archived brainwashed reviews
Klara Lewis & Yuki Tsujii, “Salt Water” (The Trilogy Tapes, 2024)
I am always eager to hear anything new from the reliably weird and inventive Klara Lewis, but the unpredictability of her collaborative releases is especially pronounced. Notably, Salt Water is […]
People Like Us, “COPIA” (Cutting Hedge, 2024)
This latest album from Vicki Bennett, her first since 2018, is a characteristically dizzying and multilayered collage fantasia drawn from her currently touring AV performance “The Library of Babel.” Fittingly, […]
A Lily, “Saru l-Qamar” (Phantom Limb, 2024)
My familiarity with James Vella is primarily through his role running the excellent Phantom Limb label, but that is just one facet of a varied career, as he is also […]
Taylor Deupree, “Sti.ll” (Nettwerk, 2024)
I had a roommate back in the ’90s who was deeply into the ambient side of techno, which was something that I intensely loathed at the time. Unbeknownst to me, […]
Nový Svět, “DeGenerazione” (Quindi, 2024)
The enigmatic, inscrutable, and defunct Austrian duo of Jürgen Weber and Lili Novy/Frl. Tost has long been a subject of fascination for me, as I have had a bunch of […]
Abul Mogard and Rafael Anton Irisarri, “Impossibly Distant, Impossibly Close” (Black Knoll, 2024)
This collaboration has its origins in a sold-out opening night show from Madrid’s 2023 SoundSet series, as Irisarri and Guido Zen tore the roof off the Condeduque cultural center ambient-style […]
Celer, “It Would Be Giving Up” (Two Acorns, 2014)
This latest boxed set to emerge from Will Long’s Celer reissue campaign celebrates one of the project’s more recent works, as It Would Be Giving Up was originally released as […]
Myriam Gendron, “Mayday” (Thrill Jockey/Feeding Tube, 2024)
Despite her slim discography, Montreal-based Myriam Gendron has quietly amassed a very passionate following over the last few years, which is quite an impressive feat given that she frequently sings […]