archived brainwashed reviews
KRM & KMRU, “Disconnect” (Phantom Limb, 2024)
This collaboration between Kenyan soundscape auteur Joseph Kamaru and industrial dub heavyweight Kevin Martin came as quite a wonderful surprise, as their seemingly unlikely pairing turned out to be a […]
Frédéric D. Oberland / Grégory Dargent / Tony Elieh / Wassim Halal, “SIHR” (Sub Rosa, 2024)
This unique quartet unusually originated as a collaboration between two French photographers, as Frédéric D. Oberland and Grégory Dargent performed some improvised duo concerts a few years back to accompany […]
John Cage/Aaron Dilloway, “Rozart Mix” (Hanson, 2024)
In 1965, John Cage “composed” a piece for Alvin Lucier that debuted at Brandeis University’s then-new Rose Art Museum (Lucier was employed as Brandeis’s chorus director at the time). The […]
Madeleine Cocolas, “Bodies” (Room40, 2024)
This latest full-length from Australian composer Madeleine Cocolas is billed as a companion piece to 2022’s acclaimed Spectral, as the two albums have something of a conceptual yin/yang relationship: Spectral […]
Raoul Eden, “Incarnation” (Self-Released, 2024)
This is the vinyl debut from American Primitive-inspired French guitarist Raoul Eden, but it previously surfaced as a self-released CD back in 2023 (a previous “incarnation,” if you will). That […]
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 […]