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January (2018 remaster)

by Taylor Deupree

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To mark the release of my new album Fallen on the Japanese label Spekk I have remastered the album that launched the Spekk label 15 years ago in 2003. January was never mastered at all and I felt it time to give this work some new life and to serve as a point of comparison between my work from 2003 and 2018. My process then was still highly digital, but slowly starting to change acoustic and more organic elements started to creep in. Following January was my release Northern which was a turning point in my creative direction.

From the original press release:

January was composed between January and May 2003. The inspiration for the cd came from my visit to Japan on a tour with 12k artists Richard Chartier and Sogar. We made many, many friends and it was one of the most enjoyable and inspirational travels i have taken in recent memory.

January attempts to loosely chronicle this trip by combining the stillness of looping passages with moving and non-repeating elements. a simple metaphor for our travels and the ideas of time standing still to experience a single moment forever. Our first morning in Tokyo there was a very heavy, yet gentle snowfall, a very vivid visual memory and the inspiration for the granular sounds in this recording. January utilizes many of the same practices and concepts of my work with loops and frozen sounds (such as on Stil.) but also adds layers of live instrumentation and voices. January features live, processed electric piano as well as vocal fragments, courtesy of Sawako. More pieces with voices were written in these sessions but did not appear on the final release.

cover photo by Uison
original release on Spekk (JP), 2003
analog remaster at 12k, 2018

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released March 23, 2018

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Taylor Deupree Pound Ridge, New York

Taylor Deupree is the founder of 12k, an independent record label based in a rural area north of New York CIty. Started in 1997, 12k has pioneered a form of experimental ambient music involving delicate hybrids of digital technology and acoustic instrumentation. ... more

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