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:

  • 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)

Email: mriainchambers@gmail.com

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