Member Since: 10/2/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/contraptionstl
Band Members: Devin Devon , analog sythesizer, tape manipulations.
Renner , electric guitar, tape manipulations.
Influences: Tony Renner presents for your listening pleasure:
Learn, Artist! , featuring Robin Allen, guitar; Gena Brady Allen , bass; and Tony Renner, guitar.
Tiger Mountain , a now-defunct group featuring Steve Thomas, guitar and keyboards; and Tony Renner, guitar. Tiger Mountain's peak was playing on the parking lot of Terrastock I, April 26, 1997, in Providence, Rhode Island.
ANAGRAMS: A Tribute to Derek Bailey. Tony Renner in a solo guitar homage to Derek Bailey. Three electric guitar tracks have recently been added. Two other acoustic tracks are also available. The complete ANAGRAMS project will be ready for internet release Christmas of 2007.
Poison Rat R. Experimental electronics from Tony Renner. New tracks featuring Japanese cyberpunk writer Kenji Siratori added!
The Art School Boys , a solo project featuring Tony Renner, keyboards, guitars, and drums.
Unsettled Ground. A live electric guitar improvisation by Tony Renner. Recorded at the Des Lee Gallery in October 2005. Feel free to download any of these tracks to remix or to provide a basis for a new piece of your own!
Ne Plus Ultra , an also now-defunct group featuring Devin Devon , keyboards and tape manipulations; and Tony Renner, guitar and tape manipulations.
Note: all of the above paintings are by Tony Renner from the series "Minatures," acrylic on paper, 4" x 6", 2007.
Record Label: unsigned, but open to offers [maniacal laughter]
Type of Label: None