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, Director, Columbia University Computer Music Center
Mastering an artist’s work can make it difficult to be a fan; the job of mastering, by definition, means combing through the work, looking for any opportunity to improve or fix. Inevitably, once the work is done, so is your interest in the work. However, in the case of Amalgam: Aluminum / Hydrogen, I find myself in an unusual position – I keep coming back to the disk, not out of duty, but out of respect and awe. This is a piece both lovely and loving, and represents a tasteful window into the mind of a true artist.
– Darwin Grosse, Mastering Engineer, CreativeSynth |