Biography
Eleven Twenty-Nine is the pairing of long-time American musician collaborators Tom Carter and Marc Orleans. They signed to Brooklyn’s indie label Northern-Spy Records for a two-record deal. Taking the name from blues parlance for a year long prison term, their first release was in June 2011 that provided pulsating, impressionistic sound with the depth of blues in an enigmatic free improv rock.
Carter, a guitarist, remains an active co-creator of the Texas homebrew psych pioneers Charalambides and curator of his own label, Wholly-Other, in addition to his solo work and Eleven Twenty-Nine, Carter .
Free-form psych veteran Orleans pioneered his twisted lines with Juneau, Enos Slaughter and the Sunburned Hand of the Man back at the end of the 20th century. Now, residing in Brooklyn, he plays steel guitar ninety hours a week. As well as with Eleven Twenty-Nine, Orleans is an active member of the Acid Twangers, D. Charles Speer & the Helix and has appeared on N-Spy’s Colin Langenus’s recordings as well as Steve Gunn’s Borum Palace. He also contributed steel guitar work on Meg Baird’s Drag City release.
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