Tuxedomoon
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San Francisco, United States (1977 – present)
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, a San Francisco based, radical theater troup. Brown’s connections to local theater gave the band access to vocalists Gregory Cruikshank, Victoria Lowe, and, most frequently, Winston Tong. 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 EP, No Tears. 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 in 1980 and Desire in 1981, after which the band relocated to Rotterdam for a small time and moved on to Brussels, believing their sound better fit the electronic scene in Europe.
The band soon created the score for a ballet by Maurice Bejart, which was released in 1982 as Divine.
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Holy Wars
12,067 listeners10 tracks
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Desire / No Tears
9,470 listeners15 tracks
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Solve Et Coagula (The Best Of Tuxedomoon)
3,563 listeners14 tracks
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Desire
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slowpulse-girl
the de-evolution, dissection and resurgance of Pop.. this band has always been original and innovative...truly nothing short of pure perfection. Nothing can touch the brillance of Tuxedomoon.
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cat-dentures
Tuxedomoon fans, give back a little to the band who has given us so much: http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/tuxedomooninconcert
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megajosh2
My last shout is still on the first page, and my sentiments are exactly the same as before.
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chfrezende
HERE COOMES THE LONELINESS, thank you tuxedomoon, so magical.
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Akatian
This band is something special.
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mr_cox
Spaccano di brutto
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cat-dentures
undying love for the Moon
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starkey
yeah
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prominence_la
Desire / No Tears is part of my subconscious now.
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megajosh2
Shit I almost forgot about these guys. I oughtta listen to Half Mute again sometime soon and see what else they've got.
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mydesperateicon
so sexy and strange... I love this band!
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luistua
I could wait my whole life to see them play "You". It's a masterpiece!!!
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milkumashe
they are so good and Divine is a masterpiece.
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RussellChap
~A M B I E N T . N O I R E~
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Neue_regel_
It's great if they could bring Tong back sometime. Extravagant act. The violin in 'Jinx' is just awesome. !!
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Sirprice
Check out this SIOUXSIE-BAUHAUS-CURE influenced project DADA DUMDUMS. http://www.lastfm.de/music/Dada+Dumdums/_/hourglass+land+%282007%29 .
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lesdanse
In the name of tal. An injection of pure pleasure
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MINIMALSEX
BEST BAND IN THE FUCKING WORLD AND ALL TIMES !
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ze_zar
Compilado (para descargar) que arme de la selección de canciones originales que tomaron los chicos de Nouvelle Vague, en su primer disco (Nouvelle Vague/2004), clásicos del new wave/goth rock/post-punk que ellos versionaron en bossanova lounge sounds... Podrás encontrar la canción "In a manner of speaking" de Tuxedomoon • http://themusicnonstop.com/original-songs-from-nouvelle-vagues-selection-nouvelle-vague/
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Fury112
one of the best bands ever
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