archived brainwashed reviews
Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin, “Ghosted III” (Drag City, 2025)
This reliably fascinating trio is back with a third installment in their excellent Ghosted series. The label describes this one as “a little looser and wilder than before,” which is […]
Thomas Ankersmit, “The Dip” (Students of Decay, 2025)
This latest opus from Berlin’s Thomas Ankersmit continues his work with the Serge Modular synthesizer, which is just fine by me, as his last two Serge albums were pure headphone […]
Matmos, “Metallic Life Review” (Thrill Jockey, 2025)
This latest release from the duo of M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel is billed as a “compressed fast-forward of Matmos’ career with a sonic parade of the metallic objects from […]
Gabriel Brady, “Day-blind” (Tonal Union, 2025)
This debut release from young Cambridge, Massachusetts-based composer Gabriel Brady was apparently recorded in his dorm room with little more than a bouzouki, a violin, and a “compact modular synth […]
Cosey Fanni Tutti, “2t2” (Conspiracy International, 2025)
I believe this album’s unusual title is a palindromic way to convey that it is intended as a spiritual sequel to 2019’s Tutti, as it certainly seems to continue the […]
Abul Mogard, “Quiet Pieces” (Soft Echoes, 2025)
This latest album from Guido Zen’s Abul Mogard alter ego marks both the debut of his Soft Echoes label and an interesting detour from his usual working methods, as he […]
My Cat Is An Alien/Talweg “The Secret of the Space Bubble / > Eternal Beyond > IV” (Opax/Elliptical Noise/Up Against The Wall, Motherfuckers!, 2025)
This latest opus from the Opalio brothers is a pair of single-sided art LPs devoted to two very different performances featuring the duo’s longtime collaborator Joëlle Vinciarelli (Talweg/La Morte Young). […]
emptyset, “Dissever” (Thrill Jockey, 2025)
This latest speaker-straining salvo from the duo of James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas was fittingly debuted at the Tate Modern to accompany “a large-scale survey of the global history of […]