Jon Buckland talks with Room40 head honcho, Lawrence English, in order to better burrow deep into the label’s back catalogue and present ten landmark releases from across the past 25 years. Main portrait by S Simpson
As the 21st century roared into view, so did Room40.
What started off as a pre-millennium zine cobbled together in Brisbane grew into a series of carefully curated shows promoting the type of artists very rarely seen in North East Australia, and has now evolved, a quarter of a century later, into a home for some of the most vital, compelling, and dream-like experimental records. Included on Room40’s discography are artists such as Kevin Richard Martin, Grouper, Tim Hecker, Alan Lamb, Celer, Kate Carr, Keiji Haino,...
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