Recomposed - Music, Climate, Crisis, Change

A major look at the environmental impact of the music industry and a brilliant exploration of how musicians are thinking about and being influenced by the climate crisis

About the author

Kyle Devine is dean of graduate studies at the University of Winnipeg and a former professor of music and environmental humanities at the University of Oslo. He is the author of Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music, a human and environmental history of the recording industry. The book attracted international media attention, leading to an op-ed in the Guardian (200,000 people read the essay within the first week of publication) as well as interviews and coverage around the world.

Product details

• Authors: Devine Kyle
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2026
• EAN: 9781804298176
• ISBN: 978-1-80429-817-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 350 g
• Subjects: SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Music Industry, Theory of music & musicology, Theory of music and musicology