Sound Impression: Canoe by Taylor Deupree

From its founding in 2018, Longform Editions has been quietly, but resolutely, defying the default listening mode and declining, fragmented attention spans of the broadband streaming age. Instead, it has curated an ever-growing collection of patient, deliberate works from thoughtful artists around the globe that further its mission to “to foster and celebrate immersive listening…

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A Sense of Place: Upward, Broken, Always by Ohio

Taylor Deupree and Corey Fuller are certainly no strangers to one another. Deupree is the founder of the 12k label on which Fuller has made numerous appearances as part of the duo Illluha with Tomoyoshi Date and, most recently, as a solo artist with the stunning ‘Break’ released earlier this year.  And, there have been…

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A Sense of Place: Mount Carmel by M. Grig

“I grew up between these hills, under the sun…” Founded by Taylor Deupree in 1997, the 12k label now has spanned two decades refining its distinctly conceptual approach to experimental music with the intent of providing “a conscious counterpoint to the information overload of the 21st century”. Over that time, one could argue 12k has…

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Through a Musical Lens: Lowlands – Ester Vonplon / Taylor Deupree & Marcus Fischer [IIKKI]

Lowlands is the third edition of the recently launched IIKKI project, a unique concept in which each entry in the series is the outcome of a creative dialog between a visual artist and a music artist which results in parallel imprints – a fine art book and a vinyl record. This one began when Ester Vonplon traveled last…

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