The first new release in 5 years by the legendary US band consists of original music written and recorded in 2011 at the instigation of French film festival L'Etrange Festival, as a new score for the eponymous, scandalous cult film from 1971, directed by James Bidgood. Tuxedomoon performed this soundtrack during a screening of the film in Sept 2011 in Paris.
This 53-minute opus ranks amongs their best instrumental suites ever, and will be released in a limited edition of 1000 copies exclusively on vinyl and digital! (each copy of the LP will contain a unique download code). The LP is pressed in 180 gram audiophile vinyl, and the first 500 copies will be numbered.
Tuxedomoon will be playing shows in Europe in March and September 2014.
The band's line-up on this album consists of:
Steven Brown — saxophones, clarinet, piano, keyboards
Peter Principle — bass guitar
Blaine L. Reininger — violin, guitar, laptop, voice, keyboards
Luc van Lieshout — trumpet, fluegelhorn, harmonica, keyboards