[Microsound-announce] FWD: [12k.line] 12k news: FEB.14.2006

[richard chartier / LINE]

12K NEWSLETTER:

FEB 14. 2006

1. 12k blog up soon
2. taylor deupree "stil." reissue (12k2002)
3. taylor deupree "northern" (12k1037)
4. skoltz kolgen "post_piano 07.05"
5. taylor deupree interview on Bluermutt 
6. sébastien roux "songs" (12k1036)
7. asmus tietchens "z-menge" (LINE025)



1. 12K BLOG
for those of you who have noticed, there has been a dead link on the  
new 12k web page called "gallery". this was originally going to be a  
photo gallery containing images from tours, etc, but it never got off  
the ground. recently we've decided it would be more interesting and  
informative for Taylor Deupree to keep a semi-regular 12k blog instead.  
the blog will consist of behind-the-scenes thoughts and happenings on  
the day to day life of running 12k. concert reports, release info,  
pictures, delays, problems, disasters, etc. It should be online within  
a few days if not sooner. we hope you enjoy it.


2. TAYLOR DEUPREE "STIL." (REISSUE) (12K2002)
due to continued demand for Taylor Deupree's "Stil" cd (2002, 12k), we  
will be reissuing a limited, hand-numbered edition of 500 on the 12k  
limited series. (packaging similar to the Deupree/Willits "Live in  
Japan, 2004" that came out last year). While "Stil." has been available  
on the iTunes music store and other MP3 shops there has been a lot of  
requests for it to be made available on cd again. Taylor has remastered  
the work and it should be available in our online shop some time in  
March.


3. TAYLOR DEUPREE "NORTHERN" (12K1037)
the next release on 12k, slated for april, is Taylor Deupree's first  
solo full-length cd on 12k since 2002's "Stil." Northern is a very  
organic and gentle album inspired by his move to the country in upstate  
New York. The album was written during the 20th anniversary of Taylor's  
first experiments in electronic music (after the purchase of his first  
synthesizer in 1985) and is dedicated to Bryan Charles Strniste with  
whom he created a huge catalog of music from 1985-1990. a very personal  
album, "Northern" takes Taylor's ideas of stillness into new  
territories. this time not in a looping/repetitive sense but in a form  
inspired by the stillness and quietude of nature.


4. SKOLTZ_KOLGEN "POST_PIANO 07.05"
this spring will also see the 3rd release on the 12k Limited Series  
from Canadian duo Skoltz_Kolgen. during the open call for remixes for  
Taylor Deupree and Kenneth Kirschner's Post_Piano Open Remix Project we  
received an entire cd of beautiful and spontaneous remixes from  
Dominique and Herman (Skoltz_Kolgen). it was very difficult to choose  
only one to appear on the ORP MP3 release so we decided to release all  
of them as a cd. In keeping with the concept of the project, all the  
sounds on the cd were sourced from Kirschner's original piano sketch  
for Post_Piano 2 (12k1032). Skoltz_Kolgen have created a remarkably  
beautiful work that turns the source-material restriction into an  
extremely creative drive.This cd is not to be missed.


5. TAYLOR DEUPREE INTERVIEW ON BLUERMUTT
there is a recent interview with Taylor Deupree at:
http://www.blogyourmind.info/index.php/2006/02/01/ 
bym_intervista_taylor_deupree
we're sorry, but the interview is only in Italian


6. SEBASTIEN ROUX "SONGS" (12k1036)
just a reminder that the latest cd on 12k, Sébastien Roux's "Songs" is  
available now. "Songs" was created with a wide range of acoustic  
instruments (for which each track is named) and is an expertly crafted  
blend of electronics and live instrumentation from one of the most  
talented artists in Paris. (his work at IRCAM is undoubtedly proof of  
that.)


7. ASMUS TIETCHENS "Z-MENGE" (LINE025)
Asmus Tietchens continues his Menge series on Line with this latest,  
and probably most stunning, contribution. "Z-menge" (sorry, we cannot  
find the proper font-character in email to accurately type the title)  
is characteristically stark, serene, pure and engaging as only Mr.  
Tietchens can create. 


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thank you for listening.