The Yorkshire based tape splicer and improvisor Stuart Chalmers has been using found cassettes to create his own sounds since his days playing with Cube Orchestra in Bristol. After moving to north east England, he has focused more on nature and sonic spirits – his latest series Sound Environments was recorded in the caves and forests of Yorkshire and Cumbria. These tracks, selected by Chalmers himself, feature a wide range of the different methods and instruments he has come to incorporate, including tape, voice, electronics, field recordings, vinyl loops and improvisations on swarmandal

“Memory/Night Passage”
From Dreaming Butterfly
(Open Sound Group, 2014)

“Breaking Chains”
From Imaginary Musicks Vol 2
(Blood Diamond, 2014)

“Loop Phase 9”
From Loop Phantasy No1
(Must Die, 2015)

“Palm Treehouse Street Band”
From Broken Records Phantasy (DJ Crackle and DJ Skip)
(Ono, 2016)

“Cascade”
From The Heart Of Wilderness
(Was Ist Das, 2016)

“Eternal Return”
From The Heart Of Solitude
(Constellation Tatsu, 2016)

“In the Name Of Progress (Ice Melt)”
From Self-Destruction
(Reverb Worship, 2017)

“Acid Wave 67”
From Acid Wave Head Rush
(Third Kind, 2018)

“Beyond The Light”
From The Shadow
(Was Ist Das, 2018)

“Mouth Of Darkness”
From Sound Environments Vol 1: Caves
(self released, 2018)

Stuart Chalmers was interviewed by Tristan Bath in The Wire 420. Subscribers can access the full article via the online archive.