Room40 announces new releases from Rafael Anton Irisarri and Tim Hecker

Room40 announces new releases from Rafael Anton Irisarri and Tim Hecker

With two releases from Lawrence English’s Room40 now 15-year-old imprint coming down the pike, we may as well act like this post is a cup of ice cream (or a grave) and dig right in. The first one’s from Rafael Anton Irisarri, and it’s called A Fragile Geography. Out October 16, it’s his third release for Room40, and it comes out of a forced reset. During his recent move from Seattle to New York, Irisarri’s entire studio, along with his audio archives and personal possessions, were stolen. Out of this, Irisarri found himself at a “tabula rasa” moment, and found him mining “fresh approaches and ideas.” Silver linings! Pre-order the album here and check out a video for the track “Empire Systems” below.

Release number two in this dark well found in the forest of releases on Room40 is a reissue from Tim Hecker. It’s called Norberg/Apondalifa and it’s out on November 6. Both pieces here were previously released by Room40, but are now out of print (and they sold out almost immediately upon their original release). The new edition contains the works in their extended formats across a full-length LP. Listen to “Apondalifa” below, and, you know, do that pre-order thing like you do.

In addition to these two releases, Room40 has also put out a lovely full-length from Mike Cooper this year and plans to drop a solo LP from Swans guitarist Norman Westberg later this year. Unlike most 15 year olds I know, they’re still going strong!

A Fragile Geography tracklist:

01. Displacement
02. Reprisal
03. Empire Systems
04. Hiatus
05. Persistence
06. Secretly Wishing for Rain

Norberg/Apondalifa tracklist:

01. Norberg
02. Apondalifa

• Rafael Anton Irisarri: http://www.irisarri.org
• Tim Hecker: http://www.sunblind.net
• Room40: http://room40.org/site

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