Name: Unearthed - Lost Cords + Found Films - Tuxedomoon
Brand: Tuxedomoon
SKU: 0876623005698
Price: 8.11 EUR
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Description

lost cords + found films

Artist

Tuxedomoon is an avant-garde, electronic-oriented collective whose music ranges from new wave pop to jazz fusion to more experimental synthesizer soundscapes (usually including saxophone and violin), which were frequently married in concert to performance-art shows. Tuxedomoon was formed in San Francisco in 1977 by two electronic music students at San Francisco City College, Blaine L. Reininger (keyboards, violin) and Steven Brown (keyboards, other instruments). Brown's local theater connections supplied equipment and occasional vocalists in Gregory Cruikshank and Victoria Lowe, plus more frequent contributions from singer and performance artist Winston Tong. Punk and new wave were opening up the San Francisco music scene at the time, and Tuxedomoon landed an opening slot for Devo in 1978 at around the same time they cut their first single, "Pinheads on the Move." Lowe quit the band before their first EP, No Tears, which featured off-and-on members Michael Belfer (guitar) and Paul Zahl (drums). Tong and Belfer departed temporarily, and Peter Principle (b. Peter Dachert) joined as a full-time member. Tuxedomoon signed to the Residents' Ralph Records in 1979, which eventually got them overseas exposure. Feeling that their ideas were more in tune with the European electronic music scene, the band toured Europe after 1980's Half Mute, for which Tong returned with filmmaker and visual artist Bruce Geduldig. After 1981's Desire, the band relocated in an artist's commune in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Within a year though they were forced to leave and moved to Brussels, to find first shelter in the Plan K. (a live p.a. club). Reininger began to branch out as a solo artist. Tuxedomoon was also hired to score a Maurice Bejart ballet, the results of which were released in 1982 as Divine. Reininger left for a solo career in 1983 and was replaced by Frankie Lievaart and horn player Luc Van Lieshout. In between side projects and scoring, the band sought an international deal for their forthcoming LP Holy Wars; it was eventually released in 1985 and became the band's biggest commercial success. Tong left the group for good that year, leaving Brown and Principle the only remaining San Francisco members; multi-instrumentalist Ivan Georgiev was hired to replenish the group's sound for 1986's Ship of Fools album and tour. Scoring work from past projects has been reissued in Belgium. Reininger, Brown, Principle and Lieshout still record together as Tuxedomoon, whilst Reininger, Brown, Principle and Tong have all recorded as solo artists.

Published by Joeboy Productions.

Tracks

1 Day To Day (Demo 78) 02:21

2 Remember (Live 78) 02:39

3 III (April In Afghanistan) (Prototype Of Crash 79) 05:53

4 Somnabulist (Demo 83) 04:17

5 Heaven And Hell (Demo 82) 07:03

6 Atlantis Compilation (& B-Side 85) 02:36

7 Up All Night (Live 85) 05:45

8 Lop Lop's People (Live 86) 05:05

9 Devastated (Demo 77) 06:36

10 Brad's Loop (Live 97) 06:12

11 Allemande Bleue (Demo 81) 03:29

12 No Business Like Show Business (Live 81) 04:14

13 Cell Life (Live 80) 06:09

14 Oceanus (Live 78) 05:43

15 Work Coda (Live 79) 02:14

DVD-1 The Funeral Of A Friend

DVD-2 The Ghost Sonata

DVD-3 Catalyst

DVD-4 An Affair At The Soiree

DVD-5 Music Number Two (Ghost Sonata Version)

DVD-6 A Drowning

DVD-7 The Cascade

DVD-8 A Mythic Death

DVD-9 Basso Pomade

DVD-10 Licorice Stick Ostinato

DVD-11 The Laboratory

DVD-12 Les Odalisques

DVD-13 An Unsigned Postcard

DVD-14 Music Number Two (Ghost Sonata Version - Reprise)

DVD-16 Hugging The Earth

DVD-17 In A Manner Of Speaking

DVD-18 59 To 1

DVD-19 Some Guys

DVD-20 Watching The Blood Flow

DVD-21 The Waltz

DVD-22 In The Name Of Talent (Italian Western 2)

DVD-23 Holy Wars

DVD-24 (Special Treatment For The) Family Man

DVD-25 Intro

DVD-26 Peter

DVD-27 Steven

DVD-28 Blaine

DVD-29 Bruce

DVD-30 Outro

DVD-31 Victims Of The Dance

DVD-32 East

DVD-33 Litebulb Overkill

DVD-34 New Machine

DVD-35 Lili Marlene

DVD-36 Pollo X

DVD-37 Cybernetic Cowboy

DVD-38 Joeboy The Electronic Ghost

DVD-39 No Tears

Releases

Formats

CD, CDr

Labels

Cramboy

Countries

Belgium

years

2011

Members

Blaine L. Reininger,~~Greg Langston~~,Steven Brown,~~Winston Tong~~,~~Michael Belfer~~,~~Bruce Geduldig~~,~~Paul Zahl~~,~~Ivan Georgiev~~,Luc Van Lieshout,Peter Dachert