Taylor Deupree

Over the years, Taylor Deupree has worked on a considerable amount of projects in music and multimedia. With each musical project he takes on, his shows a different production side of himself, from ambient sounds to hard drum machine-driven techno. In the early to late '90s, he was part of the acid techno group Prototype 909. This trio's sound can be strongly associated with the early rave style of fast beats and sharp, tweaking, distorted noises. It is through his relationship with Prototype 909 that Deupree built a strong association with a drum machine; hence the nickname Taylor 808. During Prototype 909's rise to rave popularity, he made time to explore his ambient side. SETI, a project with Savvas Ysatis, and Deupree's solo project, Human Mesh Dance, gave him a chance to explore calmer electronic avenues. Though he has released many works on countless labels, most of his work can be found on Instinct and 12K Records, which is his own label. Deupree is also very involved in the artistic subculture that surrounds electronic music. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Deupree's most widely known project is as one third of Prototype 909, a group that also included Dietrich Schoenemann and Jason "BPMF" Szostek. The group was most famous for their live performances and gear, such as rare keyboards, drum machines, and refusal to use a DAT player, holding prerecorded music. The band released four full-length albums, Acid Technology (Instinct, 1993), Live 1993-1995 (Instinct, 1995), Transistor Rhythm (Instinct, 1995), and Joined at the Head (Caipirinha, 1997). Prototype 909 dissolved in the late '90s, but continues to work on projects together and independently. Deupree is also half of SETI, a duo named after the research experiment to pick up radio signals from aliens. A relative...