Special thanks to Moe for the photo that appeared in the DNT today – he didn’t get credit in the paper. Take a look at his stuff, he’s fantastic.
Official Photographer for T-57
May 1st, 2009Homegrown 09
April 27th, 2009
Tangier 57 and Rachel Hart of Apron Elegance bring you a fashion show / swanky set with a classical music theme. So powder your wigs and paste on your fake moles.
Friday, May 1, Red Star Lounge
Homegrown 09
April 26th, 2009
We’re honored once again to kick off the Friday night events with out warm-up/chill down at the swank Red Star in Fitgers. This year we’ll feature once again the cocktail aprons of Apron Elegance and Rachael Hart. This year’s theme is Amadeus so we’ll be playing ….er…all…amadeusy kind of lounge music including our take on a morose and melancholic tune called “M’Lady Carey’s Dompe” which is the oldest surviving written music for keyboard. And then we’ll dance! So bring your lounge self to the Red Star 7pm to 10pm on Friday May 1st. Excelsior!
Tang-O
January 23rd, 2009Drink Tang, and your whole world gets kinda orange…
From deep within the T-57 test lab
January 6th, 2009
The ther-e-glove. Or the glove-a-min.
But it’s top-secret. So don’t tell anyone.
Soundtracks
November 17th, 2008Our pal Bridget asked if we would contribute some music to a promo she was animating for a group art show she also helped organize. The show is for the Arrowhead Alliance of Artists with Disabilities (AAAWD). Opening this weekend at the playground theater space in downtown Duluth.
And check out Bridget’s work too. Great paintings, prints and now animations.
Tangier 57 is also available for the next James Bond soundtrack, or Ocean’s 18. Or 20, or whatever it’s up to now.
I don’t know what they’re saying, but …
October 8th, 2008
Boekenbeurs 2008 – Mark Borgions from Darren Di Lieto on Vimeo.
It sure looks cool.
The making of
August 12th, 2008Triple Review
August 5th, 2008Thanks to Matthew Perrine at the Budgeteer for the review of our trilogy. Matthew has this to say:
Tangier 57 finds inspiration in the most interesting places.
And, spread across three distinct EPs, this local retro-futuristic lounge outfit paints quite the picture: “Last Night Never Happened” epitomizes the swanky aesthetic of the group’s homebase, the RedStar nightclub in Fitger’s; “Moves the Masses: A Public Transportation Innovation Exploration” is a humorous ode to Ken Buehler and his grandiose dreams for the Zenith City … and “Takes on the Cosmos”?
The asteroid on the cover pretty much says it all: space is the place.
As you can probably already tell, the members of Tangier 57, who hide behind such bizarro nom de plumes as Thurston Howell V and Salah A. Xanadu, belong to some hyper-imaginative branch of Duluth’s artistic elite.
While all of this cheeky posturing could’ve easily translated into unlistenable garbage, it doesn’t. Not at all.
In fact, not since the Beta Band stormed out of the gates in the late ’90s with “Champion Versions,” “The Patty Patty Sound” and “Los Amigos del Beta Bandidos” has an EP trilogy sounded so fresh and inviting.All in all, a rewarding break from the traditional Duluth sound.
Don’t forget, you can preview and download the sounds that the reviewers are raving about in the Tangier 57 store.
Summer 08 update
August 3rd, 2008
So much to say…so much to do. But as T57 communication officer it’s my duty to keep this site up to date. We’ve hit the T57 summer break. A time where we take care of our loved ones and the sacred slack duties of a hot summer. Does that mean we’re not creating the swankest vibes this side of … er… well … anywhere? No! We’ve been working on tunes which swirl around the mighty Tiki/Lounge/World/Surf genre. Be Forwarned…dont let our lack of public appearances set you into a doldrum..As the Maori say
He tini nga whetu e ngaro I te kapua iti
Translation: Many stars cannot be concealed by a small cloud.
Anyway we’re taking care of important business and look for us in the fall to gig out. Til then….ZaZau ZaZau!