9 июл. 2012 г.

Taylor Deupree


Taylor Deupree (b. 1971) is a sound artist, graphic designer, and photographer residing in New York. On January 1st, 1997, he founded 12k, a record label that focuses on minimalism and contemporary musical forms. In 12k's 10 years of existence Deupree has released over 40 CDs by a roster of international sound artists and has developed 12k into one of the most respected experimental electronic labels in the world. In September 2000, Deupree and sound artist Richard Chartier formed LINE, a sublabel of 12k that curates its continuing documentation of compositional and installation work by composers exploring the aesthetics of contemporary and digital minimalism. In January 2002 (as a celebration of 12k's fifth anniversary) Deupree launched term., an online series of MP3 releases. While 12k's emphasis lies not only in sound but also on design and presentation, term. exists entirely in the digital domain with no physical object or package. In September, 2003, Deupree started a 3rd record label called Happy to promote unconventional japanese pop. Happy was born from Deupree's interest in Japanese pop and the fact that it is quite unknown outside of Japan.

Since 1993 Deupree has created critically acclaimed recordings for labels worldwide including Spekk, Plop, Noble (Japan), Ritornell/Mille Plateaux, Raster-Noton, Disko B (Germany), Sub Rosa (Belgium), Fällt (Ireland), Audio.NL (Netherlands), Room40 (Australia), Instinct Records, Caipirinha Music, Plastic City (USA), Dum (Finland), and of course 12k and LINE, among others. In January 1999, Deupree currated a compilation for New York's Caipirinha Music label that he titled 'Microscopic Sound'. This release was among the first to gather together artists of this style and helped put a name to a then-rising genre of electronic music.

His solo works in recent years have explored a fusion of digital sound manipulation with organic and melodic textures that take influences from his interest in architecture, interior design, and photography. Themes of minimalism, stillness, atmosphere, nature, and imperfection prevade throughout his work . An intense passion for recording and studio technology creates a strong technological backdrop for all of his compositions.

Collaboration with other musicians is also a very important aspect of Deupree's work. Working with other artists is a way to not only create unique works beyond his solo recordings but to also expand his own techniques and processes as a learning experience. Over record years he has collaborated with a wide variety of artists such as Christopher Willits (US, guitar), Kenneth Kirschner (US, Piano), Eisi (Japan, 3-piece acoustic ambient-rock band), Tetsu Inoue (US, sound artist), Frank Bretschneider (Germany, sound artist), and Richard Chartier (US, sound artist). Deupree feels the importance of collaborative work is to not layer two individual styles but to create a 3rd, fusion sound that incorporates the strengths of each collaborator yet sounds like a unique, 3rd identity.

Deupree continues to evolve his sound and approaches each project with a new direction and different process. Continued shifting and sound exploration is vital to his work. He has many recording and remixing accomplishments and a substantial, varied, discography formed over 14 years. His design and photography work has appeared on dozens of projects and record labels around the world and published in a number of books in Japan and the UK.



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43 комментария:

  1. SPEC
    Stil.
    January
    Northern
    1AM
    Listening Garden
    Journal
    Shoals

    if i could get this, that'd be fantastic. thanks so much.

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  2. i'm looking for 'tower of winds'. to complete te 'Archittetura Series' :-)

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  3. I'm looking for Sleeping Morning, .N, Post_Piano, Balance, Live 1 Mapping. Thanks!

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  4. sorry i forgot to ask you for Live In Melbourne, would it be possible too?
    thanks again!

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  5. thanks for past links! I forgot one more : Invisible Architecture #8...if you ever need some music, ask me, maybe i could help you too

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  6. hi,may i get the link for In A Place Of Such Graceful...? thank you!

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  7. I'm looking for Specifictaion fifteen...thank you!

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  8. Hi. Taylor Deupree is a favorite artist of mine, since many years ago. Can you still post any of these other items? Many thanks!

    1998 - Comma

    2000 - Active / Freeze

    2001 - Occur

    2002 - After

    2004 - Mujo

    2005 - Live in Japan

    2005 - Post_Piano 2

    2007 - The Sleeping Morning

    2009 - Transcriptions

    2009 - Hourglass

    2009 - Weather And Worn

    2010 - Snow (Dusk, Dawn)

    2011 - Focux

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  9. Please, Post_Piano (2003). Link is down.

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  10. Any chance that you could also provide a link to their album May (2008). Thanks in advance.

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  11. This is great! Thank you for both of these.

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  12. Faint, Focux and the colabs with Stephan Mathieu would be great.

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  13. A lot of stuff is down... Could you please re-upload Faint, Focux, Journal, Shoals, Snow?

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  14. I have a big list for my fave sound artist. Please please me with pleasing releases that please my ears.

    tower of winds, .N, active/freeze, polr, occur, balance, after, post piano 2, mujo, every still day, specification 15,
    live1: mapping, Snow (dusk Dawn), sea last, in a place of such grateful shapes, origin, landing, live in japan 2004.

    This means a lot thankyouthankyouthankyou.

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  15. Hello, please - 2013 - Disappearance [with Ryuichi Sakamoto] :-) I love your blog.

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  16. hi could you post
    『1999 - SPEC. [with Richard Chartier]』
    『2004 - January』
    『2006 - Stil』
    『2007 - Listening Garden [with Christopher Willits]』
    『2008 - Northern』 ?

    thank you so much !!!!

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  17. hello it is possible to have
    "1998 - Comma"
    "2003 - Invisible Architecture #8 [with Christopher Willits]"
    "2006 - 1am"
    "2007 - The Sleeping Morning [with Savvas Ysatis]"
    "2009 - Hourglass [with Savvas Ysatis]"
    "2009 - Weather And Worn"

    thanks and congratulations for this wonderful site

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  18. Hi, not sure if you're still running the blog (I know how time consuming it becomes having ran 1 for 3+ years)
    If you are still around, can I request :-

    2014 - Lost & Compiled
    2014 - Captiva [with Stephen Vitiello]
    2014 - Live at Komyoji [with Stephan Mathieu, Toshimaru Nakamura and others]
    2015 - Twine [with Marcus Fischer]

    If not, no problem - I hadn't heqard of this artist (after decades of IDM, Breackcore, Techno, etc etc I'm finding myself sway more into the ambient field / dub techno - slowing down a bit... getting old :) ) So cheers for all that is still on MFire. I LOVE being introduced to "new" music.

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