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Taylor Deupree, "Landing"
Deupree has been at the forefront of an electronic subgenre of music that revels in its own esotericness, challenging listeners with often unmusical sequences of tones and textures generated by computer programs that are just as difficult and unintuitive. For this release, there is none of that ivory tower sort of composition or oblique Max/MSP patch-generated sounds, but instead a very warm, albeit minimal, set of three tracks that of course feature the digital bleeps and microsounds, but also much more conventional textures which add greatly to the lushness and warmth of the EP.
For all its austere minimalist packaging, this EP is an extremely warm, organic, and inviting collection of pieces. The gentle tones and music box sounds of the title track make it instantly known that this is not going to be some cold, sterile work that should have never left an art installation. The computer generated tones are there in the background as well, sometimes coming to the forefront as bells, chimes, or even a Mellotron. Most shockingly, sometimes there's even a bit of (gasp) acoustic guitar.
"Seep" is more about the sustained glacier tones: the Powerbook as harmonium which sustains infinitely before a gentle guitar strum comes in and centers everything yet again. The final, short piece, "Field," closes the mini album in the most minimal way: there's no guitars, just gentle digital tones that end way too quickly.
Landing is an all too short 20 minute excursion into warm electronic experimentation that almost everyone can enjoy. As this is apparently a limited edition of 500 created for an Australian tour, copies can't last too long.
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