"An arbitrary succession of more or less irritating sounds"

Wednesday 4 May 2011

Pole to pole



Unless you've rabid venture capitalists or Premier League clubs in hot pursuit, a better offer than the great & now venerably double-digited Room40's anniversary compilation - the baldly titled 10 - is unlikely to come your way any time soon. Like an LMYE fantasy festival line-up (Chris Abrahams! Andrea Belfi! Richard Chartier! Greg Davis! Taylor Deupree! Ben Frost! Koen Holtkamp! Rafael Anton Irisarri! Pimmon! Janek Schaefer! Steinbrüchel!), this 40-track opus - "a summary of music and sound that has occupied our ears...past, present and future" - is yours for an email address...

Tracklisting:

1. Chris Abrahams - Water
2. Asher - Untitled
3. Andrea Belfi - Poaofbp
4. Candlesnuffer - Euclid's Fudge
5. John Chantler - the Droning Chord
6. Richard Chartier - Rendered1_2009
7. Chihei Hatakeyama - Fkpkc002
8. Leighton Craig - Endless Blue Sky
9. Greg Davis and Ben Vida - Two Dozen Windows
10. Taylor Deupree - Live:Brisbane
11. DJ Olive - Monday
12. D.N.E. - Volatile
13. Erikm - Sossusvlei
14. Ben Frost - Feeding
15. Friedl + Vorfeld - Blau
16. Glim - Fusibil
17. Kraig Grady - Bima
18. Erik Griswold - from Heaven Above
19. David Grubbs - You Could Look It Up
20. Grouper - Hollow Tone
21. Koen Holtkamp - Broken Circles
22. Rafael Anton Irisarri - Distance
23. I8U - Higgs
24. Jeph Jerman - No Words
25. Ulrich Krieger - Cephei
26. Minamo + Lawrence English - Luminous
27. Scott Morrison - Ballad for Velizy
28. Pimmon - Limited E Country
29. Steve Roden - One of Forty Rooms
30. Marina Rosenfeld - Sweetest Sensation
31. Sebastien Roux - More Songs (Excerpt)
32. Philip Samartzis - Davis Station
33. Janek Schaefer - Unfolding Honey
34. Steinbrüchel - Same
35. Tenniscoats - Tasmania: for a Bay
36. David Toop, Scanner, Io3 - Live at Open Frame
37. Zane Trow - Initled
38. Tujiko Noriko Trio - Heartga Live
39. James Webb - Piglet
40. Xiu Xiu - Ingeborg Bachmann


Below stream & view some stand-out performances - often monumental, always singular - from Room40 honchos (& Holy Family duo) Lawrence English (here on Touch, ironically...) & John Chantler.




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