tuxedomoon
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Eclectic American art-rock ensemble Tuxedomoon comprises core members Steven Brown, Blaine L. Reininger, Peter Principle and Luc van Lieshout.


SOUNDTRACKS/URBAN LEISURE SUITE (LTMCD 2331) £10
A collection of Tuxedomoon material recorded for films and stage performances, some previously unreleased on any format. The film soundtracks are Plan Delta (1986) and Fields of Honour (1983), as well as the legendary Urban Leisure Suite from the San Francisco performance of the same name in 1980. The CD also includes full BRT orchestrations of three tracks from the celebrated Ghost Sonata (1982). Digital remaster, full sleevenotes. Full tracklist: Fanfare, No-One Expects the Spanish Inquisition, Driving to Verdun, Urban Leisure Pts 1-4, The Bridge, Celebration Futur de la Divine, Nimrod, Lop Lop's People, Burning Trumpet, Music #2, Licorice Stick Ostinato, Basso Pomade.

Reviews: "Maintains its tension very well. With its spiralling electronica, austere strings, wailing guitars and mournful saxes, you imagine it's going to collapse under the weight of its own portentiousness, but it's forever shape-shifting and stimulating" (Uncut, 9/02); "Magnificently packaged Cold Wave mists and biting electronic particles. Remarkable" (Les Inrockuptibles, 9/02); "Tracks range from a sophisticated, urban and modern Martin Denny-like soundtrack feel to a surprisingly 'post-rock-like' downtempo mood music. Timeless, necessary and enlightening" (OtherMusic.com, 10/02); "Impressionistic in ways both broodingly martial and woozily arch, layered onomatopoeic orchestrals and absurdist horns vie with minimalist piano and primitive electronics" (Glasgow Herald, 6/02); "The Ghost Sonata is intense, dramatic, chilling - as ambient as a knife in your back" (Select, 3/91); "Ghost Sonata is a tiny masterpiece of sorts, and captures Tuxedomoon's rarified, quixotic melancholy at its peak" (Q Magazine, 5/91)


UMBRELLAS IN THE SUN LTMDVD 2400 £12
Tuxedomoon perform live versions (1980) of Jinx and Litebulb Overkill on this definitive two hour compilation DVD, which also features rare archive clips from Antena, A Certain Ratio, Josef K, Cabaret Voltaire, Marine, Section 25, The Names, Durutti Column, New Order, Crispy Ambulance, Minny Pops, Malaria!, Berntholer, Tuxedomoon, Thick Pigeon, Paul Haig, Kalima, Stockholm Monsters, Quando Quango and Swamp Children. For more details of this DVD click here.


GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST LTMCD 2426 £10
Digital remaster of the Crepuscule Christmas album first released in 1981 (TWI 058) with original Hennebert artwork and festive inserts, together with 9 bonus tracks from subsequent editions. Includes Weinachtrap by Tuxedomoon. 20 tracks, 72 minutes of music, detailed sleevenotes. Full tracklist: Aztec Camera, Hot Club of Christ; The Names, Tokyo Twilight; Paul Haig, Christiana; The Swinging Buildings, Praying for a Cheaper Christmas; White Birds, Possessed by the Stars; The Durutti Column, One Christmas For Your Thoughts; Tuxedomoon, Weinachtrap; Simon Topping, Peep Show International; Thick Pigeon, Silhouettes; Michael Nyman, Cream or Christians; Magazzini Criminali, Honolulu 25 Dicembre 1990; The French Impressionists, Santa Baby; The Pale Fountains, Benoit's Christmas; Antena, Noelle a Hawai; The Arcadians, Write Your Letter; Mikado, Message de Noel; Paul Haig, Scottish Christmas; The Durutti Column, Snowflakes; Winston Tong, The Twelve Days of Christmas; Hillcrest Club, Breakfast at Christmas.


MOVING SOUNDTRACKS LTMCD 2514 £10
Commissioned in 1983, Moving Soundtracks collects cover versions of movie songs and soundtracks by an international Crepuscule roster, now expanded and updated for this remastered CD edition. Features Connie's Wedding (The Godfather) by Tuxedomoon. Cover image by Michel Duval. 20 tracks, 74 minutes of music. Full tracklist: Blaine L. Reininger, Le Mepris; Antena, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort; The Pale Fountains, We Have All The Time in the World; Paul Haig, The Persuaders; La Muerte, Experiment in Terror; Quando Quango, Low Rider; Virna Lindt, The Windmills of Your Mind; Thick Pigeon, Moon River; Gabrielle Lazure, A Childrens' Tale; Tot Taylor, Blowproof; The Wayfarers, Arabesque; Cosy Corner, You Only Live Twice; The Dream Makers, La Chanson d'Helene; Kerr & Langford, Seabirds; Blaine L. Reininger, Le Derniere Amant Romantique; Steven Brown, Chinatown (Theme); Be Music, Theme (Hommage a MGM); Alan Rankine, Can You Believe Everything I See?; Snakefinger, 8 1/4; Tuxedomoon, Connie's Wedding.


THE NIGHT WATCH LTMCD 2326 £10
This LTM label sampler features two exclusive Tuxedomoon tracks: Shelved Dreams, and I Was an Apple in the House of Orange. For further details click here.

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