Recomposed

“[Recomposed digs] deeper into the pragmatism of real-world efforts to reduce fossil fuel consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental solutions as they have been proposed, and at times implemented, across the past few years.”
—Rob Arcand, Baffler

“Recomposed ultimately succeeds because it refuses to treat music as politically innocent or materially immaterial. Even its most idealistic forms remain entangled in systems of labour, consumption, infrastructure, and profit. Whether or not one shares Devine’s political conclusions, the book persuasively argues that music’s environmental impact cannot be separated from the economic structures that make modern music culture possible.”
—PopMatters

“Kyle Devine understands that the connection between the climate and the material aspects of music goes beyond making LPs from potatoes (rumored) or the environmental impact of streaming (true, varied). Especially within circles of musicians, the social architecture or music-making is deeply under-discussed. Recomposed puts class at the center of the climate discussion, when it is sorely needed.”
—Sasha Frere-Jones

“Kyle Devine takes us inside the industry behind that boom, from a Hollywood conference room to a record-pressing plant near Vancouver. He introduces us to some of the companies working to green the industry, exploring a crucial question: What does the record of the future look like?”
—Longreads

“[Recomposed] cuts through fashionable ‘green marketing’ BS. The book offers a sobering assessment of just how small of a dent we make in the climate crisis when we buy eco-friendly products or support arts that are fighting for the cause of the environment…Recomposed finds music poised between imaginative possibility and the entrenched economics driving environmental harm.”
—Scott McLennan, Arts Fuse