archived brainwashed reviews
Kassel Jaeger/Stephen Mathieu/Akira Rabelais, “Zauberberg” (Shelter Press, 2016)
In recent years, Shelter Press has carved out an unusual niche for itself through a series of highly conceptual and ambitiously esoteric releases that blur the boundaries between various forms […]
Mary Lattimore, “At the Dam” (Ghostly International, 2016)
Harpist Mary Lattimore’s excellent second solo album is the fruit of a grant-financed road trip across the US, inspired by various natural wonders along the way and recorded at several […]
Tim Hecker, “Love Streams” (4AD, 2016)
Tim Hecker’s first album for 4AD is already a major event, unexpectedly garnering praise from sources as mainstream as The New York Times and Rolling Stone. We live in strange […]
Surgeon, “From Farthest Known Objects” (Dynamic Tension, 2016)
This seventh album under the Surgeon moniker from UK techno iconoclast Anthony Child is a bit of an unexpected divergence from his previous work. Naturally, the pummeling repetition and industrial […]
“Senegal 70: Sonic Gems & Previously Unreleased Recordings from the 70s” (Analog Africa, 2016)
There are very few people around making better compilations than Analog Africa’ss Samy Ben Redjeb. For this latest treasure trove of newly unearthed obscurities, Samy teamed up with Teranga Beat’s […]
Charlemagne Palestine, “Godbear” (Barooni (1998) / Black Truffle (2016))
Newly resurrected by Oren Ambarchi’s Black Truffle imprint, this would-be landmark 1987 recording was originally slated to be released on Glenn Branca’s short-lived Neutral Records. After sadly sitting on the […]
La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela, “Dream House 78’17″” (Shandar (1974)/Aguirre (2016))
Back before the days of MP3s and file sharing, it was not uncommon for me to slowly lose my goddamn mind because there was some album that I desperately wanted […]
Roly Porter, “Third Law” (Tri Angle, 2016)
In a lot of ways, this latest Roly Porter release sounds like a sister album to Paul Jebanasam’s Continuum, which is not all that surprising given that Jebanasam and Porter […]