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Tuxedomoon

Profile:Tuxedomoon was an avant-garde, electronic-oriented collective whose music ranged 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.
URLs:http://www.tuxedomoon.com
http://www.mundoblaineo.com/tuxmopage.html
http://www.crammed.be/tuxedomoon/
http://www.berlinwerk.de/tuxedomoon
http://www.myspace.com/tuxedomoon
Aliases:Creatures Of The Night
Members:Blaine L. Reininger, Bruce Geduldig, Greg Langston, Ivan Georgiev, Luc Van Lieshout, Michael Belfer, Paul Zahl, Peter Dachert, Peter Principle, Steven Brown, Winston Tong
Name Variations: All | Tuxedomoon | Tuxedo Moon
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Releases:
Joeboy...(Joeboy The Electronic Ghost) ◄ (2 versions)   Tidal Wave Records ... 1978
No Tears (MiniAlbum) ◄ (8 versions)   Not On Label ... 1978
Scream With A View EP2 (EP) ◄ (4 versions)   Tuxedomoon Records ... 1979
Stranger (7")   Time Release Records 1979
Dark Companion / 59 To 1 Remix (Single) ◄ (2 versions)   Ralph Records ... 1980
Half Mute (Album) ◄ (7 versions)   Ralph Records ... 1980
Urban Leisure Suite Part IV. + "Praxis Vol.1 No.6" Musicmagazine (Vinyl, 7)   Eva Tone Soundsheets 1980
What Use? ◄ (3 versions)   Ralph Records ... 1980
Desire (Album) ◄ (9 versions)   Ralph Records ... 1981
Une Nuit Au Fond De La Frayere / Egypt (7", Ltd)   Sordide Sentimental 1981
Divine (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Operation Twilight ... 1982
Ninotchka ◄ (2 versions)   Les Disques Du Crépuscule ... 1982
Suite En Sous-Sol (2x12")   Expanded Music 1982
Time To Lose / Blind ◄ (3 versions)   Les Disques Du Crépuscule ... 1982
A Thousand Lives By Picture (LP, Comp)   Ralph Records 1983
Short Stories ◄ (3 versions)   Divine ... 1983
Soma (7")   Soundwork 1984
Tales From A New World (3x12", Comp)   Music Box International 1984
Half-Mute / Scream With A View (CD)   Cramboy 1985
Holy Wars (Album) ◄ (8 versions)   Cramboy ... 1985
Ship Of Fools (MiniAlbum) ◄ (8 versions)   Cramboy ... 1986
Suite En Sous-Sol / Time To Lose (LP)   Cramboy 1986
Suite En Sous-Sol / Time To Lose / Short Stories (CD)   Cramboy 1986
Boxman (7")   Cramboy 1987
Desire / No Tears ◄ (2 versions)   Cramboy ... 1987
Pinheads On The Move (Comp, Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Cramboy ... 1987
You (Album) ◄ (6 versions)   Cramboy ... 1987
You / Atlantis (7")   Cramboy 1987
Michael's Theme (7")   Stampa Alternativa 1988
Suite En Sous-Sol / Time To Lose / Short Stories (CD, Comp, RP)   Cramboy 1988
Ten Years In One Night (Live) (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Play-Boy ... 1989
The Ghost Sonata ◄ (3 versions)   LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) ... 1990
Solve Et Coagula - The Best Of ◄ (4 versions)   Cramboy ... 1991
Joeboy In Mexico (CD, Album)   Opción Sónica 1997
No Tears / What Use Remixes & Originals ◄ (2 versions)   International Deejay Gigolo Records 2000
No Tears (Remixed) (12")   International Deejay Gigolo Records 2001
Live In St. Petersburg (2xCD, Ltd, Pap)   Neo Acustica 2002
Soundtracks / Urban Leisure (CD)   LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) 2002
Cabin In The Sky (CD)   Cramboy 2004
Seismic Riffs (DVD)   Crammed Discs 2004
Bardo Hotel Soundtrack (CD)   Made To Measure, Crammed Discs 2006
77o7 Tm (30th Anniversary Box) (3xCD, Ltd + DVD)   Cramboy 2007
Vapour Trails (CD, Album)   Cramboy 2007
Ghost Sonata (VHS, PAL)   Doublevision  
Production:
