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Multiple issues|primarysources = August 2010|self-published = August 2010|refimprove = March 2010Infobox musical artist| name = Tuxedomoon| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| origin = San Francisco, California | genre = Experimental music|Experimental , post-punk , New Wave music|new wave | years_active = 1977–present| label = most Tuxedomoon albums are out on Crammed Discs | associated_acts =| website = http://www.tuxedomoon.com www.tuxedomoon.com (offline)| current_members = Blaine L. Reininger Steven Brown (Tuxedomoon musician)|Steven Brown Peter Principle (musician)|Peter Principle Luc Van Lieshout Bruce Geduldig | past_members = Winston Tong Gregory Cruikshank Victoria Lowe Michael Belfer Paul Zahl Ivan Georgiev (musician)|Ivan Georgiev Nikolas Klau Tuxedomoon is an Experimental music|experimental post-punk / New Wave music|New Wave group formed in San Francisco, California , consisting of core members Blaine L. Reininger , Steven Brown (Tuxedomoon musician)|Steven Brown and Peter Principle (musician)|Peter Principle .
Formed in 1977 by multi-instrumentalists Reininger and Brown, then two students of electronic music at San Francisco City College , with technical assistance from video artist Tommy Tadlock, Tuxedomoon started playing salons and accompanying performances by The Angels of Light (theater group)|Angels of Light . Brown's connections to local theatre gave the band access to vocalists Gregory Cruikshank , Victoria Lowe , and, most frequently, Winston Tong , the latter bringing along filmmaker and performance artist Bruce Geduldig who, in an unusual capacity for a band member, took care of the band's visuals, both live and on video.Smith, R.: http://www.seattleweekly.com/2006-01-11/music/a-mug-of-joeboy/ "A Mug of Joeboy: The Return of Tuxedomoon", Seattle Weekly , Jan 11 2006. The band gained some level of recognition in 1978 when they opened for Devo . Michael Belfer , ( guitarist ), and Paul Zahl , ( drummer ) joined the band in time to help with the group's first Extended play|EP , No Tears Wasacz, W.: http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp? id=7547 "The Dorkwave Playlist", Metro Times , April 13, 2005. Lowe left prior to the album's release in 1978. Soon afterward, Tong and Belfer left the group temporarily, and bassist Peter Principle joined the lineup. In 1979, the group signed to The Residents ' Ralph Records , with whom they recorded their next two albums, Half Mute and Desire (Tuxedomoon album)|Desire , (which was recorded in England with Gareth Jones (music producer)|Gareth Jones .) In late 1980 the band relocated to Rotterdam for a short time and then moved on to Brussels , believing their sound better fit the electronic scene in Europe.
The band created the score for a ballet by Maurice Béjart , which was released in 1982 as Divine (album)|Divine . In 1983 Reininger left the group in order to pursue a solo career, and trumpeter Luc Van Lieshout joined. In 1985 Tuxedomoon had its largest success commercially with the international release of Holy Wars (album)|Holy Wars . Tong left the group again soon after its release. Multi-instrumentalist Ivan Georgiev (musician)|Ivan Georgiev was brought in to perform on the group's next two albums, 1986's Ship of Fools (album)|Ship of Fools and 1987's You (Tuxedomoon album)|You . The band remained inactive through most of the 1990s, although never technically broke up.
On July 20, 2004 a reborn Tuxedomoon, consisting of Brown, Reininger, Principle, and Luc Van Lieshout released a new studio album, Cabin in the Sky . They had been given the opportunity to spend over two months togetherGill, Andy: "Tuxedomoon: American Tux exiles", The Independent, 28 July 2004. in Cagli , Italy , at the Teatro di Cagli under a program begun by theater director and then-mayor of the town, Sandro Pascucci.Hoffman, C.: The Cagli Project: http://www.loyola.edu/cagliweb/2005/meredithhope/index.html Il Teatro: Mecca for Musicians They continue to work and tour together and have since released Bardo Hotel Soundtrack (album)|Bardo Hotel Soundtrack in 2006. For the group's 30th year anniversary in 2007 they released another studio album, Vapour Trails (album)|Vapour Trails . At this time, Crammed Discs released the box set 77o7 Tm (the 30th Anniversary Box) (album)|77o7 Tm (the 30th Anniversary Box) containing: Vapour Trails (album)|Vapour Trails , Unearthed: Lost Cords (album)|Unearthed: Lost Cords , a collection of previously unreleased recordings, 162o7 (39°N 7°W) (album)|162o7 (39°N 7°W) , a live concert recorded on February 16, 2007 in Portalegre , Portugal, as well as a DVD (in both PAL and NTSC editions) Unearthed: Found Films , rare videos from 1977 - 1988.Moliné, Keith, Review: Tuxedomoon 77o7 TM, The Wire (magazine)|The Wire , January 2008. The box set was designed by noted graphic designer Jonathan Barnbrook ." http://www.wallpaper.com/art/jonathan-barnbrook-interview/1531 Jonathan Barnbrook interview", Wallpaper (magazine)|Wallpaper , 20 June 2004.
