One of my strong influences in the use of recycled materials in my art has been the wonderful Argentinian humour music group Les Luthiers. Their work (especially the early stuff) can be considered a paorody of the seriousness of the classical music world. They created their instruments out of unusual and recycled materials and with them performed comic original compositions based on the classical music repertoire.
I discovered them in 1983 when a late night radio show I listened to a performance of "Mastropiero que nunca". Here is a link where you can watch it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=h0FdUAkeb8w