Extract 2

Iain Chambers' music explores the hidden soundworld beneath the places and sounds we think we know well. He often uses field recordings in the composition process. Iain is a founder member of Langham Research Centre, British musique concrete composers/performers. He is also a director of Open Audio, a new multimedia co-operative. iain@openaudio.co.uk

Iain Chambers

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