Taylor Deupree & Christopher Willits - Taylor Deupree

Given Christopher Willits' charming contributions to Taylor Deupree's seminal 12k label, it was inevitable that a collaboration between the two would come to fruition. Surprisingly, this does not happen on 12k, but rather as an installment of Sub Rosa's sublime Invisible Architecture series. Recorded as a late night collaboration between the two, it started with Willits jamming on his guitar and then running the results through his custom audio software. From there, Deupree manipulated the results of Willits' output through his own laptop processing. After editing hours of material down, six tracks of warm, glitched-out experimental fusion that, at times, sounds like what Miles Davis may be composing if he were alive today. The collaboration charts sonic waters both artists have yet to navigate, and for that reason alone this session is worth the listening experience. As a bonus, there are excerpts from the 2002 live performances that originally inspired the collaboration from each of the artists added on to the end of the disc. What makes these additions truly special is to hear each artist in their own environment, then determining how their work methods were employed during the collaboration. Attempting tracing back to who contributed what and whose production values were utilized on particular compositions is an enjoyable exercise for listening in itself. ~ Rob Theakston, All Music Guide