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- ↑ Sherburne, Philip (July 8, 2020). "Speaker Music: Black Nationalist Sonic Weaponry". Pitchfork . Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- 1 2 Dorris, Jesse (August 15, 2020). "How DeForrest Brown, Jr., Centers the Black Body in Techno Music". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X . Retrieved July 10, 2024.
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- ↑ "this simulation sux — Domain". d-o-m-a-i-n.org. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ↑ "Absent Personae, by Kepla & DeForrest Brown Jr". PTP. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ↑ "Assembling a Black Counter Culture | Primary Information". primaryinformation.org. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
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