Taylor Deupree
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New York-based electronic musician Taylor Deupree (1971) debuted with the EPs Freak Of Nature (Tension, 1996) and Bang Bang Machine (Electric Music Foundation, 1997). In 1997 he founded 12k, a label devoted to digital minimalism. In 2000 he added another label, Line, devoted to even more minimal/digital music.

His style has been refined through a number of collaborations: Tower of Winds (Caipirinha, 1997) with Savvas Ysatis, Spec (12k, 1999) with Richard Chartier, Active/Freeze (12K, 2000) with Tetsu Inoue, Post_Piano (SubRosa, 2002) with Kenneth Kirschner, After (12k, 2002) with Chartier and Kim Cascone, Balance (Mille Plateaux, 2002) with Frank Bretschneider, etc.

The subject and the object of Comma (12k, 1998) was repetition, which only apparently led to a form of alienated techno music.

Deupree flirted more seriously with techno on the EPs Focux (2000), Tokei (2001) and Print (2002).

.N (Ritornell, 2000), inspired by nanotechnology, and Polr (Raster, 2000) were his best Mika Vainio imitations.

Occur (12k, 2001) marks a quantum leap in originality: the work is devoted to sporadic musique concrete, like a panorama that is periodically disturbed by brief catastrophic events.

On the other hand, Stil (12k, 2002) is Occur's alter-ego: repetitive, geometric, stationary, like the video of a still nature. But also very much like Oval a decade before.

January (Spekk, 2004) is even more trivial in its minimal repetition.

Every Still Day (2005) is a collaboration with Japanese trio Eisi. Mujo (2005) is a collaboration with San Francisco-based multimedia artist Christopher Willits.

After the deadly stillness of January, more movement appears in the lovely cartilage of Northern (12k, 2006), thanks to the influence of Every Still Day.

(Translation by/Tradotto da Davide Carrozza)

Il musicista elettronico Taylor Deupree (1971), residente a New York, debuttò con gli EP Freak Of Nature (Tension, 1996) e Bang Bang Machine (Electric Music Foundation, 1997). Nel 1997 fondò la 12k, un'etichetta dedicata al minimalismo digitale. Nel 2000 fondò la Line, devota ad altra musica minimal-digitale.

Il suo stile si raffinò attraverso delle collaborazioni: Tower of Winds (Caipirinha, 1997) con Savvas Ysatis, Spec (12k, 1999) con Richard Chartier, Active/Freeze (12K, 2000) con Tetsu Inoue, Post_Piano (SubRosa, 2002) con Kenneth Kirschner, After (12k, 2002) con Chartier e Kim Cascone, Balance (Mille Plateaux, 2002) con Frank Bretschneider, ecc.

Forma e sostanza di Comma (12k, 1998) è la ripetizione, che solo in apparenza conduce a una forma di techno alienata.

Deupree flirtò più seriamente con la techno negli EP Focux (2000), Tokei (2001) e Print (2002).

.N (Ritornell, 2000), ispirato dalla nanotecnologia, e Polr (Raster, 2000) sono le sue migliori imitazioni di Mika Vainio.

Occur (12k, 2001) segna un cambio improvviso in originalità: nell'opera troviamo sporadica musica concreta, come in un panorama disturbato ogni tanto da brevi catastrofi.

D'altra parte, Stil (12k, 2002) è l'alter-ego di Occur: ripetitivo, geometrico, stazionario, come il video di una natura morta. Ma anche molto simile agli Oval una decade prima.

January (Spekk, 2004) è ancora più banale nella sua ripetizione minimale.

Every Still Day e Mujo (entrambi del 2005) sono collaborazioni rispettivamente con il trio giapponese Eisi e l'artista multimediale Christopher Willits, residente a San Francisco.

Dopo la totale immobilità di January, compare maggior movimento nella deliziosa cartilagine di Northern (12k, 2006), grazie all'influenza di Every Still Day.

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