Experimental Audio Research

The Profile

Experimental Audio Research (E.A.R.) is a British project led by Pete “Sonic Boom” Kember (Spacemen 3), focusing on electronics-driven drones and kosmische-influenced experimentation. Collaborators have included Pete Bain, Kevin Martin, Eddie Prévost, and Kevin Shields. The project is noted for circuit-bending (Data Rape) and inventive multi-channel pieces (Phenomena 256).

British experimental/ambient project led by Pete “Sonic Boom” Kember; associated with psychedelia, kosmische and isolationist currents; collaborators include Pete Bain, Kevin Martin, Eddie Prévost, and Kevin Shields; reviews highlight circuit‑bent Speak & Spell work on Data Rape and channel-splitting experiments on Phenomena 256.

Two DeBaser reviews dive into E.A.R., the British experimental project led by Pete “Sonic Boom” Kember. Phenomena 256 is praised for warm, cosmic drones and playful channel-splitting. Data Rape is cited as a circuit-bending classic using Speak & Spell devices. Millennium Music is framed as a spacefaring concept, drawing lines to kosmische and isolationism. One reviewer is ecstatic, the other intrigued but more reserved.