Taylor Deupree

Taylor Deupree is an accomplished sound artist and mastering engineer whose recordings, rich with abstract atmospherics, have appeared on numerous record labels, and well as in site-specific installations in Japan and America. He started out, in the 1990s, making new noises that edged outward toward the fringes of techno, and in time he found his own path to follow. His music today emphasizes a hybrid of natural sounds and technological mediation. It’s marked by a deep attention to stillness, to an almost desperate near-silence. His passion for the studio as a recording instrument is paramount in his work, but there is no hint of digital idolatry. If anything, his music shows a marked attention to the aesthetics of error and the imperfect beauty of nature. He is a prolific collaborator, having worked with the likes of Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Sylvian, Ichiko Aoba, S. Carey, Stephan Mathieu, Stephen Vitiello, Marcus Fischer, Christopher Willits, Kenneth Kirschner, Frank Bretschneider, Richard Chartier, Savvas Ysatis, Tetsu Inoue and many others. In 1997 he founded the record label 12k, which since then has released over 120 recordings by some of the most accomplished musicians and modern sound artists of our time. Deupree continues to evolve his sound with an ambition and drive that is masked by his music’s inherent quietude. He approaches each project with an expectation of new directions, new processes, and new junctures.