archived brainwashed reviews
Kammerflimmer Kollektief, “Schemen” (Karlrecords, 2023)
This eleventh album from Germany’s Kammerflimmer Kollektief is not my first exposure to the project, but it did succeed in making me wonder why I have not been a passionate […]
Tim Hecker, “No Highs” (Kranky, 2023)
This latest opus from Tim Hecker is amusingly billed as “a beacon of unease against the deluge of false positive corporate ambient.” Given the weighty themes of his previous albums, […]
Ale Hop & Laura Robles, “Agua dulce” (Buh, 2023)
This is the debut collaboration between two Berlin-based Peruvian musicians and also marks my first exposure to percussionist Laura Robles. I am, however, reasonably familiar with the alien soundscapes of […]
Mike Majkowski, “Coast” (Fragments Editions, 2023)
This is apparently the twelfth solo album from Berlin-based double bassist Mike Majkowski, but—far more significantly—it is also the follow up to 2021’s killer Four Pieces and is very much […]
Marta Mist, “Eyes Like Pools” (sound in silence, 2023)
This is my first exposure to this UK-based collective centered around Gavin Miller (worriedaboutsatan) and Sophie Green (formerly of Her Name is Calla), but they have been fitfully releasing albums […]
Myriad Valley, “Otherworld” (Was Ist Das?, 2023)
This latest enigmatic find from Arizona’s eternally far out and fascinating Was Ist Das? label will be an absolute revelation for anyone who misses Natural Snow Buildings as much as […]
Cisser Mæhl, “Innemuseum”(Sonic Pieces, 2023)
This debut album from Danish artist/multi-instrumentalist Cecilie “Cisser” Mæhl is easily one of the strongest releases from Berlin’s Sonic Pieces in recent memory. Mæhl has already carved out an impressively […]
Kassel Jaeger, “Shifted in Dreams” (Shelter Press, 2023)
This latest opus from INA GRM’s François J. Bonnet is loosely inspired by René Daumal’s unfinished philosophical novel Mount Analogue (1952), which recounts an imagined expedition in which explorers hunt […]