the long-anticipated SF <> NYC collaboration between tetsu inoue and taylor deupree is complete. a 14 track cd; "active/freeze" combines inoue's painstakingly detailed DSP abuse with deupree's keen ear for repetition and rhythmic loops into a fragment-based composition that is simultaneously jarring, random, intricate and melodic.

tetsu inoue:
alternately based out of new york and san francisco & tokyo, composer tetsu inoue has been making and releasing experimental electronic music for over a decade. his digital music works, including waterloo terminal (caipirinha, 1999) fragment dots (tzadik, 2000) & audio (fax, 2000) aim for the middle ground between engaging and esoteric, squeezing from the complex sonorities of DSP a relaxed playfulness that balances his music's formalistic disruptions. tetsu also has releases on daisyworld, harvest (EMI), and rather interesting.

taylor deupree:
based in brooklyn, new york, taylor runs 12k and has had recent releases on mille plateaux's ritornell series and raster music. his sound design and audio compositions are created using a network of macintosh computers and analog modular synthesizers. with 12k taylor hopes to bring a new level of art-consciousness to music labels in america.