Iain Chambers
Sound Artist, Composer, Producer
Iain Chambers is an award-winning sound artist, composer and producer working across sound art, podcasts, radio and commercial music.
His work often uses field recordings and specific locations as compositional material.
Iain is a founder member of multiple music groups, including the pioneering British electronic music composers/performers Langham Research Centre; Rubbish Music, a duo with Kate Carr creating new sound-worlds from discarded objects; and the Anglo-Dutch pop trio Render Ghosts.
In 2019 Iain launched the independent record label Persistence of Sound, presenting new musique concrète and field recordings.
Between 2015-2019 Iain staged the first ever concerts inside Tower Bridge's cavernous Bascule Chambers, transforming London’s iconic structure into a giant musical instrument and music venue.
Highlights of recent work include:
“Fatbergs” album by Rubbish Music - Kate Carr & Iain Chambers (Persistence of Sound, 2024)
Music composition and sound design for The Illuminator podcast series (Brazen, 2024)
Music composition and sound design for The Price of Paradise podcast series (Forest Sounds, Wondery, 2024)
Lead producer, scoring, sound design for Gateway podcast series (Project Brazen, 2023)
Music composition and sound design for WDR radio feature Ivry-sur-Seine (Winner, Palma Ars Acustica Prize, 2021)
Artangel – Afterness (2021) – Sound installation for group show featuring on-location works created in response to the singular environment and hidden history of Orford Ness
Concrete Paris (2021) – BBC Radio feature and album exploring brutalist architecture in the banlieux of Paris
Bascule Chamber Concerts (Tower Bridge, 2015–2019)
The House of Sound (Guildhall Yard, 2017)
Music composition and sound design for WDR radio feature The Eccentric Press (Finalist, Palma Ars Acustica Prize, 2016)