14.07.2010 Chris Abrahams - 'Play Scar' CD
The stunning new record from Necks' keyboardist Chris Abrahams is out now. Chris plays piano, guitar, organ and electronics/synths to create an album that inhabits a sound world that’s entirely uncharted.
"Abrahams may be challenging expectations, but in Play Scar he has produced a record which will certainly exceed them." Mapsadaisical
"a magnificent piece of experimental music which is so vast and complex in scope that it never appears twice in the same light." The MilkFactory
10.05.2010 - New Store!
Alrighty. New store is live... We'll be adding the whole catalogue over the next few weeks - all releases come with a free digital download/mp3 so no need to wait to listen. Instant gratification for all.
Go here:
ROOM40 STORE
New Vinyl:
Tim Hecker - Apondalifa 7" (pre-order)
Alasdair Roberts & Jackie Oates - Selection 7"
21.04.2010 - Server switch
We're switching servers to enable to some site upgrades and our new download store. If you're seeing this that means its worked! If you sent any emails and haven't got a response please re-send.
Thanks!
18.04.2010 - May Concerts / 7"s
Kraig Grady and Mike Cooper play the IMA on Thursday 6th May at 7pm. Entry is FREE. Come on down.
Alasdair Roberts is touring Australia! Roberts is a master of reenvisaging traditional songs - taking the roots of his geographic heritage and re-imagining them with a conviction and vigour that is quite simply like no other.
He plays an intimate show in Brisbane at the Judith Wright Centre on Saturday 8th May.
We're also putting out a super ltd 7" Alasdair has recorded with Jackie Oates called 'A Selection of Marches, Quicksteps, Laments, Strathspeys Reels and Country Dances'. It will also be available as a digital download. Pre-order details coming soon!
Tim Hecker's London shows on the 18th and 19th at Cafe OTO are now both completely SOLD OUT. We're also doing a 7" called 'Apondalifa'. Fingers crossed it will be back in time for the concerts. Pre-order w/ Digital Download to follow...
20.03.2010 - Richard Chartier - A Field for Mixing
Thrilled to announce that this new edition from Richard Chartier is now available - The two pieces of A Field For Mixing (dedicated to Steve Roden and William Basinski) bring the physicality of space directly into his compositional practice for an absorbing audio experience.
14.03.2010 - Cassettes!
We've now screen-printed sleeves for the first 5 of 6 volumes of our ten year tape subscription series. There is still time to sign up for yours. AUD$100 gets you 480 minutes and 12 takes on the ROOM40 back catalogue in glorious portable analog!
More info on the ten year tape series
01.03.2010 - Lost Weekend CANCELLED.
BUT - Shows re-arranged!!!!
We're as surprised as you, but we've not wasted any time making sure there is fantastic music to get your ears around this weekend:
DEERHOOF (USA)
WOODEN SHJIPS (USA)
TENNISCOATS (JAPAN)
JEFFREY LEWIS & THE JUNKYARD (USA)
Friday, March 5 at 7:00pm
Hi Fi Bar, Boundary St, West End
tickets: $40 www.thehifi.com
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TIM HECKER + CURSE OV DIALECT as part of micro.MONO
Saturday, March 6 at 7:30pm
IMA, 420 BRUNSWICK ST, FORTITUDE VALLEY
FREE ENTRY!
Please spread word far and wide. Thanks!
01.02.2010 - Tim Hecker London Shows
The initial Tim Hecker show we booked with Chihei Hatakeyama has now completely SOLD OUT.
We've added a second show a day earlier on the 18th May again at Cafe OTO. This time Machinefabriek & Simon Scott will join the bill. Promises to be a stunning pair of evenings at our favourite London venue.
Buy advance tickets for £10 from We Got Tickets
21.01.2010 - Mike Cooper - Rayon Hula
Mike Cooper's classic homage to the hawaiin shirt 'Rayon Hula' is now available again as a remastered digital edition from ROOM40.
Download MP3s/WAV/FLAC etc from:
Boomkat
eMusic
FINA/thrill jockey
Juno
Other Music
zero-inch
14.01.2010 - Show announcements for the new year
ROOM40 has curated the OTO stage at the LOST WEEKEND festival happening at Peak Crossing on 6 & 7 March. A fabulous line-up including Tim Hecker, Tenniscoats, Deerhoof, OneOne, Monotonix, James Blackshaw and more!
