archived brainwashed reviews
Klara Lewis & Peder Mannerfelt, “KLMNOPQ” (The Trilogy Tapes, 2021)
I believe this is the first formal collaboration between these two Sweden-based artists, but the pair have a long history together, as Mannerfelt’s label released one of Lewis’s early EPs […]
Rachika Nayar, “Fragments” (Commend/RVNG Intl., 2021)
This new EP is something of a sketchbook-like companion piece to Nayar’s sublime debut album. More specifically, it is a collection of “sonic miniatures Nayar constructed from guitar loops . […]
Saint Abdullah, “To Live A La West” (Important, 2021)
I am a bit late to the party with this project from “NYC-based, Iranian-Canadian brothers” Mohammed and Mehdi Mehrabani-Yeganeh, as they have been steadily releasing oft-killer music since 2017. This […]
Six Organs of Admittance, “The Veiled Sea” (Three Lobed, 2021)
My relationship with Ben Chasny’s discography has always been a hit-or-miss one, as some of his albums are very much Not For Me, yet I can think of few other […]
Anders Brørby, “Constant Shallowness Leads to Body Horror” (Fort Evil Fruit, 2021)
I was not familiar with this Norwegian artist until a few weeks ago, but I find that just about everything on Ireland’s wonderfully weird and adventurous Fort Evil Fruit is […]
Noveller, “Aphantasia” (Self-Released, 2021)
Sarah Lipstate’s latest opus enigmatically borrows its title from a disorder in which those afflicted lose the ability to create mental imagery and associations (it literally translates as “without imagination”). […]
DJ Plead, “Relentless Trills” (Boomkat Editions, 2021)
Newly remastered by Rashad Becker and given a vinyl reissue, Relentless Trills first surfaced on cassette as part of Boomkat’s eclectic Documenting Sound series devoted to home recordings made during […]
Baligh Hamdi, “Instrumental Modal Pop of 1970s Egypt” (Sublime Frequencies, 2021)
This latest collection continues Sublime Frequencies’ impressive hot streak of releases this year, as Hisham Mayet has curated a selection of elusive instrumental pieces from “a towering figure in Arabic […]