archived brainwashed reviews
Carla dal Forno, “Come Around” (Kallista, 2022)
This latest album from Carla dal Forno is her first since relocating to a small town (Castlemaine) in her native Australia and that dramatic change in environment has understandably made […]
Angelo Harmsworth, “Singe” (Students of Decay, 2022)
I was a bit later to the Angelo Harmsworth party than I would have liked, but the Berlin-based American composer has been fitfully releasing very distinctive blown-out “ambient” albums for […]
Julia Sabra and Fadi Tabbal, “Snakeskin” (Beacon Sound/Ruptured, 2022)
This is the first full-length collaboration between Sabra and Tabbal, but it is apparently also the sixth collaborative release between Portland’s Beacon Sound and Lebanon’s Ruptured Records (which was co-founded […]
Lucrecia Dalt, “¡Ay!” (RVNG Intl., 2022)
I was caught completely off guard by this latest opus from Dalt, as much of it sounds more like a three-way collaboration between Astrud Gilberto, Perez Prado, and Walter Wanderley […]
Raphael Loher, “Keemuun” (three:four records, 2022)
This may be Swiss pianist/composer Raphael Loher’s first solo album, but he has crossed my path before with his Baumschule trio (featuring Julian Sartorius and Manuel Troller). I am much […]
The Soft Pink Truth, “Is It Going To Get Any Deeper Than This?” (Thrill Jockey 2022)
When I first heard the thumping house/disco EP Was It Ever Real?, I had a very hard time believing that it could possibly be a teaser for something more substantial, […]
Cosey Fanni Tutti, “Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes” (Conspiracy International, 2022)
We seem to be in the midst of a long-overdue Delia Derbyshire renaissance at the moment due to the efforts of filmmaker Caroline Catz, Cosey Fanni Tutti, BBC Radiophonic Workshop’s […]
Darkroom, “Fallout 4” (Expert Sleepers, 2022)
This is my first encounter with this UK-based improv unit, but Fallout 4 is the latest installment of a series of live documents that began all the way back in […]