archived brainwashed reviews
Rafael Toral, “Spectral Evolution” (Moikai, 2024)
Before I heard this album, I mistakenly believed that I had a reasonable familiarity with Rafael Toral’s oeuvre, as I had heard and enjoyed a handful of his classic guitar-era […]
Dead Bandit, “Memory Thirteen” (Quindi, 2024)
This is the second album from the instrumental duo of Ellis Swan and James Schimpl and the first Dead Bandit album to follow Swan’s killer 2022 solo album 3am. Happily, […]
“Flux Gourmet Original Motion Picture Soundtrack” (Ba Da Bing, 2024)
I acknowledge it is only February right now, but I believe I can confidently state that this soundtrack will be the weirdest and most mystifying new album that I will […]
Tristan Allen, “Tin Iso and the Dawn” (RVNG INTL, 2023)
This is New York-based composer/puppeteer Tristan Allen’s full-length debut and it is quite an ambitious one, as Tin Iso and the Dawn is the first chapter of a planned “shadow […]
emptyset, “ash” (Subtext, 2023)
It has been a while since this duo of James Ginzburg and Paul Purgas last surfaced, but they are back with a new EP to celebrate Subtext’s 50th release. Since […]
Richard Sears, “Appear to Fade” (figureight, 2023)
Much to my surprise, my favorite tape music album of 2023 did not come from any of the usual suspects (Nonconnah, Lilien Rosarian, Ian William Craig, etc.) and instead came […]
Black to Comm, “At Zeenath Parallel Heavens” (Thrill Jockey, 2023)
I am almost always intrigued by the eclectic and unusual inspirations behind Marc Richter albums and this latest full-length for Thrill Jockey is no exception. The core concept at the […]
Fortunato Durutti Marinetti, “Eight Waves In Search Of An Ocean” (Soft Abuse/Quindi, 2023)
I have not encountered Dan Colussi’s work before this album, but the Turin-born artist is a bit of a lifer, as he has been steadily releasing music and touring for […]