archived brainwashed reviews
Chuck Johnson, “The Cinder Grove” (VDSQ, 2021)
I can think of few other artists in the midst of a hot streak quite as wonderful as the one Chuck Johnson is currently enjoying, as nearly everything he has […]
Alina Kalancea, “Impedance” (Important, 2021)
This Romanian composer’s second album is quite a wonderful surprise, easily ranking among Important’s finest non-reissue releases in recent memory. Far less surprising is the fact that Impedance is Buchla-driven […]
Carmen Villain, “Sketch for Winter IX: Perlita” (Geographic North, 2021)
This latest installment of Geographic North’s frequently wonderful Sketches for Winter series is a new album from Oslo’s restlessly evolving Carmen Villain and it is a fitfully (and strikingly) brilliant […]
Kara-Lis Coverdale, “A 480” (Constellation Tatsu (2014)/Gate (2021))
Newly reissued on vinyl on her own Gate imprint, A 480 was Coverdale’s formal debut (originally issued on Constellation Tatsu back in 2014). When I first heard it a few […]
Meitei, “Kofū / 古風” (Kitchen, 2021)
Over the last few years, Daisuke Fujita’s Meitei project has carved out an intriguing and hard-to-describe niche that brings together several seemingly disparate threads I never expected to see intertwined. […]
William Basinski, “Lamentations” (Temporary Residence, 2020)
I suppose I am predisposed to enjoy any major new statement from William Basinski, given my undying love of both hypnotic repetition and tape loops, but I was still a […]
Ana Roxanne, “Because of a Flower” (Kranky, 2020)
Ana Roxanne’s cryptically titled debut mini-LP was one of 2019’s most pleasant surprises, as she masterfully wielded a minimal palette of hazy vocals, subtle instrumentation, and field recordings to construct […]
Lucrecia Dalt, “No era sólida” (RVNG INTL., 2020)
With 2018’s Anticlines, this Berlin-based artist established herself as one of the more adventurous and unique composers to surface in the experimental music scene in recent years and I am […]