Made To Measure Vol. 1 (Comp) ◄ (4 versions)   Made To Measure ... 1984
International DeeJay Gigolos CD Four (2xCD, Comp) No Tears (Overdub) International Deejay Gigolo Records 2000
Appears On:
Can You Hear Me? Music From The Deaf Club (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) 19th Nervous Breakdown... Walking Dead Records ... 1980
The Fruit Of The Original Sin (Album, Comp) ◄ (4 versions) The Next Best Thing To... Les Disques Du Crépuscule ... 1981
Loving Machinery EP (12", EP)   Data Corporation 1982
10 Years In 20 Minutes (12", S/Sided, Ltd, cle)   Ralph Records 1984
Ghosts Of Christmas Past (LP) Weihnachts Rap Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1986
Sunseekers (LP) No Tears Community 3 (Europe) 1991
Broken Fingers Plus (CD, RM) Bithday Song, Nur Al H... LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) 2003
Miners' Benefit (CD) We Won't Go Back To Work White Noise Records (2) 2003
Elegy Sampler 42 (CD, Smplr) Soup Du Jour Elegy 2006
Next To Nothing - A Collection Of Tuxedomoon Covers (CD) 27 Years In 1 (Medley) Optical Sound 2006
Do Pobede! (CDr, Album) U Plavom... Not On Label (Margita Je Mrtva Self-released) 2008
Sieben Tage Und Nächte (Cass, Album, C46) Blind SDV Tonträger  
Tracks Appear On:
Subterranean Modern (LP) I Left My Heart In San... Ralph Records 1979
Buy Or Die 1980 (7") 7 Years Ralph Records 1980
Can You Hear Me? Music From The Deaf Club (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) 19th Nervous Breakdown... Walking Dead Records ... 1980
Masterpieces - The Sounds Album Vol 6 (LP) (Special Treatment For... Charisma, Sounds (Magazine) 1980
Buy Or Die!!! 1981 (7") Incubus/Blue Suit Ralph Records 1981
Chantons Noël - Ghosts Of Christmas Past ◄ (2 versions) Weihnachtrap Les Disques Du Crépuscule ... 1981
Frank Johnson's Favorites (LP) Dark Companion, Crash Ralph Records 1981
Savoy Sound Wave Goodbye (LP, Comp) Music #1, Jinx Go! Records 1981
Best Of Ralph (2xLP) What Use? (Remix), Jin... Ralph Records 1982
Feature Mist (Cass) Shelved Dreams Touch 1982
Ghosts Of Christmas Past (Album, Comp) ◄ (6 versions) Weihnachts Rap Les Disques Du Crépuscule ... 1982
Some Of The Interesting Things You'll See On A Long-Distance Flight (Album) ◄ (4 versions) Etiquette The Ballad, ... Les Disques Du Crépuscule ... 1982
Sulla Spiaggia, Ogni Ragazzo, Ogni Ragazza... (LP, Smplr) Ninotchka Base Record 1982
War Is Over (LP) Time To Lose Base Record 1983
Made To Measure Vol. 1 (Comp) ◄ (4 versions) Fanfare, No One Expect... Made To Measure ... 1984
Ralph Before '84: Volume II (LP) What Use?, Tritone Korova 1984
Heures Sans Soleil (LP) Shelved Dreams LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) 1985
It's A Crammed, Crammed World! 2 (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Atlantis Crammed Discs ... 1987
Minutes To Go! (CD) Shelved Dreams Interphon Records 1987
Minutes To Go! (LP) Shelved Dreams Interior Music 1988
Wings Of Desire (Comp) ◄ (3 versions) Some Guys Nonesuch ... 1988
10 Jahre Normal ◄ (2 versions) Some Guys Normal 1992
Kult Dance Klassix (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) No Tears Total Recall (3) 1992
New Wave Club Class•X 6 (CD, Comp) No Tears Antler-Subway 1992
Electrocity Vol. 4 (CD) Desire Ausfahrt 1993
Le Monde Selon Crammed (CD) No Tears Crammed Discs 1993
New Wave Soft Class-X 1 (CD, Comp) The Stranger Antler-Subway 1993
The World According To Crammed (CD) No Tears Crammed Discs 1993
Return Of The Banshee (CD) Crash! (Remix) Sub Terranean 1995
