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 […]
Lawrence English, “Observation of Breath” (Hallow Ground, 2021)
One of the many surprises of the last few years has been the current pipe organ renaissance unfolding in the experimental music world (your days are numbered, modular synths!). Thankfully, […]
Porter Ricks (Mille Plateaux, 1997)
Newly reissued with different artwork, Porter Ricks’ second album is a fitfully compelling and somewhat perplexing mixed bag that I somehow managed to never hear until now. My befuddlement is […]
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 […]