13.06.09 - Liquid Archtecture 10
ROOM40 presents the latest edition of Liquid Architecture - Australia's premier Sound Arts Festival is soon approaching. The Brisbane dates will take place at the Brisbane Powerhouse on July 3rd and 4th and feature performances from Asmus Tieitchens, David Shea, Thomas Koner, Jason Kahn, Joel Stern, Kontakt Der Jünglinge and more...
Get more info/Buy Tickets on the Brisbane Powerhouse website.
28.04.09 - Chihei Hatakeyama - Saunter
Hi Folks. Latest ROOM40 release is from Chihei Hatakeyama. Saunter is a gorgeous, textural exploration of the edges of landscape. More info here.
This is available exclusively from us at the moment and will be in shops/digital outlets in about 6-8 weeks.
20.04.09 - SALE!
Are your ears suffering in the current global fiscal crisis? ROOM40 comes correct with a massive bail-out. Buy TWO releases, and get a third (same price/cheaper) release FREE... or you could say THREE for the price of TWO, if you want to look at it that way...
Sound good? Get on over to the shop page...
oh, and we're now on twitter! Follow us!
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07.04.09 - Lawrence on the Radio / Tenniscoats in UK
ROOM40 head honcho Lawrence English will be talking on The Market Place of Ideas this week. You can listen online here.
We're also thrilled to announce that Tenniscoats will be heading to the UK in June for a wee tour. More info here
21.02.2009 - End of an Era
Thanks to everyone who came out to the final fabrique at the Brisbane Powerhouse on Friday night. Apologies to those people we had to turn away, but we did try and get as many people in as we could. I hope you'll all agree it was certainly a fine night to go out on!
We've put together a compilation CD with exclusive tracks and live recordings from artists who've played at Fabrique over the years. It's available now and you can get more info/order it here. The first 100 copies of the disc also include a 16 page booklet of photos. These will not hang around for very long!
17.02.2009 - ROOM40 on Fina-Music
All ROOM40 titles are now available digitally as hi-quality MP3s from the good folks at Fina Music, the digital retailer operated by Thrill Jockey Records... All full length releases are $10 and EPs are just $6.
A full list of all our digital outlets is available here.
03.02.2009 - Tenniscoats Tour, New CD and T-Shirt
Tenniscoats touch down in Australia and New Zealand this month. To celebrate we've readied a mini LP of new material recorded in the Tokyo wilderness late last year. The CD is called 'Temporacha'.
We've also printed up some limited edition t-shirts for the tour. At the moment you can pre-order both the CD and shirt together for $45 ppd. After that the shirt will only be available on the merch stand at shows... get in early!
Get yours at one of the shows!
12.01.2009 - New Tomasz Bednarczyk CD NOW SHIPPING
The new disc from Tomasz Bednarczyk is shipping now. Its called 'Painting Sky Together' and is an extraordinarily beautiful and fragile album that perfectly follows up his debut for us 'Summer Feelings'.
07.11.2008 - Eugene Carchesio (D.N.E.) Edition
Beautiful edition of 20 for ROOM40 from acclaimed artist Eugene Carchesio - Several of these have already sold. Please email lawrence directly - lawrence@room40.org - for purchasing details... Each edition comes with a copy of the re-issue of D.N.E.'s 47 Songs Humans Shouldn't Sing.
06.11.2008 - New Releases: May, Triage & 47 Songs...
If you've not spotted em already, our latest releases are available to order now!
  
D.N.E. - 47 Songs Humans Shouldn't Sing
DJ Olive - Triage
Taylor Deupree & Kenneth Kirschner - May
02.10.2008 - Disappearances!
We've also got some releases slipping out of print in their physical form. Rod Cooper's Friction is now all gone, and the recent Audible Geography compilation is all out too! Digital versions of both (Audible Geography in the next few weeks) are available from all good digital music retailers. Try Other Music, Boomkat or eMusic...
05.09.2008 - Tujiko Noriko interview online
Great interview with Tujiko Noriko on SBS/Alchemy radio available to listen online via the SBS website. Noriko talks about 'U', memory and J-pop.
02.09.2008 - Special UK Sale...
OK folks. So I know we haven't had a 'real' summer - but whatever it was its come to an end... and it just so happened we've got a bunch of stock back from some of our uk/eu distributors and rather that ship it back across the ocean it seems to makes sense to celebrate the end of the season with a bit of a sale!!
We've got a list of select titles that we're offering in a nifty 3 for £20 deal - INCLUDING POSTAGE! - Titles include: Lloyd Barrett, Rod Cooper, Greg Davis & Jeph Jerman, Lawrence English & Philip Samartzis, Erikm (Luc Ferrari) & Thomas Lehn, For Barry Ray, Philip Samartzis & Kozo Inada, Steinbrüchel, Tenniscoats, Zane Trow, Incidental Amplifications and Christopher Willits... visit the UK SALE page and grab yourself some bargains.
02.09.2008 - Low stocks at ROOM40 HQ
A quick heads up. There are only 14 copies of Audible Geography left here and then its ALL GONE! We also have less than 50 copies of the early edition of Tujiko Noriko's 'U' before we switch to the new gatefold design...
01.09.2008 - September intensity!
Wow. what a month we've got ahead of us. Check the Events page for details of The Month of Mono, DJ Olive, our night curating Audiopollen and then Open Frame at the beginning of October to top it all off! Exciting stuff.
Robbie Avenaim's exceptional 'Rhythmic Movement Disorder' will go to press in the next week. Its available to pre-order from us now. It'll hit shops in the next month or two.
Thanks to everyone who came out for the Tujiko Noriko tour. Hope you had as great a time as we did and that you're enjoying the sounds of 'U'. Get your order in now if you'd like one of the early editions as we'll be switching to our new gatefold design after the first 500 copies...
30.08. 2008 - Change of Address
Update your address books! We're now at:
ROOM40
PO Box 191
Red Hill
QLD Australia 4059
If you've sent something off recently - don't fear! - we'll be getting stuff from the old box for the next couple of months...
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