Rex Tangle lays down the gauntlet for so-called Renaissance Men the world over with his stunning debut CD "Pipe Dog". Sparring with such Unter-ground and Unter-pop heavyweights as Stabbing Westward and Lydia Lunch, web-renowned hex-pistol Rex Tangle fills the aural canvas with his built-in, crack band of musical-alter egos. Echoes of early '80s King Crimson segue seamlessly into intimations of mid-'80's, Paris-based Talking Heads, yet it's invariably signature Rex. From one LP comes waves of Pink Floyd, Beatles Baroque and even neo-'60s Easy and Now Sound influences, yet the ocean is ever Rex, able to be himself and the Other at the same time, the mark of a true professional. Technology is cheap and available to everyone and surely anymore one is limited only by one's imagination, and Rex's is a deep and impressive one. It's one thing to have the gear to make Dark Side of the Moon in your cupboard, it's another thing to have the chops and vision to go for it and make the grade. Rex does in vivid, digital 3-D.
A choice mission. Check it out.

-J.J. Tindall

Rex Tangle is a master of the three way relationship among composer, music and listener. Rex combines those qualities that permit art to reflect society and life with humor and fascinating new sounds. There is a rising and falling melody, waves of coming action, as if something large is coming this way from just around the corner. There are long, short, vibrating, hollow and straight-in-your-face, symphony-like sounds; strange, new, daringly poetic lyrics. Something turns the listener's head upon first hearing, and keeps the audience's attention throughout, here and there bringing affirming nods and occasionally laughter. Each song is as unique as an individual in a ring of champions. Unpredictable, refreshing, timeless, this is what you put in when friends are around.

-Michael U.

Brian Eno meets the Beatles. Everybody was there.... George, Robert, Frank, Tiny Tim. Even I sat in with another friend, well sorta...we sent Rex some trax from California and Chicago on CD's. He mixed 'em up good with a dab of voodoo and the flair of a king. King of his own bad self from the bottom up, blowing the roof off of preconceived notions. Hey sparky, wanna have some fun? Just listen..... Good Lord Almighty! That's some cool holy hell my mama never told me 'bout. You say you don't like that mood? Listen to the next one.... it'll change. Listen to the lyrics.... you'll think. I'm thinking, it reminds me of myself. The things that are best about myself. Even the parts other people don't like. I've been waiting a long time to hear music like this. Lots of favorite feelings from friends and far places found a home in Rex's recording. And there is plenty about Rex to like. Mr. Tangle makes music that makes the world a little easier to live in. With a little help from his friends.

-Don K.