archived brainwashed reviews
Tomasz Sroczynski, “Symphony n°2 / Highlander” (Ici d’ailleurs/Mind Travels, 2021)
This album was my first exposure to this Polish composer, but this appears to be his sixth album if I include his improv trio and his collaborations. Also, it is […]
The Volume Settings Folder, “Pastorage Sights” (Self-Released, 2021)
This prolific ambient project from Italian guitarist M. Beckmann has been a fascination of mine for a couple of years now and I have been patiently waiting for an appropriately […]
Rdeča Raketa, “…and cannot reach the silence” (Ventil, 2021)
I believe this is the third album from this Vienna-based duo, but it has been a while (eight years) since they last released anything and they are entirely new to […]
Hugo Randulv, “Radio Arktis (samlade ljud från den norra polcirkeln)” (Discreet, 2021)
Bandcamp recently published a feature on one of my favorite subjects (the Gothenburg Underground) and it turned me onto this solo release from an artist they dubbed “the closest you’ll […]
Sarah Davachi, “Cantus Figures Laurus” (Late Music, 2021)
This five-CD boxed set ambitiously compiles all three of Davachi’s interrelated 2020 albums released on her own Late Music imprint. Given that Figures in Open Air alone features two pieces […]
Scanner, “Earthbound Transmissions” (Room40, 2021)
This latest release from Robin Rimbaud is hopefully the first of many deep dives into the Scanner archives, as he ambitiously spent part of his lockdown digitizing and mixing his […]
Legendary Pink Dots, “Island of Jewels” (Metropolis, 2021)
Metropolis Records continues their ambitious LPD reissue campaign with an expanded and remastered edition of this oft-fascinating album from the band’s celebrated mid-’80s hot streak. According to the band, Island […]
Bendik Giske, “Cracks” (Smalltown Supersound, 2021)
I have been quite keen to hear just about everything that this Norwegian saxophonist releases since he damn near stole the show on Caterina Barbieri’s Fantas Variations earlier this year. […]