Listen to Parker’s cover of Arthur Russell’s ‘I Take This Time’
Parker is an Australian electronic alternative pop outfit fronted by vocalist and songwriter Tash Parker.…
Author Bob Baker Fish
Bob Baker Fish
Bob is the features editor of Cyclic Defrost. He is also evil. You should not trust the opinions of evil people.
Stephen O’Malley (Sunn O)))) and Oren Ambarchi to DJ in Melbourne next week
It’s pretty rare to find these two in Melbourne, let alone have the opportunity to…
Listen to a damp excerpt from Arek Gulbenkoglu’s Three Days Afterwards
Three Days Afterwards is the fourth solo release from Melbourne experimental artist Arek Gulbenkoglu. With…
Various Artists – Gao Rap: Hip Hop from Northern Mali (Sahel Sounds)
For marginalized communities hip hop it is the preferred medium for protest music – more…
Listen to The Orbweavers’ new single “Cyclamen”
“We love bossa nova, and the cyclamen flower”, explain Marita Dyson and Stuart Flanagan (The…
Watch a video for Tony Buck’s forthcoming solo album Unearth
Tony Buck – Unearth from ROOM40 on Vimeo. Unearth is 50 minutes of dense, layered…
Read an excerpt from Cyclic writer Lachlan Walter’s post apocalyptic outback novel The Rain Never Came.
It’s not too often one of our own writes a novel. Lachlan Walter (aka Lachlan…
Bachir Attar (The Master Musicians of Jajouka): “Music Can Speak For Itself.” Interview by Bob Baker Fish
Prior to interviewing Bachir Attar, leader of the renowned traditional Moroccan music outfit The Master…
The Focus Group – Stop-Motion Happening With The Focus Groop (Ghost Box)
UK’s The Focus Group mine British psychedelia, Italian horror movies and eastern European animation for…
Other Places – Lost in The Sea of Paradise (IT Records)
Lost in The Sea of Paradise begins with a field recording, the sounds of someone…
Aziza Brahim – Abbar el Hamada (Glitterbeat)
One of the highlights of this year’s Womadelaide, an incredible 4 day and night celebration…
Ifriqiyya Electrique – Rûwâhîne (Glitterbeat)
Whilst in Morocco a few years ago I caught some Gnawa trance music at a…
Watch ‘Let Systems Decide (A Laser Beam)’ from Enderie
Enderie – Let Systems Decide (A Laser Beam) from ROOM40 on Vimeo. Enderie is Andrew…
Cyclic Defrost: Laila Sakini & Lucy Van
Earlier this month we discovered the debut EP from Laila Sakini & Lucy Van. Figures…
Asphixiation – What Is This Thing Called ‘Disco’? (Chapter)
If it wasn’t 1981, and was instead 2017 it’s hard to imagine how Asphixiation’s music…