CHRISTOPHER WILLITS
Christopher Willits is a musician, multimedia artist and sound engineer located in San Francisco. His musical focus is characterized by guitar + computer software processing and improvisation that generates a unique
folded and woven surface of melody and rhythm. In late 2002 12k released "Folding, and the Tea", the first widely distributed release of Willits' folded guitar recordings.

Willits studied Electronic Music and Recording Media at Mills College, and he instructs Sound Design and Electronic Music courses at the San Francisco Art Institute, Vista College, and The Bay Area Video Coalition.

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TAYLOR DEUPREE
Taylor Deupree is an artist residing in Brooklyn, New York. On January 1st, 1997 he founded the 12k label which has become the center of his creative energy.
Throughout the last 5 years Taylor and 12k's increasingly refined sonic mission has been to push the boundaries of minimal, ultrasynthetic sound art.

Besides releasing music on 12k Taylor records for a number of other labels including Ritornell/Mille Plateaux, Raster Music, Fällt, and Audio.nl. In addition, since 1992, he has recorded albums for Instinct Records, Caipirinha Music, Plastic City, Disko B, Dum and Sub Rosa among others.

Taylor also works as a graphic designer and photographer for clients throughout New York City. His design work has been published in a number of music-related design books from Japan and the UK and was featured in Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum in 1999. He also plays ice hockey.

(Biography Last updated 9 March 2004)