Exactly 60 minutes of music are delivered with Stephan Mathieu‘s latest work for the much-quoted 12k label based in New York. Released as a sister album to the ‘Remain’ CD on LINE ‘A Static Place’ is a slowly droning piece of work created through a massive recording setup that is as inspiring as brilliant: “A … Continue reading »
I know it has been long overdue to finally publish some thoughts about the ‘Monocoastal’ release by Marcus Fischer. After already giving it some attention in my ‘Album of the year 2010′ list – and it didn’t appear only in my year’s end list by the way – and opening the ‘electroacoustic tales guide’ with … Continue reading »
This month 12k presented a live recording of a show by Minamo, Sawako + Hofli, Moskitoo, Solo Andata and Taylor Deupree at Komyoji Temple in 2010. It is the first various artists album I purchased for a long time by the way and an Edition limited to 500 copies. I don’t talk here about a … Continue reading »
Being a fan of the 12k catalogue and even getting more and more into it I once stumbled upon the collaborative work of 12k label head Taylor Deupree with Savvas Ysatis. Tuning into the preview samples of ‘Hourglass’ on 12k.com I decided to purchase this EP release, delivered on a sexy 12″ vinyl with an … Continue reading »
Taylor Deupree is well-known as the label-head of experimental electronic music label 12k – and of course as musician, mastering-engineer, photographer and designer. So his releases are always a combination of all these. Fantastic experimental music, the beautiful 12k album design and a number of his excellent photographs. And so did ‘Shoals’ appear in 2010. … Continue reading »
