TAYLOR
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by
Boban Ristevski
Q:
How often do you find people in America that make minimal microsound
music? Also what do you think generally about the electronic music
scene in USA today? I think most of the people who are into the
global electronic music scene know about Twine, Orthlorng Musork,
Sutekh, 12k/Line, Kid606, Tigerbeat6, Rawkus Records, Hefty Records,
Matmos… What other important artists and labels I missed?
Taylor:
I get a lot of demo cds from american producers.. So there seems
to be a lot of interest in it here. i think 12k is much more
well known here in America than in Europe.... The labels you
mentioned are very good ones.. yes, there is also a small label
called Apestaartje which releases very interesting sounds...
Also Intransitive Recordings from Boston and Bremstrahlung from
California.
Q:
Your music is released on your own 12k label, but you also
have albums on other labels. What do you prefer, to release
your music on 12k or on other labels and let other people take
care of your music? Or maybe you simply don't care much about
the difference between these 2 situations?
Taylor:
I do not have time to release all of my works on 12k.. as I
like to release sounds by other artists just as much. So maybe
one release per year of my own on 12k. Releasing on other labels
broadens the reach of my music. Some labels are bigger than
12k.. like Mille Plateaux, and reach more people than I can
with the small size of 12k. Other labels are smaller than 12k,
but provide a very unique audience... so there is benefits to
releasing on more than one label, of course. I have a cd coming
out, a collaboration with a long time friend of mine, Kenneth
Kirschner, on the Sub Rosa label this month. They have a very
nice back catalog of releases and will reach an even wider range
of listeners.
Q:
If you have to choose, what would be more important to you:
running a label or making music?
Taylor:
oh, music, without question. i have been making electronic music
for almost 18 years and do not plan on stopping any time soon..
no matter what happens with 12k or any other label i might run
in the future. Exploring the relationship between technology
and sound, and creating new environments with sound is the most
important thing in my life. Trying to create something beautiful,
however small, in this horrible, violent world that we live
in. a small space, a place to breathe.
