Rubbish Music – Upcycling (2022; Flaming Pines); Iain Chambers – Secrets of Orford Ness (2020; Flaming Pines)

"Rubbish Music is the duo of Kate Carr (who runs the label Flaming Pines) and Iain Chambers (who runs the label Persistence of Sound).   Both artists compose using field recordings as well as found objects, usually in a specific thematic context as it pertains to the audio picture they want to make or service to the idea they want to put across. ... The ‘upcycling’ in this case refers to the inevitable degradation of humanity’s discarded items, eventually expressing a kind of ‘new’ state that serves to benefit animals and other lifeforms in positive ways.   Now that’s a rather high concept, not to mention, an original idea for an audio recording! ...”

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