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ARTIST
TITLE
Balance
FORMAT
LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
KEPLARREV 004LP KEPLARREV 004LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
2/5/2021

The album Balance by Frank Bretschneider and Taylor Deupree was originally released in 2002 by Mille Plateaux on CD only. The nine tracks on Balance are a perfect example for the aesthetics to arise within the click & cuts scene and (ambient-)glitch music movement of the late '90s and early 2000s. The two masters of microscopic sounds and sine wave/white noise-based music constructed these seamlessly mixed pieces around rhythms and melodies, which grants the album plenty of dynamics. The wide variety of carefully chosen ambient sounds throughout the whole work endows Balance warmth and intimacy. The recordings are now available for the first time on vinyl within the KeplarRev series, presented in a new updated artwork based on the original layout with photographs by Taylor Deupree. Includes download code; edition of 500.

From the original press release in 2002: "Balance is the first [and so far only] collaborative release from Frank Bretschneider (Berlin) and Taylor Deupree (Brooklyn). Both of these artists are no strangers to the ears of many; Taylor Deupree is one of New York's most vibrant electronic producers. From his early techno days as a member of Prototype 909 to his current status as one of N. America's key 'microscopic" electronic composers and to add runs the prestigious 12K and LINE labels. Frank Bretschneider is a key member and founder of the prestigious Raster Music label, he has critically acclaimed releases under the names Komet and Produkt. It's easy to say that Frank Bretschneider has created some of the most influential spatial electronics of the late '90s. Utilizing both artists keen ears for carefully crafted sounds, Balance blends the clean sine wave/white noise of Bretschneider with the defined grit of Deupree's granular synthesis. Realized entirely on Nord Modular synthesizers, Bretschneider and Deupree exchanged patch files through email and began constructing foundation loops. Bretschneider then created initial mixes of 9 songs and then sent them to Deupree who remixed and re-processed them. This digital exchange allowed for them to work using their own methods and aesthetic while combining the similarities of each other's interests. The result is a looping and churning rhythmic work that is both synthetic, warm, dubby, and tonally challenging. Thus Balance creates an engaging balance between the two artists aesthetics."