12K:
REVOLUTION (US)

The New Music 100.
The music, djs, clubs, and styles that are breaking all the rules.

#28: Laptop Techno



forget about cumbersome keyboards, synthesizers, and mountains of computers. these days, you can make music anywhere just by plugging in your laptop computer.

the leaders of the laptop revolutin come from the experimental and minimal techno worlds. they create patterns of clicks, bleeps, and clips using their desktop and portable computers (for performing live) - and a lot of creativity. california's jaspter and kit clayton, and 12k label head taylor deupree are among the leaders. according to deupree, micro-styled laptop music "puts a big focus on the innovation of sound and synthesis techniques... we're tying in sound, art, and the exploration of new forms of music."

it's the future of sound.