In 2008, writer/journalist Isabelle CorbisierIsabelle Corbisier http://www.ecgi.org/osov/member.php? member_id=731 bio at the European Corporate Governance Institute. published a 476-page biography, entitled Music For Vagabonds - The Tuxedomoon Chronicles covering the band's entire career as well as members' solo activities.Lynch, M. Interview with Isabelle Corbisier: MUSIC FOR VAGABONDS: THE TUXEDOMOON CHRONICLES. WICN http://www.wicn.org/audio/inquiry-isabelle-corbisier "Inquiry" podcast.
Band members Brown, Geduldig, Lieshout, Principle, Reininger, and Tong continue to work, as they have always done, on solo and other collaborative projects.
Desire (Tuxedomoon album)|Desire , originally on Ralph Records , 1981
Divine (Tuxedomoon album)|Divine , 1982
Suite En Sous-Sol-Time to Lose , 1982
Holy Wars (album)|Holy Wars , 1985
Ship of Fools (album)|Ship of Fools , 1986
You (Tuxedomoon album)|You , 1987
The Ghost Sonata (album)|The Ghost Sonata , 1991
Joeboy in Mexico , 1997
Soundtracks - Urban Leisure , 2002
Cabin in the Sky , 2004
Bardo Hotel Soundtrack (album)|Bardo Hotel Soundtrack , 2006
Vapour Trails (album)|Vapour Trails , 2007
Singles and EPs
"Joeboy the Electronic Ghost"/"Pinheads on the Move", 7", 1978
No Tears , 1978
"Stranger"/"Love/No Hope", 7", 1979
Scream With a View , 1979
"What Use? "/"Crash", 7", 1980
"Dark Companion"/"59 to 1 Remix", 7", 1980
Urban Leisure (flexi) , 1980
"Une Nuit au Fond de la Frayere"/"Egypt", 7", 1981
"Ninotchka"/"Again", 12", 1982
What Use? - remix , 1982
Why is She Bathing? , 1982
Time to Lose , 1982
Short Stories (Tuxedomoon album)|Short Stories , 1983
"Soma"/"H.T.E.", 7", 1984
Tales from the New World (3 x 12inch collection) , 1984
"Boxman (The City)"/"The Train", 7" 1987
"You (new version)"/"Atlantis (Remix)", 7", 1987
'' No Tears '88 , 1988
"Michael's Theme"/Interview, 7", 1988
Live albums
Ten Years in One Night (live), 1988
Live in St. Petersburg , 2002
Compilations
Subterranean Modern , Ralph Records , 1979
Savoy Sound — Wave Goodbye , (live album) originally on Go& #33; Records, currently on CD Presents , 1981
A Thousand Lives by Picture , Ralph Records , 1983
Pinheads on the Move , 1987
Solve et Coagula , 1994
http://www.gigolorecords.com/data.pl? release=Gigolo55cd Remixes & Originals , International DeeJay Gigolo Records , 2000
77o7 Tm (the 30th Anniversary Box) (album)|77o7 Tm (the 30th Anniversary Box)
as Blaine L. Reininger
Broken Fingers , Les Disques du Crépuscule , 1982
Filmography
Downtown 81
TV Party
Wings of Desire
Video/DVD
Four Major Events (Live at the Target) , VHS, Target Video , 1983
Seismic Riffs , filmed by Merill Adlighieri , DVD, 2004
The Super-8 Years with Tuxedomoon , filmed by Steven Brown (Tuxedomoon musician)|Steven Brown , DVD, 2006
Unearthed: Found Films , DVD, 2007
References
Simon Reynolds|Reynolds, S : Rip It Up and Start Again, Postpunk 1978 - 1984, pgs 197-198, 202-204, 210-211. Penguin Books, 2005.
Simon Reynolds|Reynolds, S : http://ripitupfootnotes.blogspot.com/2008/11/footnotes-14-chapter-13-freak-scene-san.html Website for Rip It Up and Start Again: The Footnotes
http://filmmakermagazine.net/issues/winter2005/columns/super8.php "The Super 8", Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker , Winter 2005.
http://www.paristransatlantic.com/magazine/interviews/tuxedomoon.html Interview with Steven Brown and Blaine L. Reininger, http://www.johngillwrites.com/ John Gill, Paris Transatlantic Magazine , Spring 2007.
External links
http://www.tuxedomoon.co/ Official Tuxedomoon page
http://www.crammed.be/index.php? id=34& art_id=131 Tuxedomoon pages on the site of their label Crammed Discs
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p21168|label=Tuxedomoon
http://www.mundoblaineo.org Blaine L. Reininger's own page
http://www.mundoblaineo.org/tuxmopage.html Blaine L. Reininger's Tuxedomoon page
http://www.tuxedomoon.org/ Unofficial fan page
http://www.joeboy.de/ Unofficial fan page
http://winstontong.com/ Official website for Winston Tong
http://www.myspace.com/musiquepourimages/ Official website for Ivan Georgiev
http://www.radiopapesse.org/w2d3/v3/view/radiopapesse/notizie--1351/index.html? area=5 Steven Brown Audio Interview (in English)
http://www.mixtape.gr/t.asp? sec=1& sub=4& uid=3 Steven Brown Interview (in Greek)
http://www.music-for-vagabonds.com/ Isabelle Corbisier's biography of the band
Richard Metzger at Boing Boing , http://www.boingboing.net/2009/04/04/tuxedomoon-no-tears.html "Tuxedomoon: No Tears for the Creatures of the Night", April 2009.
Category:American New Wave musical groups Category:American experimental musical groups
