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Rolling Stock Recording Rooms is a creative hub hosting three separate production rooms clustered around a unique mudbrick multipurpose recording room.
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ay or sing in with great presence and feel. The space also houses our prized 1938 Steinway B grand piano, this piano was originally delivered to the TSO where it resided for many years as their concert grand being played by many of the world's finest pianists. The piano is regularly tuned and serviced and has already played host to some of Australia's finest pianists in it's new home. Surrounding the performance space are three separate and completely independent control rooms purpose built to suit the working processes of Myles, Zvi and Tom. Each control room is fully wired to the performance space and features extensive audio production equipment and instruments. Of course it's not really about the space but the people within it who bring it to life. Rolling Stock is home to Myles Mumford, Tomas Strode, Zvi Belling, Malcolm Besley, Becki Whitton, Jem Savage, Nao Anzai, Andy Robinson all well known and respected members of Australia's vibrant recording community and a select few additional engineers and producers.

27/02/2025

Feeling very happy about our award… coming up on 10years in May! And thanks to for sponsoring the award!
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26/02/2025

What an absolute thrill to be award Studio of the Year at the MusIc Producers and Engineers Guild last night! Congrats to the other nominees, what a wonderful community of music makers we have in Australia and of course a big shout to all of our studio colleagues and partners….

What makes a studio a great place to be and to create is always the people!

20/02/2025

Beautiful music from Natasha Moszenin!

18/02/2025

As always, a deeply precious experience to work with Gelareh and Brian and ZÖJ and with special guest Brett Langsford… coming to you very soon, get your preorder in!

NEW ALBUM ALERT:
GIVE WATER TO BIRDS – PRE-ORDERS OPEN NOW!

In September 2023, ZÖJ (Gelareh Pour & Brian O'Dwyer) spent four days at Hello Daydreamer Studios in Romsey on Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country, surrounded by native bush, birds, and the breathtaking view of Mount Monument. We were there to record our second album while still in the process of launching our first (Fil o Fenjoon), because that’s just how we roll. Each album takes about two years to complete, and the initial recording is always the shortest part of the journey.

After three days of playing as a duo, we invited our dear friend and long-time favourite musician Brett Langsford to join us on guitar. Myles Mumford, with his golden ears, set up everything, including a microphone placed outside the shower window that, unknowingly to us at the time, captured the birds of Mount Monument as they sang alongside us.

What happened next was magic! No questions, no struggles, no doubts. And although this was our first time ever playing with Brett, it felt like we had been playing together for years. Brian’s visceral, deeply expressive drumming and Brett’s intuitive and seamless musicality locked together effortlessly, and gave my voice, Kamancheh and Qheychack a whole world to interact with. It was as if we had all been waiting for this moment to happen. The improvisations felt composed. The space between us disappeared.

Listening back, the birds became part of the conversation, and we knew instantly; this was the record.

The concept of "Give Water to Birds" was already unfolding without us realising it. The bird's songs, recorded in real time without being moved in post-production, wove into the music as if they were meant to be there all along. Later, we recorded additional layers in Black Hill on Wadawurrung Country, including Eshagh’s (my dad) voice. This record also carries the presence of Behnam (My brother), standing on Rostamrood Beach by the Caspian Sea, surrounded by street dogs.

Through the post-production process, the concept of parallel worlds became clear. The world we live in, and the one moving alongside us, in sync in ways we don’t always appreciate or even perceive. The way the birds played music with us without us hearing them at the time was shockingly beautiful. How were they so in sync with us? And how can we be so at one with them?

We love this record. It’s beautiful, raw, and dreamlike, capturing not just the sound of three musicians but the space, the land, and the unseen forces that connect them. If it's a different direction, then that direction is forward.

And finally, after years of work, I can now joyfully announce that this record is ready for you. Pre-orders for vinyl & CD are now open at gelarehpour.com, shipping in early June. We’ll be launching the album with Brett on a mini Australian tour in June & July 2025.

Released by Bleeemo Music in Australia & Parenthèses Records in Europe.
Thank you Alexis Courtin for your love and support.

Photo of 'the band' taken by Chris Riordan at Hello Daydreamer.

Recorded and mixed by Mules Mumford and mastered by Joe Talia.

Stay tuned for more news, but for now, pre-order your copy here: gelarehpour.com

Remember: “GIVE WATER TO BIRDS”

27/01/2025

Warm fuzzies all round! And a big shout out to the whole RSRR family, such a great team to share this place with…

12/01/2025

Starting off the studio year right!

22/11/2024

Check out Rory Newman’s latest EP and this beautiful BTS video featuring our studio!

30/10/2024

Check this out! Recorded last weekend and more to come…

14/08/2024

Interstellar afrojazz tonight and every Wednesday at Old Plates !

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Rolling Stock Recording Rooms was built in 2015-2016 by Myles Mumford, Zvi Belling, Tomas Strode and Jem Savage ably assisted by an enormous team of friends, family, colleagues and interested community members. The studio is built around a large flexible use mud brick performance space with moveable walls, exposed bricks, concrete floor and big windows. The performance space is a lively room to play or sing in with great presence and feel. The space also houses our prized 1938 Steinway B grand piano, this piano was originally delivered to the TSO where it resided for many years as their concert grand being played by many of the world's finest pianists. The piano is regularly tuned and serviced and has already played host to some of Australia's finest pianists in it's new home. Surrounding the performance space are three separate and completely independent control rooms purpose built to suit the working processes of Myles, Zvi and Tom. Each control room is fully wired to the performance space and features extensive audio production equipment and instruments. Of course it's not really about the space but the people within it who bring it to life. Rolling Stock is home to Myles Mumford, Tomas Strode, Zvi Belling, Jem Savage, Nao Anzai, Andrew Robinson, Evelyn Morris, Lilith Lane, and Becki Whitton all well known and respected members of Australia's vibrant recording community and a select few additional engineers and producers.