Blaine Reininger - Elektra/ Radio Moscow

Blaine L. Reininger is one of the creative mainsprings behind the cult avant-garde band Tuxedomoon. As a solo artist he has produced some ten solo albums, including ’Broken Fingers’ (1982), ’Night Air’ (1984), ’Live in Brussels’ (1986), ’Instrumentals’ (1989) and ’Night Air #2’ (2004).
’Elektra/Radio Moscow’ combines two haunting instrumental soundtracks written and arranged by Blaine. ’Elektra’ was commissioned for a version of the Sophocles play staged at the Athens Festival in Summer 2006 by director Angela Brusko. ’Radio Moscow’ is the score for the 1995 film of the same name by director Nicholas Triandafyllidis.
Tuxedomoon formed in San Francisco in 1977 around the nucleus of Steven Brown, Blaine Reininger and Peter
Principle. Following releases on the Residents’ Ralph label, the band relocated to Europe in 1981. Their dozen-odd albums include the classics ’Half Mute’, ’Desire’, ’Ghost Sonata’ and ’Holy Wars’. Their new album ’Bardo Hotel’ was released in 2006.
Blaine L. Reininger was born in Colorado in 1953, and currently divides his time between Italy and Greece.

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