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ONLINE
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music publication offering news and reviews of eclectic music. Over fifty people contribute to the archives of Brainwashed. Brainwashed hosts websites for many bands, artists and record labels. It also releases records of its own as Brainwashed Recordings.
History
Brainwashed was started in 19961996 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1996.-January:* January – At the trial of two American teenagers, Nicholaus McDonald and Brian Bassett, for the murder of Bassett's parents and young brother, defense lawyers attempt to lay the blame for the murders on the fact...
by Jon Whitney as a domain to host websites for a couple of musical artists and soon expanded to include many more artists and small record labels.
In 1998
1998 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...
, it began The Brain, a weekly online magazine featuring music reviews, new release news, and concert news from the staff and contributors to the various sites on Brainwashed.com. The popularity increased as it became the first weekly online music magazine to include sound samples in every review.
By 1999
1999 in music
-Events:*January 7**After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation.**Paul McCartney attends the first of his stepdaughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia....
, Brainwashed began a full time Internet radio stream, Brainwashed Radio.
In 2000
2000 in music
See also:* 2000 in music Record labels established in 2000-Events:*January – Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.*January 1**John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List....
, reacting to price fixing
Price fixing
Price fixing is an agreement between participants on the same side in a market to buy or sell a product, service, or commodity only at a fixed price, or maintain the market conditions such that the price is maintained at a given level by controlling supply and demand...
lawsuits and other irresponsible practices, Brainwashed banned all major labels from coverage in The Brain.
2003
2003 in music
-January:* January – following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands recover nearly 500 original Beatles studio tapes, recorded during the Let It Be sessions. Five people are arrested...
marked the launch of "The Eye": downloadable video interviews with and clips of bands. Whitney began hosting weekly podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
s starting in December 2004
2004 in music
See also:* 2004 in music Record labels established in 2004-January:*January 1**The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.**Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol....
. In 2005
2005 in music
-Events:*During the year 2005, 12 rock music albums scored number 1 in the USA. This was the first time even ten albums have scored number 1 since 1996.-January:...
, Brainwashed became a daily content provider.
In November 2006, Brainwashed celebrated its 10 year anniversary by holding a music festival called Brainwaves in its hometown of Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
and released the compilation Brainwaves
Brainwaves (compilation)
Brainwaves is a compilation album put together by Brainwashed.com to commemorate the Brainwaves festival. The album is a 3 CD set, limited to 500 copies and comes with a Brainwaves logo badge...
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Brainwashed Recordings releases
| Catalogue number alphabetically | Artist name | Release title | Date released |
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| BRAIN 001 | Thread Thread Thread may refer to:*Thread , a kind of thin yarn used for sewing*Thread , a sequence of instructions that may execute in parallel with each other*Thread , a spore in the science fiction novels Dragonriders of Pern... |
Obsidian Monarch/Null Tributary | |
| BRAIN 002 | Edward Ka-Spel Edward Ka-Spel Edward Ka-Spel is an expatriate English singer, songwriter and musician residing in the Netherlands.-Biography:... |
Share The Day/Dream Stealer | |
| BRAIN 003 | Greater Than One Technohead Greater Than One is an English electronic music band, founded by husband and wife Lee Newman and Michael Wells in 1985. They released many albums under this name, and also under the names Tricky Disco, GTO, John + Julie, Church of Extacy, Signs of Chaos, T.D.5, Salami Brothers, Killout Squad,... |
Bloodstream/Airstream | |
| BRAIN 004 | (various artists) | Brain In The Wire Brain in the Wire Brain In The Wire is a compilation by Brainwashed Recordings, which is a collection of mostly rare, unreleased alternate versions of songs by many influential groups that Brainwashed's website promotes hosting for... |
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| BRAIN 005 | Sybarite (musician) Sybarite (musician) Sybarite is the solo project of musician Xian Hawkins, who played with the Silver Apples for a number of years in the 1990s. Sybarite produces abstract midtempo electronica, but also contains elements of jazz and classical music... |
Dolorous Echo | |
| BRAIN 006 | Jessica Bailiff Jessica Bailiff Jessica Bailiff is an American singer-songwriter from Toledo, Ohio. Her music is largely classified as slowcore, although it contains elements of post-rock and shoegaze. Bailiff was discovered by Low's Alan Sparhawk, who recommended her earlier demos to Kranky Records, the label on which Bailiff... |
Live At VPRO Radio | |
