Deupree+Willits (CD)

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• Release Date: December 9, 2003
• Label: Audiosphere
• UPC: 5411867170082
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Composers: Christopher Willits; Taylor Deupree.

Recording information: 11/26/2002.

Given Christopher Willits' charming contributions to Taylor Deupree's seminal 12k label, it was inevitable that a collaboration between the two would come to fruition. Surprisingly, this does not happen on 12k, but rather as an installment of Sub Rosa's sublime Invisible Architecture series. Recorded as a late night collaboration between the two, it started with Willits jamming on his guitar and then running the results through his custom audio software. From there, Deupree manipulated the results of Willits' output through his own laptop processing. After editing hours of material down, six tracks of warm, glitched-out experimental fusion that, at times, sounds like what Miles Davis may be composing if he were alive today. The collaboration charts sonic waters both artists have yet to navigate, and for that reason alone this session is worth the listening experience. As a bonus, there are excerpts from the 2002 live performances that originally inspired the collaboration from each of the artists added on to the end of the disc. What makes these additions truly special is to hear each artist in their own environment, then determining how their work methods were employed during the collaboration. Attempting tracing back to who contributed what and whose production values were utilized on particular compositions is an enjoyable exercise for listening in itself. ~ Rob Theakston

Recorded live at the Tonic in N.Y.C. on November 26, 2002, this set extends the "label mates" relationship between Taylor Deupree and Christopher Willits to a "collaborators" status. Willits had just released his debut album, Folding, and the Tea, on Deupree's 12k imprint. Released in the elegant Audiosphere series, this CD actually contains only 20 minutes of duets: the first six tracks. The last half-hour of music consists of two extended solo pieces. The duo tracks are short, melodic, and driven by the kind of half-stated melancholia that has become more and more prevalent in experimental electronica after the release of Fennesz's Endless Summer. Although here the music takes a different route, adding a light touch of cheerfulness. The pair quickly finds common ground to work on, Deupree's deceptively simple textures attaching themselves to Willits' shards of melodic suggestions. The set ends somewhat abruptly after the 90-second "Suspended by Giant Balloons," at a point where the listener is not ready to "let go." Deupree's solo set (19 minutes) is a different beast: it focuses on two contrasting textures: a soft glitchy background and warm organ-like tones that give the piece an analog feel and a slow, processional development. It doesn't rank among his best live pieces, but it makes a fine addition to this CD. Willits' solo set (ten minutes) comes back to the languid guitar sounds that formed the backbone of Folding, and the Tea, his rearrangement of soft electric guitar notes leaving a trace of clicks in the cuts to create unstable mock-rhythms. There is nothing here his debut album hadn't already stated, but if you happened to miss it, this track will help you nail down his contribution to the six duets. ~ Fran‡ois Couture

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