Room40 is an Australian independent record label founded by

Lawrence English Lawrence English (born 1975/76) is an Australian composer, artist, and curator from Brisbane. His work is broadly concerned with the politics of perception, specifically he is interested in the nature of listening, and sounds' capability to occ ...

. The label has released work by Australian and international musicians such as

Erik Griswold Erik Griswold (born 1969) is an American-born, Australian-based composer and pianist from Brisbane. Career Griswold began playing piano at the age of five, and has cited his early influences as Igor Stravinsky, Béla Bartok, and Miles Davis, a ...

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Ben Frost Ben Frost (born 1980) is an Australian-Icelandic musician, composer, record producer, sound designer, and director. Life Born in Melbourne, Australia, and based in Reykjavík, Iceland, since 2005, Frost composes minimalist, instrumental, a ...

, and

Beatriz Ferreyra Beatriz Mercedes Ferreyra (born 21 June 1937) is an Argentine composer. She lives and works in Hameau de Hodeng, France. Early work and study Ferreyra was born in Cordoba, Argentina, and studied piano with Celia Bronstein in Buenos Aires. S ...

. They have had over 300 releases since 2000. Room40's first releases didn't arrive until 2002, with the albums ''Powerhouse Sessions'' and ''A Picturesque View, Ignored.'' Both were recorded live at

Brisbane Powerhouse Brisbane Powerhouse is an arts and cultural hub located in a former power station in the Brisbane suburb of New Farm, Queensland, Australia. The venue offers an array of performing arts, visual arts, festivals, and free community events. The fir ...

in 2002 and released December of that year. Initially releasing music on CD, Room40 has also issued music on vinyl, lathe records, digital audio files, DVD, and cassette tapes. In 2016 they released a sound box with an album of

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by Spyros Polychronopoulos, meaning each time the listener presses play they will hear something new. The sound box sold out within four hours of being announced. They released their first book in 2010, Lawrence English's ''Site-Listening: Brisbane''. The book features maps to 17 locations around Brisbane, with essays by

David Toop David Toop (born 5 May 1949) is an English musician, author, curator, and Emeritus Professor. From 2013 to 2021 he was professor of audio culture and improvisation at the London College of Communication. He was a regular contributor to British m ...

, Nick Earls and English, and recordings from the locations on a 3" CD. In 2005 Room40 started Open Frame, an annual music festival held in Brisbane, with later events held in

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and London. The most recent festival was held in 2019, with the 2020 festival cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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* * {{Authority control Record labels established in 2000 2000 establishments in Australia Australian independent record labels