BLAINE L. REININGER

 

 

 

 

INTRODUCTION

Blaine L. Reininger is an American composer born in 1953 in Pueblo, Colorado. Having studied violin from age 9  guitar from age 11 and music theory and composition through high school and into college, he left Colorado in 1976 for San Francisco. There, in 1977, as a consequence of his studies in electronic music at San Francisco City College, he started the legendary American cult band Tuxedomoon together with classmate Steven Brown.

 

In 1981, Reininger and the group left America to practice their art in Europe. Over the course of the next 26 years, many artistic collaborations took place and many cd’s were recorded. These collaborations, while mostly musical in nature, often moved into other fields such as dance, theatre, and film.

 

Reininger continues to live and work in Europe, having lived in Athens, Greece since 1998.

 

 

CONTACT

 

E-mail: johnnyharpoon@gmail.com

Web: http://www.mundoblaineo.com

Telephone: 30 693 800 2413

 

MUSIC:

(see attached discographies)

 

 

FILM 

1992 “Dogs Licking My Heart”, court metrage, Lead Role, directed by Nicholas Triandafyllidis

1994 “Radio Moscow”, longue metrage, “the musician”, directed by Nicholas Triandafyllidis

1996 “The Overcoat”, telefilm, “santa claus”, directed by Nicholas Triandafyllidis

1999 “Black Milk”, longue metrage, “the magician”, directed by Nicholas Triandafyllidis

 

THEATRE

 

1999-2000 “Agamemnon”, part of Agamemnon, Diplos Eros Theatre company, Athens Greece, directed by Mikhail Marmarinos

 

2000-2003 “Isaia L’Irreducibile”, part “the violinist”, Compagnia Katzenmacher, San Casciano, Italy, director Alfonso Santagata

 

2001 “Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod”, part “Henry Fonda“, Volksbuehne Theatre, Berlin, Germany, director Albrecht Hirche.

2003 “Die 10 Besten Rocksongs in der Weltgeschichte“, part  “the DJ“ soundtrack, produced by Schauspiel Koln, Cologne, Germany, director Albrecht Hirche.

2003 “Death of Danton“,“the foreigner“, soundtrack, Theatro Amore, Athens, Greece, director Albrecht Hirche

2006 “Elektra” “the musician”, originial soundtrack, Athens Festival, Athens, Greece, director Angela Brusko.

 

 

 

Blaine L. Reininger Solo discography

 

 

Broken Fingers

LP (CD re-release), Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1982

[CD re-release, digital remastered, incl. 5 Bonustracks, LTM (GB), 2004]

 

Broken Fingers/Right Mind

7", Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1982

 

Magnetic Life/Playin' your game

12", Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1983

 

Night Air

LP/CD (CD re-release), Another Side (B), 1984 

[CD re-release, digital remastered, LTM (GB), 2004] 

 

 

Mystery and Confusion/Bizarre Bizarre

7", Another Side (B), 1984

 

Colorado Suite (Made to Measure Vol. 3)

with Mikel Rouse

mLP (CD re-release), Crammed Discs (B), 1984 

 Paris en automne

with Alain Goutier

mLP, Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1985

Live in Brussels 02/1986

LP/CD, Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1986

[CD re-release, digital remastered, incl. 6 Bonustracks, LTM (GB), 2004] 

 

Greetings One

12", Materiali Sonori (I), 1987 

 

 

Byzantium

LP/CD, Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1987 

[CD re-release, digital remastered, incl. 8 Bonustracks, LTM (GB), 2004]

 

Rolf and Florian go Hawaiian (Remix)/(Instrumental)

7", Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1987

Rolf and Florian go Hawaiian (Remix)

12", Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1987 

 

Instrumentals 1982-86

mLP (CD re-release), Interior Music (B), 1987

[CD re-release, LTM (GB), 2004] 

 

El Paso/Bay Bridge

7", Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1988

 

El Paso - Bay Bridge

12" (CD re-release), Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1988 

 

 

 

Book of hours

LP/CD, Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1989

[CD re-release, digital remastered, incl. 5 Bonustracks, LTM (GB), 2005]  

Expatriate Journals

CD (Compilation), Giant (USA), 1989

 

 

Blaine L. Reininger - Radio Ectoplasm/

Mary Kelly - The meaning/Controlled Bleeding - Theme in flames

7" incl. "Coast to Coast: Punk/Rock Images" Book, Materiali Sonori (I), 1989

 

Songs from the Rain Palace

CD, Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1990 

 

Brussels USA - The Best of Blaine L. Reininger Vol. 1

CD (Compilation), Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1994 

 UVOII - Sound of heaven

CD, Fax (D), 1994 

 

