- Tarentel (band)
Tarentel is a band based in
San Francisco, California which formed in 1995. Initially, the band consisted of Danny Grody and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. The line-up shifted over the years and has included John Hughes, Trevor Montgomery, Patricia Kavanaugh, Kenseth Thibideau, Jeffrey Rosenberg, Jim Redd, Tony Cross, Steve Dye and others.The band's current lineup is Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Danny Grody, Jim Redd, Tony Cross and Paul Clipson.
Tarentel began as a
post-rock band, making extended, LP-side length instrumental pieces similar to those ofGodspeed You! Black Emperor and Mogwai. Over the course three full-length albums and a number of singles and EPs, Tarentel has gradually shifted their style to a looser, more improvisational form that incorporates genres such as noise and drone as well as having a strong psychedelic element.Tarentel's fifth member, Paul Clipson, projects original Super-8 film compositions that accompany each live performance by the band.
Discography
1998
*"Tarentel" CDEP (
Temporary Residence Limited )1999
*"Travels in Constants" CDEP (Temporary Residence Limited)
*"When We Almost Killed Ourselves" 8" EP (Temporary Residence Limited)
*"From Bone to Satellite" CD/2xLP (Temporary Residence Limited)2000
*"Looking for Things, Searching for Things" 12" EP (
Resonant )
*"Two Sides of Myself" 7" (Static Caravan )
*split 7" w/ Rothko (Jonathon Whiskey)
*split 7" w/ Lilienthal (Awkward Silence)2001
*"The Order of Things" CD/2xLP (
Neurot Recordings /Static Caravan)2002
*"Fear of Bridges" CDEP (Three Lobed Recordings)
*"Mort aux Vaches" CD (Staalplaat)
*"Ephemera | Singles 99-00" CD (Temporary Residence Limited)2003
*"Latency" 12" EP (En/Of)
2004
*"We Move Through Weather" CD/2xLP (Temporary Residence Limited)
2005
*"Paper White" CDEP (Temporary Residence Limited)
*"Big Black Square" CDEP (Temporary Residence Limited)
*"Ghost Weight" CDEP (Acuarela Discos)
*"Paper White / Big Black Square" CD (Human Highway)
*"Home Ruckus" 12" EP (Root Strata)2006
*"Live Edits: Natoma" CD (Root Strata)
*"Ghetto Beats On the Surface of the Sun" 4xLP (Music Fellowship)2007
*"Home Ruckus: Double-Sided Air" 7" (Type Records)
*"Home Ruckus: Bottled Smoke" CD-R (Digitalis)
*"Ghetto Beats On the Surface of the Sun" 2xCD (Temporary Residence Limited)
* "Destroy Independent Music! " (2006-2007 ,Temporary Residence Limited ) samplerExternal links
* [http://www.tarentel.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.rootstrata.com/ Root Strata, a record label run by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma]
* [http://tarentel.theredtide.net/ Fan site]
* [http://www.epitonic.com/artists/tarentel.html Epitonic page on Tarentel]
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22463/Tarentel_We_Move_Through_Weather We Move Through Weather]Pitchfork Media review
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/22464/Tarentel_Paper_White_EP_Big_Black_Square_EP Paper White EP / Big Black Square EP]Pitchfork Media review
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