Taylor Deupree

Starting with simple mastering duties when he worked as the Art Director for Instinct Records in the late 1990s, Deupree's work as a mastering engineer became a steady job around 2008 when he relocated out of the city. He works in a purpose-built studio every day mastering music for clients of all genres, but often specializing in electronic, experimental, modern classical and other forms of alternative music.

One of Deupree's early solo projects, Human Mesh Dance, which was begun in 1993 and ended in 1997 while he worked as the Art Director for Instinct Records was an ambient project that was a strong contrast to Prototype 909's more mainstream techno sound. He released three albums as Human Mesh Dance, along with appearances on numerous ambient compilations. Also in 1993, Deupree teamed up with Savvas Ysatis, a Greek electronic artist, to create several different projects, each with different sounds. SETI produced ambient electronica, with sounds and words from the various SETI projects from around the world. Futique was the duo's trip hop project, and its Detroit techno output was released under the Arc moniker. In 1996, the duo formed the short-lived label Index, which released only a single 12" EP, containing four tracks by various artists.

Deupree founded 12k on January 1, 1997, based on the name of the first Arc album, 12k. On the name 12k: 12k publishes what Deupree refers to as minimalist electronic and acoustic ambient music, which often features a fragile blend of synthetic sounds, tape machines and a range of acoustic instrumentation. Early productions by 12k were limited to between 500 and 1,000 units, partially because of limited storage space, and also because the small edition size increased the collectability of the albums. Since around 2001, editions became less limited but still started at between 1,000 and 2,000 copies.

Deupree has stated that he will be focusing on releasing solo music under his own name for the foreseeable future. He has done collaborations with several different experimental artists. In 2022, Deupree acted as mastering engineer for Alanis Morissette's ambient album The Storm Before the Calm. In 2024, Deupree collaborated with arranger and producer Joseph Branciforte on Sti.ll, an all-acoustic re-imagining of his 2002 album Stil.. Pitchfork called Sti.ll "revelatory" and "a contemporary classical composition of arresting beauty."

• Arc (with Savvas Ysatis) • Drum Komputer (with Schoenemann) • EOX • Escape Tank • Futique (with Savvas Ysatis) • Human Mesh Dance • OHIO (with Corey Fuller) • Prototype 909 (with Schoenemann, Szostek) • Seti (with Savvas Ysatis) • Skai (with Savvas Ysatis) • Tiny Objects in Space • Unit Park (with Schoenemann)

• Joseph Branciforte • Frank Bretschneider • Richard Chartier • Eisi • Marcus Fischer • Illuha • Tetsu Inoue • Stephan Mathieu • Kenneth Kirschner • Christopher Willits • Sawako • Ryuichi Sakamoto • Simon Scott • Stephen Vitiello

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