Radio Moscow

LP/CD/MC, Polygram Greece (GR), 1995 

 Falling Infinities - Kingdom of dreams

12", Sony (D), 1996 

 Falling Infinities - Kingdom of dreams

DLP/CD, Sony (D), 1996 

 

Falling Infinities - Cadillac Nights

mCD, Dance Pool (NL), 1996 

 Manic Man

CD (Soundtrack), Ankh Prod. (GR), 1997

 Orphans (Cosy little planet/Burnsday)

7", Syntatic (B), 1998, limited edition of 100 copies

 

The more I learn the less I know

CD, FM-Rec. (GR), 2000 

 Gianluca Lo Presti & Blaine L. Reininger - Sun and Rain

CD, Materiali Musica (I), 2001

 Blaine L. Reininger & Coti K. - Uneasy Listening

CD, Neo Acustica (R), 2004

 Blaine L. Reininger - Night Air 2

CD (Compilation), LTM (GB), 2004

 

 

TUXEDOMOON DISCOGRAPHY

 

 

 

Tuxedomoon

 

 

 

 

 

Pinheads on the move/Joeboy...(the electronic ghost)

7", Tidal Wave Rec. and Time Release Rec. (USA), 1978

 

 

 

 

 

No Tears

12", Time Release Rec. (USA), 1978

 

The Stranger/Love - No Hope

7", Time Release Rec. (USA), 1979

 

 

 

 

 

Scream with a view

12", Tuxedomoon Rec. (USA), 1979

 

What use?/Crash!

7", Ralph Rec. (USA), 1980

 

 

 

 

 

Half Mute

LP (CD re-release incl. Scream with a view), Ralph Rec. (USA), 1980

 

 

Dark Companion/59 to 1 Remix

7", Ralph Rec. (USA), 1980

 

 

 

 

 

Urban Leisure

7" (Flexi) + "Praxis Vol.1 No.6" Musicmagazine, Eva Tone (USA), 1980

 

Joeboy in Rotterdam

LP, Backstreet Backlash (NL), 1981

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desire

LP (CD re-release incl. No Tears), Ralph Rec. (USA), 1981

 

 

Une nuit au fond de la frayere/Egypt

7" + Ectoplasmbooklet, Sordide Sentimental (F), 1981

limited edition of 3060 copies

 

Divine (Music from the Maurice Béjart Ballet "Divine")

LP (LP/CD re-release), Operation Twilight (B) and

Philips (NL), 1982

 

What use? (Remix)

12", Ralph Rec. (USA), 1982

 

 

Why is she bathing?..

12", Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1982

 

 

Time to lose - Blind

12", Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1982

 

Suite en sous-sol

D12" (LP/CD re-release incl. Time to lose - Blind/Short Stories), Italian Rec. (I), 1982

 

 

Short stories

12", Les Disques du Crépuscule (B), 1982

 

 

 

 

 

 

A thousand lives by picture

LP (Compilation), Ralph Rec. (USA), 1983

 

Soma/Hugging the earth

7" + Map, Soundworks (B), 1984

 

 

 

 

 

Tales from the new world

3x12" (Why is she bathing?/Time to lose - Blind/Short Stories), Music Box (GR), 1984

 

Holy Wars

LP/CD, Cramboy (B), 1985

 

 

Ship of fools

LP/CD, Cramboy (B), 1986

 

 

 

 

 

 

You

LP/CD, Cramboy (B), 1987

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boxman (The City)/The Train

7", Cramboy (B), 1987

 

 

 

 

 

You (New Version)/Atlantis (Remix)

7", Cramboy (B), 1987

 

 

Pinheads on the move

DLP/CD (Compilation of old and unreleased material), Cramboy (B), 1987

 

 

No Tears 88 - Creatures of the night

12", Play it again, Sam! (B), 1988

 

Michael's Theme/Interview

7" + Songbook, Materiali Sonori (I), 1988

 

Ten years in one night

DLP/CD/DCD (Live), Les temps modernes (NL),Materiali Sonori (I), 1989

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discuss "The Ghost Sonata"

7" (Promo), Les temps modernes (NL), 1991

 

 

 

The Ghost Sonata

LP/CD, Les Temps Modernes (NL), 1991

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solve et Coagula

CD (Compilation), Crammed Discs (B), 1994

first as a limited edition in a wooden box

 

Joeboy in Mexico

CD, Opción Sónica (MEX), 1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remixes & Originals

CD, Gigolo (D), 2000

 

 

Live in St. Petersburg

DCD, Neo Acustica (R), 2002, limited/numbered edition of 5000 copies

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soundtracks/Urban Leisure

CD, LTM (GB), 2002

 

Cabin in the sky

CD, Crammed (B), 2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

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