| Love of Life Orchestra | |
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| Genres | Post-punk |
| Years active | 1979- |
| Labels | Lust |
| Members | |
| Peter Gordon (sax, keyboards, composition) David Van Tieghem (Percussion) |
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| “ | Love of Life Orchestra was created by Peter Gordon (sax, keyboards, composition) and David Van Tieghem,[1] a talented, smart-aleck avant-garde percussionist with ties to new music composer Steve Reich. Both have gone on to greater fame as elder statesmen of the downtown music scene in New York, but these early works stand as an important developmental chapter. | ” |
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—Mark Fleischmann, trouserpress.com[2] |
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Collaborators on their recording Extended Niceties have included Arto Lindsay and David Byrne[3]
Early members of the band included Laurie Anderson (electric violin), Blue Gene Tyranny (keyboards), Ken Deifik (harmonica), Scott Johnson guitar, Rhys Chatham (flute), Peter Zummo (trombone), Arthur Russell (cello), Kathy Acker (vocals), and Jill Kroesen (vocals).