| BRAIN 007 | Aranos Aranos Aranos is a settlement in Hardap Region, Namibia. Since August 2010 it has town status. The place normally receives an annual average rainfall of , although in the 2010/2011 rainy season were measured.-Politics:... |
No Religion | |
| BRAIN 008 | (various artists) | Otology: The Brainwashed 7" Singles Compiled | |
| BRAIN 009 | Meat Beat Manifesto Meat Beat Manifesto Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an electronic music group originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, UK... |
Radio Free Republic/Lovefingers Radio Free Republic/Lovefingers Radio Free Republic/Lovefingers was a 7" vinyl single by Meat Beat Manifesto. The release was limited to 500 copies on grey vinyl, of which the first 53 are in numbered hand made sleeves by Jack Dangers. Of the smaller edition #52 and #53 includes a sample recorder/player glued to the back... |
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| BRAIN 010 | Mimir (band) Mimir (band) Mimir is a joint music project started by The Legendary Pink Dots member Edward Ka-Spel and the father of numerous other projects Christoph Heemann. On Mimyriad they were joined by musician and producer Jim O'Rourke, making them something of a left field supergroup... |
single Single (music) In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear... |
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| BRAIN 011 | He Said 27#11 Graham Lewis Graham Lewis is an English musician.Lewis is the bassist with punk rock/post-punk band Wire, a band formed in 1976... |
Oh How To Do Now | |
| BRAIN 012 | (various artists) | Brainwaves Brainwaves (compilation) Brainwaves is a compilation album put together by Brainwashed.com to commemorate the Brainwaves festival. The album is a 3 CD set, limited to 500 copies and comes with a Brainwaves logo badge... |
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| HAND 001 | Windy & Carl Windy & Carl -Overview:Cited as "A leading light of the Michigan space-rock scene" by Allmusic, the minimalist group formed in 1993 around the core husband-and-wife duo of guitarist Carl Hultgren and bassist/singer Windy Weber... |
Dedications to Flea | |
| HAND 002 | The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden The One Ensemble is a British musical group, based in Glasgow. The project was initially conceived by Volcano The Bear member Daniel Padden as a vehicle for his solo work, and their first three albums were released under the name The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden... |
Live at VPRO Radio | |
| HAND 003 | Thighpaulsandra Thighpaulsandra Thighpaulsandra is a Welsh experimental musician and multi-instrumentalist known mostly for performing on synthesizers and keyboards. As Tim Lewis, he began his career working with Julian Cope. A collaboration with Cope in 1993 followed, as the experimental duo Queen Elizabeth... |
The Lepore Extrusion The Lepore Extrusion The Lepore Extrusion is a 2006 release by Thighpaulsandra. The album was released via Brainwashed Recordings in a limited CD edition of 500 letterpress sleeves, handmade by Michael Babcock of Interrobang Letterpress.... |
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| HAND 004 | Greater Than One | Kill the Pedagogue | |
| HAND 005 | Various Artists | Peace (for mom) | |
| HAND 006 | Jack Dangers Jack Dangers Jack Dangers is an electronic musician, DJ, producer, and remixer best known for his work as the primary member of Meat Beat Manifesto. He lives in San Francisco.-Career:... |
Music for Planetarium |
Killer Pimp releases
| Catalogue number alphabetically | Artist name | Release title | Date released |
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| PIMPK 001 | Kate Mosh | Dynamo | |
| PIMPK 002 | Noise/Girl | Discopathology | |
| PIMPK 003 | Blood Money | Axis of Blood | |
| PIMPK 004 | A Place to Bury Strangers A Place to Bury Strangers A Place to Bury Strangers are a New York–based noise rock band composed of Oliver Ackermann , Dion Lunadon and Jay Space . The band plays a heavy, atmospheric wall of sound-influenced blend of psychedelic rock, shoegaze and space rock... |
A Place to Bury Strangers A Place to Bury Strangers (album) A Place to Bury Strangers is the self-titled first album from psychedelic rock band A Place to Bury Strangers. Most of the songs were recorded between 2004 and 2006 and released as series of ad hoc EPs and sold at shows by the band... |
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| PIMPK 005 | All The Saints | Fire On Corridor X | |
| PIMPK 006 | Lithops Lithops Lithops is a genus of succulent plants in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae. Members of the genus are native to southern Africa. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words λίθος , meaning "stone," and ὄψ , meaning "face," referring to the stone-like appearance of the plants... |
Mound Magnet pt. 2: Elevations Above Sea Level |
- Songs of the WeekSongs of the WeekSongs of the Week are a collection of songs by Coil distributed via their former primary website Brainwashed.com. Starting in October 1998, a "Song of the week" was made available for download. This feature ended sometime in August 1999. The series consisted of 26 tracks in mp3 format, each at a...
by CoilCoil (band)Coil were an English cross-genre, experimental music group formed in 1982 by John Balance—later credited as "Jhonn Balance"—and his partner Peter Christopherson, aka "Sleazy". The duo worked together on a series of releases before Balance chose the name Coil, which he claimed to be... - Brainwashed Recordings also has a sub-label, Killer Pimp, which has released albums by Kate Mosh, Noise/Girl, Blood Money, and A Place To Bury Strangers.