DeForrest Brown Jr.
DeForrest Brown, Jr. is a rhythmanalyst, media theorist and curator.[1] Brown releases music under his own name as well as by the moniker Speaker Music.[2] Brown is a representative of the Make Techno Black Again campaign. His first book, Assembling a Black Counter Culture, is slated for publication with Primary Information in May 2021.[3]
DeForrest Brown, Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Speaker Music |
| Origin | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Genres | techno, Black music, experimental, avant-garde, noise |
| Occupation(s) | cultural theorist, journalist, musician |
| Labels | PTP, Planet Mu |
| Website | https://speakermusic.bandcamp.com |
Discography
| Release year | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Absent Personae | PTP | Kepla & DeForrest Brown, Jr. |
| 2018 | The Wages of Being Black is Death | PTP | Kepla & DeForrest Brown, Jr. |
| 2019 | of desire, longing | Planet Mu | Speaker Music |
| 2020 | processing intimacy | Speaker Music | |
| 2020 | Percussive Therapy | Speaker Music | |
| 2020 | Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry | Planet Mu | Speaker Music |
| 2020 | As Serious As Your Life | PTP | Speaker Music & bookworms |
| 2020 | a bitter but beautiful struggle | PTP | Speaker Music |
Bibliography
- Assembling a Black Counter Culture (2021, Primary Information)
External links
References
- Dorris, Jesse (August 15, 2020). "How DeForrest Brown, Jr., Centers the Black Body in Techno Music". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- Sherburne, Philip (July 8, 2020). "Speaker Music: Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- "Assembling a Black Counter Culture". Primary Information. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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