Artist : Taylor Deupree & Christopher Willits
Title : Listening Garden
Genre : Ambient
Year : 2007
Date : 07/10/2007
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 01
Label : Line
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 33:34 min
Size : 45,4 MB
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listening garden
01.Taylor Deupree & Christopher Willits
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02.Taylor Deupree & Christopher Willits
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03.Taylor Deupree & Christopher Willits
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04.Taylor Deupree & Christopher Willits
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05.Taylor Deupree & Christopher Willits
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33:34 min
PRESS RELEASE
Listening Garden was developed as a sonic alteration of two quiet indoor/outdoor tea spaces installed at
the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media in Yamaguchi, Japan in June of 2004. The audio installation was
designed to heighten visitor's senses and alter the sonic space as they sat, read, or had quiet conversation
amongst the trees. Taylor Deupree and Christopher Willits composed a number of short, randomly
sequenced multi-channel soundworks using guitar and electronics. The fragments of sounds, while both
gentle and subtly rich, are intentionally weathered, eroded and understated, generating a sonic bridge
between the digital world of sound and the audiosphere of nature.
The audio on this CD is built from location recordings taken in the garden over the course of a week during
the exhibit. The environmental and incidental sounds played a large part of the physical work and are
captured and utilized in the recording. Listening Garden is meant to enhance the experience of simply
sitting and enjoying one's place in time.
This CD is best heard in a similar situation and at a low background level. Headphones are not
recommended.
Taylor Deupree is a sound artist, graphic designer, and photographer residing in New York. He is the
founder 12k, a record label that focuses on minimalism and contemporary musical forms.
His solo works in recent years have explored a fusion of digital sound manipulation with organic and
melodic textures that take influences from his interest in architecture, interior design, and photography.
Themes of minimalism, stillness, atmosphere, nature, and imperfection prevade throughout his work . An
intense passion for recording and studio technology creates a strong technological backdrop for all of his
compositions.
Since 1993 Deupree has created critically acclaimed recordings for labels worldwide including Spekk,
Plop, Noble (Japan), Ritornell/Mille Plateaux, Raster-Noton, Disko B (Germany), Sub Rosa (Belgium), FΣllt
(Ireland), Audio.NL (Netherlands), Room40 (Australia), Instinct Records, Caipirinha Music, Plastic City
(USA), Dum (Finland), and of course 12k and LINE, among others. In January 1999, Deupree currated a
compilation for New York's Caipirinha Music label that he titled "Microscopic Sound." This release was
among the first to gather together artists of this style and helped put a name to a then-rising genre of
electronic music.
Christopher Willits is a musician and multimedia artist located in San Francisco, California. Striking a
delicate balance between acoustic and electronic sounds and systems, Christopher manages to defy
genre distinctions while still defining a "sound" unto his own. His numerous solo releases and
collaborations cover a broad spectrum of musical styles, and include one main commonality: Willits'
unique use of the guitar with custom-made signal processing. This home-brewed software, along with
Willits' 6-string prowess, generates a unique real-time mixture of improvised melody and rhythm. Willits'
guitar lines and harmonies fold into each other. Notes and phrases hook and weave, creating complex
patterns of interlocking rhythm, melody, and texture.
Willits' has a vast range of collaborations he is involved in, which include bands, sound installations, and
film/video projects. Flossin, a band project organized and produced by Willits, is currently working on a
new release that will feature the original lineup of Zach Hill (drummer from the band Hella), Miguel Depedro
(Kid606) and Willits, plus Matmos and a familiar remixing cast of indie-electronic/rock artists. Christopher
Willits and Brad Laner (formerly of Medicine) recently released a new album as the North Valley
Subconscious Orchestra on Ghostly International in late August 2006. Taylor Deupree (12k label-head) and
Willits have released two full-length studio albums and a recent Live CD. Other collaborators include
Latrice Barnett (Galactic, Kaskade, Handsome Boy Modeling School), Paul D╣Amour (Tool, Lusk), Ryuichi
Sakamoto (YMO), and video artist Scott Pagano.
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www.christopherwillits.com