archived brainwashed reviews
Lea Bertucci, “Of Shadow and Substance” (Cibachrome Editions, 2023)
This latest full-length from NY-based composer/multi-instrumentalist Lea Bertucci features two longform Just Intonation commissions composed for small ensembles. Given that, it is no surprise that Of Shadow and Substance is […]
Radian, “Distorted Rooms” (Thrill Jockey, 2023)
It has somehow been seven years since this long-running Vienna trio last surfaced with 2016’s stellar On Dark Silent Off, but they seem to have spent that time diligently dreaming […]
Colleen, “Le jour et la nuit du réel” (Thrill Jockey, 2023)
As someone who has loved Cécile Schott’s work since 2003’s Everyone Alive Wants Answers, I have long been fascinated by the various twists and turns that her vision has undergone […]
Chris Corsano & Bill Orcutt, “Play at Duke” (Palilalia, 2023)
These two singular artists have been fitfully playing together for roughly a decade now and they have released a number of albums documenting their incredible duo performances. Notably, their most […]
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept (Mexican Summer, 2023)
While I am a fan of both DJ Python (Brian Piñeyro) and Ana Roxanne, a collaboration between the two is not something that I would have ever foreseen happening due […]
Various Artists, “When the Frog from the Well Sees the Ocean (Reports from English UFOlklore)” (Folklore Tapes, 2023)
This latest collection from Folklore Tapes borrows its title from a Japanese proverb about knowing one’s limitations (“the frog in the well knows nothing of the sea”), which was itself […]
Caterina Barbieri, “Myuthafoo” (light-years, 2023)
This latest album from Barbieri is intended as a sister album to 2019’s landmark Ecstatic Computation and has been released to correspond with the imminent reissue of the latter. The […]
Klara Lewis and Nik Colk Void, “Full-On” (Alter, 2023)
As Alter’s album description insightfully observes, a collaboration between these two Editions Mego alumnae “somehow seemed inevitable,” yet I was still pleasantly surprised at how seamlessly Lewis and Void were […]