Tuxedomoon

they are / were a san francisco band who were originally on ralph records and then on the belgian crammed label. dj hell licensed one of their early 80's albums and had remixes done of their absolutely classic 'no tears'.

they were a synth pop band when they started and the Pinheads on the move (from 78) is a fine exemple of that after moving to Europe they actualy got more "classical" something that was already showing in their 2nd lp for Ralph(Desire) they did an album for a ballet choreographed by the well known french Maurice Bejert, as well as a double 12" on the italian expanded label which was more on the modern classical tip, then they got picked up by Les Disque Du Crepescule(sp) and did 3 12" for them(the Cage was my fave) in 85 the violin player(Blaine Reninger) left to persue his own career and the band picked up an acordion player as a replacement, subsequent works were not on the same level(imo) they were especialy good live(and there were around 20 live tapes of theirs floating around in the 80's also worth mention is the fact that they have worked with Gareth Jones (who also produced Ultravox), and the italian guy who was known as Robotnick(Problems Damour)

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I'll second that. I am intereted in hearing some of the solo projects from former Tuxedo Moon people, but it hasn't been high priority.

the best: 'half mute' and 'desire' albums. search the CDs that tack on the 'scream with a view' and 'no tears' eps. 'pinheads on the move' compiles early tracks, many of which are quite good, some not so good.

solo projects: all the peter principle solo albums have moments, my all time favorite is the steven brown / benjamin lew album 'Douzieme Journee: Le Verbe, La Parure, L'Amour'. primitive, obscure, alien fourth-world instrumentals, scares the hell out of anyone I play it for. it's unidentifiable.

I bought quite a few solo TX albums these last weeks, a couple of Steven Brown and Baline Reinger's Night Air, which upon first listen seems pretty dated.

some of the later textural albums worked for me, but not all of them. I liked 'ship of fools' but not 'holy wars' or 'you'.

you have the peter principle solos?

The new one is def. more 'chilled' than anything they've done before. Could be a pleasant background summer album. Maybe it'll grow on me

And funnily enough Mr. Reininger himself just wrote me a nice little note thanking me for my various reviewing efforts -- Winston Tong did the same thing last year!

where di you post those review, Ned?

All TuxMo fans are in for a treat this year with the release of a box set, including their new album, a CD of rarities and a DVD of various performances.

where di you post those review, Ned?

The usual location. (I'm not being flippant -- it's the usual spot! AMG.)

OMG - 2-day 30th anniversary show in Brussels in mid-October. This is the most exciting news of the year for me!

if anyone is in Brussels tonight, these guys are playing an acoustic "secret" gig in the city's best watering hole, l'Archiduc.

live recording from 1978. this is good, definitely worth the three and a half euros (ha ha, euros. so tuxedomoon):

http://tuxedomoonblr.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-the-palms-1978

1978 was when they did 'no tears' i think, a good year

fantastic bar show the other night. Finished with Litebulb Overkill. House was brought down.

http://uskiparizer.blogspot.com/2011/07/tuxedomoon-live-in-florence-2011.html

RIP Bruce Geduldig

No idea where to post this but I just finished When Can I Fly?, Michael Belfer's deeply informative history of The Sleepers/TuxedoMoon from the inside.

Michael passed away last year so it was a bittersweet read, but worth it if you are keen on early SF punk.

book:
https://hozacrecords.bandcamp.com/merch/when-can-i-fly-the-sleepers-tuxedomoon-beyond-by-michael-belfer-with-will-york

friendly obit:
https://tapeop.com/blog/2022/03/23/michael-belfer-1959-2022