The Sound of Change, by Iain Chambers

The Sound of Change

by Iain Chambers

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In The Sound of Change Iain Chambers draws on the huge recording archive of the pan-EU Sounds of Changes project, a collaboration between 6 major European museums to document the huge change within our acoustic landscape.

Iain sets up dialogues between the sounds of obsolete industrial technology employed in manufacturing, communications, transport and agriculture.

Iain has worked with this sound archive for a number of years. His hörspiel for Westdeutscher Rundfunk, 'The Eccentric Press', in which he used industrial sounds for a new composition, was released by Persistence of Sound.

Here, the recordings are presented unmodified, but in a through-composed, meditative sequence. We hear weaving looms giving way to typewriters; ticket-printing machines and foundries; obsolete computers and stationary steam engines. These previously-familiar, now long-forgotten sounds transport us back in time, evoking memories and sometimes demanding consideration as quasi-musical material.

When our era is described to our ancestors, the pace of change will surely rival the industrial revolution. Industrial Soundscapes documents this rapid change, as witnessed by the huge change in the acoustic landscape.

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released June 28, 2021

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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. ... more

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