Gregory Taylor : dua_belas

dua_belas' title - Indonesian for “the twelve” - and tracknames hints at what awaits within before even the first moment that separates it from silence: imagined territories of otherness. Although Gregory Taylor returns to the tunings and reticulated surfaces that marked his first Palace of Lights release Amalgam: Aluminum / Hydrogen, this collection of live and studio work constitutes varied interwoven vignettes that describe a new and different landscape altogether – a postcolonial steampunk orchestra of the Royal Courts whose graceful retinue of real/virtual/analog/digital synthesizers accompany a shadow play of appropriated tales that shimmer, grind, twist and morph in the humming air.

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Gregory Taylor’s music is pure paradoxical delight! It seems simple but is extremely sophisticated, it casts a joyfully melancholy aura, and it tickles my intellectual emotions. Plainly put: these pieces are just terrific. Taylor is doing the kind of music that I wish Brian Eno and others would be doing, but it takes someone with Taylor’s command of contemporary technology coupled with his broad sensitivity to the nuances of sound to do this today. His work manages to evoke a rich musical history while simultaneously opening a doorway into a vibrant new sonic future. I could listen to this stuff all day. As a matter of fact, I have. I really like this music. ( Brad Garton )