98 New Wave Club Class•X Traxx!!! (Box + 7xCD) No Tears Play It Again Sam [PIAS] 1996
Ancienne Belgique • AB-CD (CD) Tritone Virgin Music (Belgium) 1996
Materiali Sonori (CD) Michael's Theme Edizioni Olis 1996
Spirit Of The 80's (CD) No Tears Facedown 1996
Electric Ballroom (2xCD, Comp) In A Matter Of Speaking Sub Terranean, Sub Terranean 1997
New Wave Club Class.X 8 (CD) Dark Compagnion Antler-Subway 1997
Guitar Club Classics (2xCD, Smplr) No Tears SPV Recordings 1999
Postpunk Chronicles: Scared To Dance (CD) Incubus (Blue Suit) Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
Extreme Clubhits V (CD) No Tears UpSolution Recordings 2000
Fuse Presents Hell (CD, Comp, Mixed) What Use Music Man Records 2000
International DeeJay Gigolos CD Five (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) What Use International Deejay Gigolo Records ... 2000
International DeeJay Gigolos CD Four (2xCD, Comp) No Tears (Overdub) International Deejay Gigolo Records 2000
American Gigolo (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) What Use (Ectomorph Re... Turbo ... 2001
Downtown 81 ◄ (2 versions) Desire Recall ... 2001
Gazometertraxxx Vol. 14 - Tribute To Gazometer II (CD, Comp, Mixed) What Use (H. M. Techni... XXX Records 2001
The Night Watch (CD) Shelved Dreams, I Was ... LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) 2001
Versions (Album, Comp) ◄ (2 versions) What Use? (Ectomorph E... Interdimensional Transmissions 2001
World Service (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) What Use (Heinrich Mue... React 2001
Colette N°3 (CD) Luther Blisset Colette 2002
Decade (Selected Works 1982-1992) (CD) Music #2, Lowlands Ton... LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) 2002
International DeeJay Gigolos CD Six (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Luther Blisset International Deejay Gigolo Records ... 2002
Neo Future Vol. 1 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) No Tears (Adult Mix) Edel 2002
Software (CD, Album) No Tears - (Hp Rmx) Doxa Records 2002
Sónar 2002 (2xCD, Comp) Luther Blisset SonarMusic 2002
CD Side 18 (CD, Smplr) No Tears (Adult. Remix) D-Side 2003
Crammed Global Soundclash 1980-89 (12") No Tears Crammed Discs 2003
Crammed Global Soundclash 1980-89 : Part One : World Fusion (CD) In A Manner Of Speakin... Crammed Discs 2003
Crammed Global Soundclash 1980-89 : Part Two : Electrowave (CD) I Left My Heart In San... Crammed Discs 2003
Crammed Global Soundclash 1980-89 The Connoisseur Edition (3xCD + Box, Ltd) In A Manner Of Speakin... Crammed Discs 2003
Dimitris Papaspyropoulos Presents: The Strength Of Whispers (2xCD, Comp) In A Manner Of Speaking Universal Music (Greece) 2003
Electronation - Are You Part Of It? (2xCD) Incubus (Blue Suit) Boudisque Records 2003
Miners' Benefit (CD) Intro, We Won't Go Bac... White Noise Records (2) 2003
The Japanese Gigolo Inferno (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) What Use Music Mine Inc. 2003
CD Side 22 (CD, Smplr) Baron Brown D-Side 2004
Illumination - The Chilluminati Remixes (CD) The Waltz (Chilluminat... Jazzland Records 2004
Juillet/Août 2004 (2xCD) Baron Brown Les Inrockuptibles 2004
Mosquito Bar 5: Chill Out Sessions (2xCD) The Waltz (Chilluminat... BMG Belgium NV/SA 2004
Back To The Penguin - The Dark Sound Of The 80's 1+2 (2xCD, RP, Sli) The Cage BNE - Brand New Entertainment 2005
Freak Show - The Real Gigolo History Movie (DVD) No Tears International Deejay Gigolo Records 2005
