Futuristic and romantic, lyrical and visionary, electronic and acoustic, with its drum machines, saxophones, wailing violins and haunted vocals, American but very European...
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 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" 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 array of references sprang from the pens of reviewers trying to describe Tuxedomoon's music.
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 latest album "Vapour Trails", which is bound to appeal equally to fans of, say, contemporary cutting-edge avant-rock, electronica and jazz. To celebrate the band's 30th anniversary, Crammed has released 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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Tuxedomoon - Holy wars ( 85 ^ 99mb)
"Holy Wars" was recorded in 1985 whileTuxedomoon are at the peak of their popularity in Europe. Blaine Reininger has left the band, and is replaced by Dutch trumpet and harmonica player Luc van Lieshout. Nevertheless TM produce a mature album which gets released all around the world , and becomes their best-seller. Right from the confident opener "The Waltz" the stage is set for some of the most poignant and moving songs "Some Guys", "In a Manner of Speaking", "Bonjour Tristesse", "Holy Wars"), aswell as the introduction of new instrumental colours (van Lieshout) Among other subjects, the lyrics are about wandering in the new European megapolis: Wim Wenders recognizes some of his own obsessions, and uses "Some Guys" in the opening scenes of "The Sky Above Berlin".
01 - The Waltz (5:12)
02 - St. John (4:33)
03 - Bonjour Tristesse (5:28)
04 - Hugging The Earth (4:02)
05 - In A Manner Of Speaking (3:30)
06 - Some Guys (4:58)
07 - Holy Wars (6:44)
08 - Watching The Blood Flow (5:10)
09 - Egypt (4:57)
10 - Soma (5:42)
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Tuxedomoon - You (87 ^ 99mb)
TM's last studio album, "You" was recorded in 87. Winston Tong has gone missing for two years, and has been replaced by young multi-instrumentist Ivan Georgiev. A strange, tortured album, cabaret, jazz-noir, off beat and desoriented yet humorous and intelligent.With hindsight it announced the end of the band. It contains great moments: the epic "Never-ending Story", "You", "Boxman" (a series of short dialogues based on the writings of Japanese writer Abe Kobo), etc.
It would be 17 years before Tuxedomoon got back together again to record "Cabin In The Sky".
01 - Roman P. (3:20)
02 - The Train (4:33)
03 - 2000 (5:13)
04 - Never Ending Story (7:40)
05 - Stockholm (3:23)
06 - Boxman (Mr. Niles) (2:23)
07 - Spirits & Ghosts (7:42)
08 - Boxman (The City) (2:24)
09 - You (5:38)
10 - Boxman (Home) (2:29)
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Tuxedomoon - Ten years in one night - live (88, 74 min ^ 172mb)
After the release of Pinheads on the move a compilation of early singles, rehearsals, live recordings and other rarities. It made sense to round of and celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tuxedomoon with an official live album. The vinyl and later 2cd version contains 3 more tracks. It Includes all of their classics, as performed by the line-up of Steven Brown, Blaine L.Reininger, Winston Tong, Peter Principle, Pul Zahl, BruceGedulding, Luc Van Lieshout and Ivan Georgiev.
01 - Michael's Theme (2:04)
02 - Burning Trumpet (6:40)
03 - The Waltz (5:13)
04 - In A Manner Of Speaking (3:10)
05 - The Cage (4:46)
06 - Everything You Want (5:49)
07 - Courante Marocaine (7:20)
08 - Litebulb Overkill (2:48)
09 - Desire (7:05)
10 - Nervous Guy (4:09)
11 - Pinheads On The Move (6:24)
12 - No Tears (8:12)
13 - In Heaven (3:34)
14 - Nazca (4:58)
Tuxedomoon - Ten years in one night - live (88, 74 min * 99mb)
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