We've also got our first Synchronism for 2010 on the 28th of January at the Judith Wright Centre. [BUY TICKETS]
Tim Hecker has also confirmed a London show at Cafe Oto for Wednesday 19 May 2010. More UK shows to follow. [BUY TICKETS]
We'll also be releasing a super-limited Tim Hecker 12" to celebrate his visit down under in March.
29.12.09 - Qwartz nomination for U
 
Hi All. We've been nominated for a Qwartz award for Tujiko Noriko, Lawrence English and John Chantler's 'U'. Really sweet to be nominated - There is a voting thing going on, so if its not too much trouble head over and vote for us! Also great way to listen to the record if you've not yet checked it out.
Our recent set in London for OpenFrame has made Mapsadaisical's Top 10 shows for 2009. We're in good company by the looks of it!
Here's a track from the set:
Download 'I Can Hear the Heart (live at Cafe Oto)'
Here's to a great 2010!
20.12.09 - mnmlssgs & arctic circle mixes
Two new mixes featuring a ton of ROOM40 sounds out this last week or so. Lawrence goes madly eclectic for the excellent mnml ssgs blog and John keeps in mellow for Arctic Circle:
Lawrence English mix for mnml ssgs
John Chantler mix for Arctic Circle
18.12.09 - SALE / NEW RELEASE / THANKS
Massive thanks to everyone who came out to shows across the LE EU tour and to everyone who came to and played at our first London edition of OpenFrame. Good times. Great music.
We're going to have a bit of a sale. Make a bit of room for the swag of good things we've got planned for our 10 year anniversary in 2010. It's pretty simple. Buy 3 releases, get 2 (of equal/lesser price) FREE. Just add three discs to your cart and then email lawrence [at] room40 [dot] org the two additional titles you wanted added to your package.
Included in that jolly deal is the brand new disc from Eric la Casa. Zone Sensible/Dundee is a fascinating, versatile exploration of urban and natural environments.
More information on Eric la Casa - Zone Sensible/Dundee
18.11.09 - ROOM40 on Solipsistic Nation
Lawrence talked to Solipsistic Nation recently for a special episode on ROOM40. Listen to the eipsode online.
09.11.09 - 10 in '10 Cassette Series
We're stoked to announce the line-up for our long-planned subscription series of cassettes to celebrate our 10th anniversary in 2010. The set of 6 tapes will not be released separately or any other format and features the following sides:
Lawrence English vs John Chantler
Taylor Deupree vs Pimmon
DJ Olive vs erikm
Ulrich Krieger vs Ben Frost
Tenniscoats vs Leighton Craig
Secret special guests…
Pre-order/subscribe here.
04.11.09 - London OpenFrame Line-up
We're looking forward to the first London edition of our OpenFrame festival at Cafe Oto in December. Check the line-up and links for tickets below. Hope to see you there!
DAY #1 - Wednesday 9 December 2009
Mike Cooper & Pat Thomas
Steinbrüchel
Organ Octet
DAY #2 - Thursday 10 December 2009
Tujiko Noriko, Lawrence English, John Chantler (trio)
Dolphins into the Future
Tomasz Bednarczyk
Makino Takashi film screenings w/ music by Lawrence English and Jim O'Rourke £10 per night / £17 for a 2-day pass
www.wegottickets.com
27.09.09 - Marina Rosenfeld - Plastic Materials
Stoked to announce the release of a new record from Marina Rosenfeld. It's called Plastic Materials. The disc brings together the ecstatics of early electronic music and post-punk radicalism. It also features selections from Marina's 2008 Whitney Biennal piece 'Teenage Lontano' - her 'cover version' of Ligeti's masterpiece 'Lontano' rescored for a teenage choir.
Marina Rosenfeld - Plastic Materials
06.09.09
The line-up for our annual OPEN FRAME festival at the Brisbane Powerhouse is now sorted. More information here.
But crazy amount of events before then with tours from aus, cokiyu, nikasaya, tenniscoats, Frankly! and Van Dyke Parkes at the Powerhouse on 12/9 and more! Amazing times.
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