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Lawrence English//Room40 ... vibrating bodies with sound, philosopher of listening. Bookings worldwide - Regina Greene @ Front Porch Productions
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This week, I'll join Senyawa and some other bosses for this live action!

even he wouldn't do this lol

David Johansen, the wiry, gravel-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and proto-punk band the New York Dolls, has died at the age of 75.

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celebrating 15 year anniversary in March FREE / nameyourprice on Bandcamp 'a field for mixing' 1st piece is all field recordings 2nd piece dedicated to @musex1.bsky.social released by @room40.bsky.social richardchartier.bandcamp.com/album/a-field-for-mixing any support is always appreciated

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and this deep dive from the master....

Here's you're weekend.

Neural [musicreview] Amby Downs – Ngunmal - CD – Room40 - neural.it/2025/02/amby... #audioart

My brother @loscil.ca has made an absolutely amazing work here.

Stacked

The eternal majick of saya and Ueno!

Congrats to Aki Onda whose Middle Of A Moment exhibition I had the pleasure to curate for The Substation and Asiatopa. You can see the catalogue and read the essays here thesubstation.org.au/program/midd...

True words on Mike Cooper

Aki Onda opened his new exhibition Middle Of A Moment this weekend at The Substation. The show is up for a couple of months as part of Asiatopa. Myself and Marcus Boon had the opportunity to write about Aki's work and you can find those essays linked here. If you're in MEL please do see the show!

25 years of wonder....thanks to all the amazing folks who I got to enjoy blathering about!

Started listening and got stuck. Great music by Lawrence English - @room40.bsky.social and friends. lawrenceenglish.bandcamp.com/album/even-t...

"I met him in 2012 when #Swans came to play in Sydney, during The Seer. I remember being particularly struck by Norman’s playing because he had such an angular approach at that time..." #NormanWestberg – ‘Bunny Bill’ from 13 (2015) - The Strange World Of… @room40.bsky.social buff.ly/3Qr55B8

loop.cl/400-lonely-t... This interview with Loop Music Magazine was just published and it's chock full of many things past, present and future focused. I'm also including some extra photos of the new "Easy Street" home/studio. @musex1.bsky.social @room40.bsky.social @markhjorthoy.bsky.social

Pretty much owe everything I’ve had the good fortune to do in and around music to this guy. Big Love Big L.

this was a total pleasure, thanks jon!

what a delight to cast one's mind over 25 years of wonder!

Hello Australia! The research project is granted by the Italian Council program (2024) promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture Thank you to IC, @room40.bsky.social, The Substation, Liquid Architecture, IMA Brisbane, Mote for their support

#Upcoming Originally released in 1996, “The Prosperity of Vice, the Misfortune of Virtue” by #Merzbow was the soundtrack to a Japanese theatre piece based on the sexually inhibited novels of Marquis de Sades. Available via @room40.bsky.social, May 9th. room40.bandcamp.com/album/the-pr...

newly surfaced photo by @room40.bsky.social of me performing live (visually un-thrilling, sonically thrilling) at Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Art / Brisbane, Australia / Sept 28, 2006. I was rather jet-lagged.

A brilliant new work from Sadie Powers!

"[O]ne of the most dynamic releases within the Lawrence English canon." Album review: Lawrence English's 'The Horizon Knows Its Bounds' - out now via @room40.bsky.social. @rarelyunable.bsky.social. sun-13.com/2025/02/17/l...

#RedPlanet next up it’s Benjamin Fullwood #Willows #Rushes + new #experimental record out now on @room40.bsky.social + #NP WSUM 91.7fm Madison wsum.org room40.bandcamp.com/track/willow...

Broadcast on Zaph Mann’s In Memory of John Peel Show: inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/02/15/i... ETHKIBVIII by Lawrence English "Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds" on Room40 @room40.bsky.social l 2025 lawrenceenglish.bandcamp.com/album/even-t...

Broadcast on Zaph Mann’s In Memory of John Peel Show: inmemoryofjohnpeel.com/2025/02/15/i... Thirtihri by Zane Trow @zanetrow.net "For Those Who Hear Actual Voices (20th Anniversary Edition)" on Room40 @room40.bsky.social 2025 room40.bandcamp.com/album/for-th...

not sure if the availability is dependent on your local library but watched David Lynch: The Art Life on @kanopyofficial.bsky.social the other day - entirely worth the watch if you’ve not seen it.

All new #soundart #musiqueconcrete #noisemusic #darkambient #electroacoustic With: @room40.bsky.social @cronicaelectronica.org @parenthesesrecords.bsky.social @flagdayrecordings.bsky.social @noemibuchi.bsky.social www.mixcloud.com/spectrasonic...

MAVOY MUSIC BEST REISSUES OF 2024 25 Patrice Rushen – Precision (jazz, Prestige) 26 The Stylistics – Love Is Back In Style (R&B, Omnivore) 27 Black Rain – Neuromancer (ambient, @room40.bsky.social ) 28 George Harrison – Living In The Material World (BMG) 29 Harold Land – The Fox (jazz, Concord)

April 2, 2024 – ix. (5:58) kennethkirschner.bandcamp.com/track/april-...

Sometime the level of pissweak in AU is just dispiriting.

This story is massive and atm there’s one piece out there that nails it. What’s happening today is going to have ramifications for Australian art and speech for a long time. Read @nourhaydar.bsky.social’s reporting on it. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

wow

Absolute monster edition from @merzbow.net

A couple of images from Caress at bb15 in Linz (2024). Thank you to all who helped make it happen. Caress is the third iteration of the Supply Chain series. Catalogue text by English @room40.bsky.social, image credit: Laurien Bachmann bb15.at/2024/caress-...

David Johansen has stage 4 cancer and needs all of our help New York Dolls icon fund louderthanwar.com/david-johans... via @louderthanwar

SYD... Xiu Xiu is coming your way this April!

Some long form chatter here....

youtu.be/dWYksGve9V8?... - first post on here, a run down of my favourite albums of 2024! @room40.bsky.social @richardchartier.bsky.social @chatpileband.bsky.social @venalism.bsky.social @dragonseyerecordings.com @theflenser.bsky.social @krankyltd.bsky.social @jogginghouse.bsky.social ❤️

it's not the right verbiage for this genre of music perhaps but who cares; the new Lawrence English - @room40.bsky.social - goes so fucking hard. lawrenceenglish.bandcamp.com/album/even-t...