What is Rex Tangle up to these days ?
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J.J. Tindall and Rex Tangle have joined forces once again to form a new project named Quoil. Featuring poetry by J.J. Tindall and musical soundscapes by Rex Tangle the two form a new concept of spoken word. J.J. Tindall is currently performing the works in and around Chicago area with rave reviews.  Visit www.jjtindall.com for more information and dates.
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June / July 2003
Rex Tangle Composes Soundtrack for "Day After To-morrow" Independent film by Rick Volonino about a director's mishaps with love, actresses, and life.
"Coma" reaches #4 on Garageband.com Out of the blue, "Coma" rises up the charts due to unbiased reviews from around the world.
July 10th on the show Eight Forty-Eight hosted by Tony Sarabia. WBEZ, Chicago Listen to an excerpt in Real Audio. |
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May 2003
What they said: "Beautifully produced, despite the noise floor. The vocals are excellent and Rex certainly shows his experience: the sound is full and rounded, and there's a fantastic balance to the entire track. The tune itself would benefit from a touch of innovation; however, it only just missed the top three - keep 'em coming." |
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February 2003
Created opening scene sound design for Denver's critically acclaimed Shadow Theatre Company production of "Sweet Corner Symphony".
Rex Tangle is added to the playlist of XM Satellite Radio's Channel 52 - Unsigned. |
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August 2002
A jazz influenced track, the new song Matchstick Life is sure to be a hit on the upcoming album. |
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July 2002 
Rex Tangle Records and Produces Ersatz album "Resisting the Stepford Prize Package"In the record time of one month, Rex Tangle and Chris put together an entire album of eight songs that were originally done on a simple four track system. The end result was a great album, and a great time. |
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May 2002 
Rex Tangle and Patty Stucki Finally Meet! After 2 very successful internet collaborations, "Coma" and "Out of Film", Patty and Rex finally meet in person in Cologne, Germany. "We stopped in a discount store and played with Garden Gnomes. What else do you do with someone you've never met and made music with?"They also visited the Cologne Cathedral and had a typical German lunch . . . Beef Stroganoff |
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January 2002 |
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The new album Photo is finally finished! The long awaited second album, Photo is filled to the brim with mood, ambiance, and groove. Featuring collaborations with great friends and artists from all over the world. Patty Stucki of Patty's Planet Co-Writer and Vocals on Coma, Out of Film, and Coma (Dingo Coffee Mix). Recorded in Frankfurt, Germany and transmitted via the internet. Sandhya Sanjana Vocals on East and Above. Recorded in Amsterdam, Holland and transmitted via the internet. Don Kirby Tamboura on East and Above. Recorded in Pasadena, California and sent via mail. J.J. Tindall Spoken word on Line of Zen and Bearded Lady. Recorded in Chicago, Illinois and sent via mail. David Suycott Drums on part of War Plane Diary. Recorded in Chicago, Illinois and wired through phone lines. |
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Listen to the full album here. Now available for purchase from Rex Tangle Click here to buy it now. |
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September 2001 |
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"Out of Film", another great collaboration with Patty's Planet is finished! Patty Stucki and I decided to try doing another song together, and this one has turned out great as well. I recorded the music tracks, and not knowing if it would be possible for her to sing on it, I sent it to her. Once again, she floored me with her talent and the end result is a great song combining her spacey vocals with electronic and organic sonic elements. To hear the new song, "Out of Film" click here for lo-fi or here for hi-fi. |
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August 2001 |
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Be on the look out! Patty Stucki of Patty's Planet has just finished an interview with the German version of Keyboards magazine. In the article she mentions the collaboration tune with Rex Tangle, "Coma". |
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"Coma" will also be a featured track at Omnia Music. A great source for independent music. 
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July 2001 |
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Another internet collaboration is finished! Rex has just finished the new song "East and Above" with Sandhya Sanjana via the internet. Sandhya is a classical Indian vocalist who resides in the Netherlands and collaborates with many musicians on the Tarana Project and the Indian Music Collective. This track also features long time friend and collaborator, Don Kirby playing his infamous tanpura. "East and Above" will be available on the albums Photo and on Sandhya's Indian Music Collective. To hear the new song, "East and Above" click here for lo-fi or here for hi-fi. |
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March 2001 |
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Rex Tangle is currently working on an internet collaboration with a great artist from Germany, Patty Stucki of Patty's Planet. It should be a great tune when it is finished. Rex has laid down the basic tracks and Patty will be contributing vocals and anything else she may find fitting. The song will be available on Rex's album Photo and on Patty's web site at: http://www.pattysplanet.de. You can listen to the new song "Coma" in lo-fi or in high-fi. |
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Rex Tangle is currently being featured on the Ultraviolet Electronica station.  Be sure to check it out for some great tracks! |
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About the first album Pipe Dog: In 1999 Rex finished the recording of his first independent solo album entitled "Pipe Dog" with the collaboration of two of his friends and musicians Don Kirby and David Suycott. About David Suycott a.k.a. Stickboy: David Suycott has been playing drums for a lot of bands, including Stabbing Westward, Skinny, Slam, Machines of Loving Grace, Charlelie Couture, and many others. He's also a former band mate of Rex Tangle, back in the 80's, when Rex still lived in Chicago. David recorded the drum tracks for Rex's album in Chicago, and sent his work to Los Angeles for completion. Dave likes to eat fruits in very large quantities at a very fast speed, and is known for grunting for no reason at all. He's a pretty good pool player too. In fact he excels at any activities that include a stick. Give that boy a stick, and watch him do his magic ! About Don Kirby: Don Kirby has played with many bands and artists, including Ravi Shankar, Ray Manzarek, and other Los Angeles bands. Don has studied Indian music, and plays sitar, tanpura, guitar, but also collects Vintage Synths, which he uses in his own home studio, where he recorded some of his tracks for "Pipe Dog". Don is famous for turning on his "machines" in the middle of the night, and making his Moog howl like a choir of mad elephants, conducted by a chimp doing a mean "Macarena". He's friendly, funny, but also he can be a very bad monkey. Trust me, I know... He used to be my neighbour ! About Rex Tangle: Rex has been playing bass and guitar for many bands over the years (read bio) but he mostly enjoys playing with himself ! (Yeah, I know it sounds bad). |
