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| Location: | San Francisco, |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 16, 2008 (117 days back) |
About Me |
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| Tuxedomoon are a welcome exception in today's over-formatted musical world.Born in 1977, in the heady atmosphere of San Francisco’s postpunk golden age, the band soon became a central part of New York's No Wave scene (as documented in the recent "Downtown 81" film, centered around Jean Michel Basquiat and featuring performances by Blondie, James Chance, DNA and Tuxedomoon). "No Tears", their 2nd single (1979), has remained an electro punk club classic to this day.The band went on to sign to The Residents' Ralph Records, and released two seminal albums, "Half Mute" and "Desire" , which soon got them overseas exposure.Fleeing Reagan's America, Tuxedomoon moved to Europe in the early '80s, and stayed there throughout the decade. Although their ability to crystallize a certain dark and romantic zeitgeist quickly turned them into one of the most influential bands around, their music transcended all genres and included impossibly wide parameters –rock, electronics, minimal music, classical, jazz, Gypsy music and pop were all simultaneously consumed and transmutated into a quasi-prescient blend.After releasing a string of albums on CramBoy (the imprint they set up with Brussels-based label Crammed Discs ), the band stopped recording together in 1988, and the various members pursued solo careers, becoming as disparate geographically as sonically, with Steven Brown (vocals, keyboard & saxophone) living in Mexico, Peter Principle (bass, electronics) in New York, Blaine L. Reininger (vocals, violin, guitar) in Greece, and Luc Van Lieshout (trumpet) & Bruce Geduldig (films/visuals) in Brussels.Many years later, Tuxedomoon got back together to write and record the awesome "Cabin In The Sky" album (2004), which found them in absolute top form, as romantic, rebellious and boundlessly imaginative as they ever were. "Cabin" featured contributions by a carefully hand-picked selection of guests such as Tarwater, Tortoise's John McEntire, Nouvelle Vague's Marc Collin, Aksak Maboul (aka Crammed founder Marc Hollander and Konono N°1 producer Vincent Kenis) and DJ Hell.Shortly after finishing "Cabin In The Sky", Tuxedomoon traveled back to San Francisco, the band's birthplace, in order to start writing material for their next album. But the local atmosphere had unexpected effects on them, and drove them to record a series of "spontaneous compositions" (as Mingus would have put it) instead, which soon formed the basis of a side project entitled "Bardo Hotel Soundtrack" , loosely connected to Brion Gysin’s novel ‘The Bardo Hotel’ set in the Paris hotel where he and William Burroughs invented the radical cut-up/fold-in technique.Both "Cabin…" and "Bardo Hotel…" were warmly welcomed, and a wildly eclectic, almost surreal array of references sprang from the pens of reviewers trying to describe Tuxedomoon's music (Charles Ives, Radiohead, Philip Glass, Miles Davis, German electronica, Tom Waits, John Cage, Kurt Weill, Tortoise, Can…).If anything, these two recent albums revealed that Tuxedomoon were never connected to a particular period: they had become '80s cult figures simply because that's the period in which they happened to develop and rise to fame… but the band have always been evolving in their own space, and their music is as relevant and fresh today as it was then. An impression to be further strengthened by their upcoming new album "Vapour Trails" .To celebrate the band's 30th anniversary, Crammed will also be releasing a limited-edition boxed set entitled "77o7 tm" , which will include the new album along with a CD of previously-unreleased archives, a DVD containing 160 minutes of rare or previously-unreleased videos, and a live CD recorded in early 2007. | |
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Music:Member Since: 5/30/2006Band Website: tuxedomoon.com Band Members: Steven Brown Peter Principle Blaine L. Reininger Luc van Lieshout Influences: Please note that this page is operated by Tuxedomoon's label, Crammed Discs, not by the band itself. Your messages are forwarded to them, though... "them" meaning 4 people who respectively live in Mexico, Greece, Belgium and the US... Sounds Like: Here's a 7-minute trailer for "Found Films" (the DVD which will be included in the "77o7" Tuxedomoon Anniversary boxed set ): Tuxedomoon's latest releases are the new album "Vapour Trails" : ... and the 30th Anniversary box , containing "Vapour Trails", and a wealth of previously unreleased audio & video material (see details here ) (please note that the DVD included in "77o7" is available in PAL & NTSC formats, so please specify) ****************************************************** Get downloads, CDs and more on the Tuxedomoon mini-store (on the brand-new Crammed Discs shop). Join the Crammed mailing list and receive a free, 13-track downloadable compilation entitled Sign up here You will receive an email when the downloads will start being available. ****************************************************** "No Tears (A Montage Of Accelerated Memory)" is a quick visual summary of the band's career, included in the anniversary box: Tuxedomoon's previous two albums: "Cabin In The Sky" and "Bardo Hotel Soundtrack": Record Label: Crammed Discs Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Other / Alternative / Electronica) |
