Tarentel (band)

Tarentel is a post-rock band which formed in San Francisco in 1995. Initially, the band consisted of Danny Grody and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma. The line-up altered over the years and has included John Hughes, Trevor Montgomery, Patricia Kavanaugh, Kenseth Thibideau, Jeffrey Rosenberg, Jim Redd, Tony Cross, Steve Dye and others.

Tarentel
From left to right: Tony Cross, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Paul Clipson, Danny Grody, Jim Redd
Background information
Origin	San Francisco
Genres	Post-rock experimental noise
Years active	1995–2009
Labels	Temporary Residence Limited, Root Strata, Music Fellowship, Digitalis Industries, Awkward Silence, Jonathan Whiskey, Static Caravan, Geographic North, Acuarela Discos, En/Of, Staalplaat, Three Lobed, Type Records, Resonant
Members	Jefre Cantu-Ledesma Danny Grody Jim Redd
Past members	Paul Clipson John Hughes Trevor Montgomery Patricia Kavanaugh Kenseth Thibideau Jeffrey Rosenberg Tony Cross Steve Dye
Website	www.tarentel.com

Tarentel began as a post-rock band, making extended, LP-side length instrumental pieces. Over the course of three full-length albums and a number of singles and EPs, Tarentel has gradually shifted its style to a looser, more improvisational form that incorporates genres such as noise and drone as well as having a strong psychedelic element.

Tarentel member, Paul Clipson, projects original Super-8 film compositions that accompany each live performance by the band. He died in February 2018.^[1] The band has been inactive at least since their most recent release in 2009.

Discography

Studio albums

• From Bone to Satellite (1999) (limited to 1000 copies)
• The Order of Things (2001) (vinyl limited to 500 copies)
• Mort aux Vaches (2002) (limited to 1000 copies)
• We Move Through Weather (2004)

EPs

• Tarentel (1998)
• Travels in Constants vol. 3 (1999) (limited to 1000 copies) (part of the Travels in Constants series)
• When We Almost Killed Ourselves (1999) (limited to 200 copies)
• Looking for Things / Searching for Things (2000) (limited to 500 copies)
• Two Sides of Myself (2000) (limited to 500 copies)
• Carol Whiskey 9 (2000) (limited to 250 copies) (split with Rothko)
• Sets and Rises / Rises and Sets (2000) (limited to 500 copies) (split with Lilienthal)
• Fear of Bridges (2002) (limited. to 700 copies)
• Latency (2003) (limited to 100 copies)
• Paper White (2005)
• Big Black Square (2005)
• Ghost Weight (2005)
• Paper White / Big Black Square (2005)
• Home Ruckus (2005) (limited to 500 copies)
• Home Ruckus: Double-Sided Air (2007) (limited to 500 copies)
• Home Ruckus: Bottled Smoke (2007) (limited to 100 copies)
• Ghetto Beats On the Surface of the Sun (2007)
• You Can't Hide Your Love Forever Vol. 3: Space Junk (2009) (limited to 300 copies, part of the You Can't Hide Your Love Forever 7-inch subscription series)

Compilations

• Ephemera | Singles 99-00 (2002)

Live albums

• Live Edits: Natoma CD (2006) (limited to 500 copies)
• Ghetto Beats On the Surface of the Sun (2006) (limited to 500 copies of each)
• Live Edits: Italy & Switzerland (2008) (limited to 500 copies)

DVDs

• Over Water (2009) (DVD-r collaboration with filmmaker Paul Clipson, three shorts of Super8 film and music mostly culled from live performances in Italy & Switzerland in 2005, limited to 100 copies)

References

1. "Experimental film maker Paul Clipson has died - The Wire". Thewire.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-16.