The Box Collection No. 1 (5xCD) No Tears (Overdub) International Deejay Gigolo Records 2005
The Box Collection No. 1 - Selection Of CD1 - CD4 (CD, Promo) No Tears (Overdub) International Deejay Gigolo Records 2005
Umbrellas In The Sun - A Crepuscule / Factory Benelux DVD 1979-1987 (DVD, Comp, NTSC) Litebulb Overkill / Ji... LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) 2005
25 Ans Radio Nova (25xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd) Jinx, Volo Vivace, In ... Nova Records 2006
Elegy Sampler 42 (CD, Smplr) Soup Du Jour Elegy 2006
Essential New Wave - Volume 4 (CD) No Tears EMI Music (Belgium) 2006
25 Ans De Musique D'Avant Nova (25xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd) New Machine Nova Records 2007
CD Side 42 (CD, Smplr) Big Olive D-Side 2007
DJ Hell Presents Gigolo Rockdelux Mix (CD, Comp) No Tears (Original) Sinedín Music 2007
Elegy Sampler 50 (CD, Smplr) Wading Into Love Elegy 2007
Le New York D'Andy Warhol (CD, Comp) Desire Les Inrockuptibles 2007
100% New Wave (5xCD, Comp) In A Manner Of Speaking EMI Music (Belgium) 2008
Auteur Labels: Les Disques Du Crépuscule 1980-1985 (CD, Comp) Ninotchka LTM Publishing (Les Temps Modernes) 2008
Crammed Crash Course (13xFile, MP3, Smplr, VBR) Anuncialto Crammed Discs 2008
Sleepwalk: A Selection By Optimo (Espacio) (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) In A Manner Of Speaking Domino Recording Company Ltd. 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Darkness (LP, Ltd)   T.M Records 1982
Symphonie Der Angst (LP)   Democrazy Records 1983
L'Age Dor (LP, Ltd)   Not On Label 1984
Title X (2xLP)   Amorion 1984
Break The Rules (CD)   Not On Label 1986
Joeboy In Mexico (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova 2000
Adaptations From The Moon: Tuxedomooning The World (CD, Album, Ltd, Comp)   Tuxedomooning.com 2007
Bielefeld 05.12.2000 (CDr)   Not On Label (Tuxedomoon)  
Desire / No Tears (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova  
Holy Wars (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova  
Just A Papermoon (LP, MiniAlbum, Ltd)   Not On Label (Tuxedomoon Bootlegs)  
New Wave Mix Vol. 7 (CDr, Mixed, Ltd) 59 To 1 Not On Label (New Wave Mix Series)  
Ship Of Fools (CD, Album, Ltd)   ArsNova  
Tuxedomoon (LP)   Not On Label  
User Reviews:
Stoffeler10, Nov 28, 2004

"I need to see more than just three dimensions stranger than fiction faster than light"
Everybody over the age of 30, with an interest in music, will -once heard- remember this line from "What Use?" on Half-Mute, Tuxedomoon`s ultimate masterpiece. A record which - by the way - still works in these days. (Without being too nostalgic.)
Anyway, they made a few wonderful LPs and singles, especially the early ones made in San Francisco. Tracks like "Joe Boy", "New Machine", "59 to 1" and not to forget "What Use" are groundbreaking.
Being in Europe, they started to get a little bit too artistic to my taste.
The results were film scores, music for ballets and so on. Still fine, but somehow toothless work.
Exception: their "Verdun" tracks (a film score) on Made To Measure Vol.1. Three tracks of minimal music at its best.
When Blaine Reininger said "au revoir (can`t say we didn`t try)" later on, the band felt into a deep sleep-musically spoken. Funny enough, that Tuxedomoon`s quite mediocre LP "Holy Wars" became their biggest success.
All in all, a band of importance. And still worth listening.

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