Artist Talk: Research As... DeForrest Brown, Jr. in conversation with Vanessa Fajemisin

During Brown, Jr.’s residency he will share his research into Rhythmanalytics as a work-in-progress, and diagnostic exploration of electronic music at the end of the music industry through applied metaphilosophy and “techno-vernacular expression.” Inspired by his own experiences of reasoning through synesthesia, rhythmanalyst Brown, Jr. seeks to construct a myth-scientific modal logic and studio performance music that embraces cross-disciplinary multitasking. 

DeForrest Brown, Jr. is an Alabama-raised, Ex-American, rhythmanalyst, writer, musician, and curator. Under the moniker Speaker Music, he channels the African American modernist tradition of rhythm and soul music as an intellectual site and sound of techno-vernacular expression. He has released three albums on Planet Mu; Of Desire, Longing (2019), Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry (2020) and Techxodus (2023). Brown’s debut book Assembling a Black Counter Culture was published by Primary Information in 2022. 

Research As… is a residency program that makes creative research visible. Artists, writers, curators, designers, performers, filmmakers, are invited to engage with ECU and the wider arts community in a series of public events that present their research practices.