Trading Fluxes is Andrew Consoli's sound installation, a collaboration with students at King’s College London. Taking sounds from Borough Market traders, Paul Wheeler of Paul Wheeler Fresh Supplies, Matt Jones of Bread Ahead Bakery and Patrick Williams of Soul Food.

Andrew says:

We were at this booth selling vegetables and the big fridge caught my attention...
When I was editing the track I remembered the fridge and imagined how would be starting our trip from there.
The first seconds of the track, you hear a whole pulsing world outside....Borough Markets.
The sounds are clouded and distant, but you can hear the low frequencies of trains passing by.
Once we open the door, a noisy world opens up and it looks and feels like just chaos created by juxtaposition of sounds, but then we slowly step in another reality where every noise seems well organised and rhythmical.
It's a contrast that shows how chaotic things seems around us, but instead they really are part of a bigger mechanism where every noise and sound has a place, a well organised place.
Toward the last section of the track, we trace back our steps and catch different noises before going back from where we came....a fridge full of vegetables : )
I think it's a pretty fascinating trip, I can feel this journey sums all the good experiences we had at Borough Market.

About the last session together:

I asked the students what was their artistic view before starting and we agreed on mixing a concept track with a more structured composition.
Then we did a 3 hours studio session and start building the rhythmic section, with a careful selection of noises and fragments.
I think it was a nice experience for the students and I hope they felt more involved.
In the afternoon-evening of yesterday I've completed the structure and today added little touches like stereo movements and finalising EQ sculpture.