Brett’s Sound Picks
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Brett’s Sound Picks: Ezekiel Honig’s “Broken Time Can Go In Many Directions” (2025)
(Around 2002, when I was doing research for my dissertation, I saw Ezekiel Honig perform in a tiny bar on the lower east side. There were probably fifteen people at the set. At the time, performing electronic music using just a laptop and Ableton Live was a novel kind of musicianship. Honig’s music was built… Continue reading
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Resonant Thoughts: Samuel Arbesman’s “The Magic of Code” (2025)
“Enchantment and the belief in nonsense never disappeared in our modern scientific age. Similarly, the worlds of enchantment—or really, wonder—and disenchantment have existed alongside each other in the realm of computing. The utilitarian road of staid and corporate coding has always run beside the path walked by those delighted by the marvels of these machines,… Continue reading
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Same Walk, Different Music
Martyn Heyne, “The Hall.” Occasionally I revisit the Brett’s Sound Picks playlists to listen to great music that I would have forgotten had I not saved it. In this way, a playlist is a way to externalize one’s memory, a way to remember those sonic details that make a music soar. A fine track from… Continue reading
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