Iain Chambers
Sound Artist, Composer, Producer
Iain Chambers is an award-winning sound artist, composer, and producer whose work explores the musical potential of place, material, and memory through field recording, electronic composition, and sound design.
Iain’s practice reimagines the built and natural environment as a source of sonic creativity, transforming found sound and obsolete technology into immersive, emotionally resonant works.
He is a founder member of multiple 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 synth 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:
Rubbish Music x Shanghai (British Council Connections Through Culture, 2025)
Music composition and sound design for The Hey Duggee Pupcast (CBeebies, BBC Sounds, 2025)
“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)