Brainwave Research Center

𝙇𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙀𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝟮𝟬𝟬 𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡. 𝙍𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙭𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝘿𝘼𝙇𝙊, 𝘽𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙠𝙩 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙖𝙬𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙘𝙯.

R.i.O. welcomes Brainwave Research Center, a NYC-based duo consisting of house/techno producer Chase Smith and documentary filmmaker Christa Majoras. In early 2023 they freed their debut album "figure 1" via their own label BRC. Two more albums followed. All documenting their love for experimental yet charming music of all kinds.

Their influences span a vast spectrum, from Steve Reich, Laurie Spiegel, and Edgar Froese to Martin Rev, John Carpenter, early Kraftwerk, or the ambient techno of Pete Namlook’s Fax +49-69/45046 label. Yet, Brainwave Research Center forges a sound distinctly their own, seamlessly blending analog synthesis with electro-acoustic experimentation.

n “Psychic Antenna”, the duo takes a gentle rawer approach. The tracks range from the manic verbal Die-Tödliche-Doris-like loops of "I Find Myself" to the meditative cosmic trance of "Open Your Mouth." "Orange Drop" and "Transmitter Park" toy with the dancefloor, channeling slow-motion acid trance and krautrock echoes.

The release is rounded out by three remixes: R.i.O.’s own Benedikt Frey delivers a deep, trippy groover full of inner musicality, while close companion DALO crafts a dark, echo-drenched pop rework, and Berlin’s Nathan Dawidowicz injects psyched nu-disco rhythms, expanding “Psychic Antenna” into seven notions of intense neural oscillations.