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Secrets of Orford Ness

by Iain Chambers

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"I've been working on material recorded at the former UK Ministry of Defence site Orford Ness on the East England Suffolk coast.
Since the Ministry of Defence left in 1993, the buildings have been overrun by nature.

The excitement felt by Bletchley Park's wartime code breakers was echoed here too: Britain's greatest scientific brains, along with 400 civilians and thousands of unacknowledged Chinese migrant workers all worked on developing military technology including the UK’s first nuclear weapon.

Today the place gives us a sense of what a post-apocalyptic environment might look and sound like. Air ducts once now burst open with the packed nests of roosting birds. There are seagulls 'playing' the atomic weapons laboratories with their cries; baby jackdaws duetting with gravel footsteps; metal stairwells transformed into aeolian harps. " Iain Chambers, Orford Ness.

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released November 12, 2020

Thanks to David Mason, Markus Heuger, Viet-Xuan Williams, and Roy Dommett (1933-2015)

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Iain Chambers London, UK

Iain Chambers is a composer and producer whose music often deploys field recordings as musical material.

In 2019 Iain launched the record label Persistence of Sound, presenting new musique concrète and field recordings.

Iain is a founder member of Langham Research Centre, an electronic music ensemble using obsolete technology.
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