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After THE BOX, here comes THE BOOK! |
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| Tuxedomoon are celebrating their 30th anniversary,and after 77o7 The 30th Anniversary Box,here comesMusic For Vagabonds - The Tuxedomoon Chroniclesa richly-documented, 450-page book by Isabelle Cor... Posted by Tuxedomoon on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:32:00 PST |
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Tuxedomoon tour dates / Fall 2007 |
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| 10/10 FRANCE | PARIS | LA CIGALE (w/ Cinematic orchestra)11/10 BELGIUM | BRUSSELS | BEURSSCHOUWBURG 12/10 BELGIUM | BRUSSELS | BEURSSCHOUWBURG 13/10 PORTUGAL | PORTO | CASA DA MUSICA 14/10 GERMANY | D... Posted by Tuxedomoon on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:54:00 PST |
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"Found Films" trailer now on YouTube |
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| A 7-minute trailer for "Found Films" (the DVD which will be included in the "77o7" Tuxedomoon Anniversary boxed set) can now be watched on YouTube ... Posted by Tuxedomoon on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:46:00 PST |
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"77o7 tm" boxed set announced |
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| Tuxedomoon's new album "Vapour Trails" happens to come out in the year of the band's 30th anniversary. To mark this occasion, Tuxedomoon & Crammed will also be releasing a limited-edition boxed set en... Posted by Tuxedomoon on Mon, 28 May 2007 04:49:00 PST |
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The new Tuxedomoon album... |
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| ... will be entitled "Vapour Trails", and will be released in early September ! Posted by Tuxedomoon on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:58:00 PST |
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Scenes From Tuxedomoon's 2007 Tour |
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| Freshly filmed & edited by our embedded reporter Blaine Leslie Reininger with his mobile phone& check this out& Posted by Tuxedomoon on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:07:00 PST |
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Updated Tuxedomoon Tour Dates |
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| Feb 09 Fabrik, Hamburg (Germany)Feb 10 Berlin (GermFeb 11 Akropolis, Praha (Czech Republix)Feb 13 Frankfurt (tbc)Feb 14 Nouveau Casino, Paris (France)Feb 15 Music In Mind Festival, Brugge ... Posted by Tuxedomoon on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 04:40:00 PST |
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Tuxedomoon's Bardo Hotel Tour in Europe |
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| While already completing mixes for their next studio album, Tuxedomoon will be touring to present the music of their recent "Bardo Hotel" soundtrack album to selected European audiences:Feb 09 Fab... Posted by Tuxedomoon on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:10:00 PST |
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dont hold your breath waiting for the mint on your pillow |
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| tuxedomoon has been together forever; they played concerts with Throbbing Gristle and PiL back in the crazy days of post-punk when no one knew what direction music would go next. Tuxedomoon stood o... Posted by Tuxedomoon on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:23:00 PST |
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Four more classic albums by Tuxedomoon re-released in the USA this week |
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| Pursuing its TUXEDOMOON reissue campaign, Crammed now presents 4 more gems from the celebrated catalog of the recently-reformed groundbreaking band which, alongside The Residents, Devo and Talking Hea... Posted by Tuxedomoon on Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:50:00 PST |
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