archived brainwashed reviews
Lea Bertucci, “Resonant Field” (NNA Tapes, 2019)
This latest release from Lea Bertucci ambitiously follows in the footsteps of Pauline Oliveros’ landmark Deep Listening album (1989), though site-specific performances are certainly nothing new for the NY-based saxophonist/composer. […]
Félicia Atkinson, “The Flower And The Vessel” (Shelter Press, 2019)
This latest album was composed and recorded in “impersonal hotel rooms in foreign cities” as Atkinson ambitiously toured the world while pregnant, making plenty of field recordings in far-flung locales […]
Black to Comm, “Before After” (Thrill Jockey, 2019)
I definitely did not expect any more Black to Comm releases this year (or even next year), as composing and mixing the massive and wildly ambitious Seven Horses for Seven […]
Joseph Allred, “O Meadowlark” (Feeding Tube, 2019)
I first encountered Joseph Allred on a massive compilation of American Primitive guitarists that I believe surfaced on the Dying For Bad Music blog sometime last year, but my ears […]
His Name is Alive, “All The Mirrors in the House (Early Recordings 1979 – 1986)” (Disciples, 2019)
As befits the curious and unpredictable arc of His Name is Alive, this first installment of a planned trilogy of Warren Defever’s adolescent/teenage tape experiments is a truly wonderful and […]
“Jambú e Os Míticos Sons Da Amazônia” (Analog Africa, 2019)
This latest collection from Analog Africa is another detour of sorts, as curators Samy Ben Redjeb and Carlo Xavier headed to Brazil for a very deep dive into the underheard […]
Kali Malone, “The Sacrificial Code” (iDEAL, 2019)
I was recently very surprised to discover that Kali Malone is from Colorado, as she has been quite an uncannily ubiquitous and quietly influential presence in European experimental music circles […]
Robert Turman, “Flux” (Spectrum Spools, 2019)
Recently reissued for the second time on Spectrum Spools, Robert Turman’s Flux is widely regarded to be one of the most unique and essential releases to emerge from the ’80s […]