Taylor Deupree
[Arc, Drum Komputer, Escape Tank, Human Mesh Sance, Taylor 808, Unit Park]



Taylor Deupree (1971) is a musician, graphic designer, and typographer. He became known in the first half of the '90s for his ambient and experimental techno work under the names Human Mesh Dance, SETI (with Savvas Ysatis), and Prototype 909 (with Dietrich Schoenemann and Jason Szostek). Currently, Deupree runs and records for 12k, a Brooklyn-based label specializing in grainy minimalism and ''hyper-synthetic textures.'' Earlier this year, 12k released .aiff, a compilation packaged in a distinctive laser-cut floppy disk sleeve. A manifesto of sorts, .aiff showcased minimal, ''microscopic'' tracks from Deupree, Komet, Kim Rapatti, Goem, Shuttle358, *0, and others. Deupree also curated the Microscopic Sound compilation for Caipirinha, featuring a range of tracks from Noto, Ryoji Ikeda, Thomas Brinkmann, Kim Cascone, and others effectively mapping the intersecting axes of repetitive and microscopic minimalism. The following interview was conducted in October '99. Deupree, who never seems to stray too far from his keyboard, fired back emails about repetition, technology, and the cross-currents between minimalism and ambient music.

Freak Of Nature (12") Rancho Relaxo 1996
Bang Bang Machine (12") Electric Music Foundation 1997
Untitled (12") Dum Records 1997
Comma, (CD) 12k 1998
Tower Of Winds (CD, Album, Dig) Caipirinha Productions 1998
SPEC. (CD) 12k 1999
.N (CD) Ritornell 2000
Active / Freeze (CD, Album, Ltd) 12k 2000
Focux (12") Audio.nl 2000
InvalidObject Series (Continue) (CD, Mini) Fallt 2000
Polr (CD) Raster-Noton 2000
Occur (CD) 12k 2001
Tokei (12") Audio.nl 2001
Balance (CDi, Album) Mille Plateaux 2002
Print (12") Audio.nl 2002
Spanner (File, MP3, 128) Tu M'p3 2002
Stil. (CD) 12k 2002
Invisible Architecture #8 (CD) Audiosphere 2003
Post_Piano (CD) Sub Rosa 2003
January (CD) Spekk 2004
Mujo (CD) Plop 2004
Every Still Day (CD) Midi Creative / Noble 2005
Live In Japan, 2004 (CD) 12k 2005
Post_Piano 2 (CD, Album, Ltd, Dig) 12k 2005
1AM (CD, EP, Ltd, Car) 12k 2006
May 6, 2001 (CD) and/OAR 2006
Northern (CD, Album, Dig) 12k 2006
Specification.Fifteen (CD) Line 2006
Stil. (CD, Album, RM, Ltd, Rei) 12k 2006
Landing (Minimax, EP) Room40 2007
Specification.Fifteen (CD) Line 2006
Stil. (CD, Album, RM, Ltd, Rei) 12k 2006
Landing (Minimax, EP) Room40 2007
Listening Garden (CD, Album, Ltd) Line 2007
Ando (Taylor Deupree) Habitat (CD, Album) Bine 2008
Taylor Deupree & Kenneth Kirschner May CD 2009