Music for Solo Piano

Steven Brown is one of the creative mainsprings behind the cult left-field band Tuxedomoon. As a solo artist he has recorded some ten solo albums, including Music For Solo Piano (1983), Zoo Story (1984), Searching For Contact (1987), Music for Film and Theatre (1988), Half Out (1991), and Nine Rain (1996). In 2002 LTM released a Best Of collection titled Decade. The all-instrumental Music for Solo Piano was originally recorded for Les Disques du Crepuscule in 1982, and remains one of Steven's best regarded works. The solo piano pieces range from modern to classically-informed, while on several tracks Steven is joined by Tuxedomoon violinist Blaine Reininger. These include three selections from TM's ambitious 'opera without words' The Ghost Sonata, namely Music #2, The Fall and the haunting Ghost Sonata itself. Steven was born in Chicago in 1952, and currently resides in Mexico City. TUXEDOMOON formed in San Francisco in 1977 around the nucleus of Steven Brown, Blaine Reininger and Peter Principle. Following a string of releases on the Residents' Ralph label, the band relocated to Europe in 1981. Their dozen-odd group albums include the classics Half Mute, Desire, Suite En Sous-Sol, Ghost Sonata and Holy Wars. Music for Solo Piano has been digitally remastered with several extra tracks and features extensive sleevenotes.