archived brainwashed reviews
Tanz Mein Herz, “Quattro” (Standard In-Fi, 2021)
I began 2021 not knowing a single goddamn thing about Jeremie Sauvage, the Standard In-Fi label, or France’s fascinating Auvergnat/avant-folk milieu, but I am certainly ending the year as a […]
‘t Geruis, “Various Thoughts and Places” (Lost Tribe Sound, 2021)
Released back in the spring, this debut full-length from cryptically named Belgian composer ‘t Geruis has gradually blossomed into my favorite Lost Tribe Sound release not made by William Ryan […]
Fluxion, “Parallel Moves” (Vibrant Music, 2021)
As far as I am concerned, Konstantinos Soublis earned a lifetime pass as dub techno royalty with his early Chain Reaction work (the likes of which enjoyed a well-deserved renaissance […]
Emeka Ogboh, “Beyond the Yellow Haze” (A-Ton/Ostgut Ton, 2021)
This bombshell release is the first album from Nigerian sound and installation artist Emeka Ogboh, but it sounds like the assured work of killer dub techno producer at the height […]
Body/Dilloway/Head (Three Lobed, 2021)
Past experience has taught me not to get too excited about promising-sounding collaborations between great artists, but the allure of this particular project was admittedly damn hard to resist: Body/Head […]
Old Saw, “Country Tropics” (Lobby Art, 2021)
This is the debut album from a “network of New England string pluckers, organ drivers and bell ringers” centered around composer/pedal steel guitarist Henry Birdsey. This is my first real […]
“Phương Tâm: Magical Nights – Saigon Surf, Twist & Soul (1964-1966)” (Sublime Frequencies, 2021)
This collection, which I hereby deem an instant Sublime Frequencies classic, is devoted entirely to the long-unheard and elusive discography of one of the most magnetic singers of Saigon’s “golden […]
Steph Kretowicz, “I hate it here” (CURL, 2021)
This unique debut album is definitely one of the year’s most pleasant surprises, as art/music journalist Kretowicz assembled a bevy of talented collaborators to craft a poignant and subtly hallucinatory […]