Tarentel (band)

Tarentel
From left to right: Tony Cross, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Paul Clipson, Danny Grody, Jim Redd
Background information
Origin	San Francisco, California, USA
Genres	Post-rock, Experimental, Noise
Years active	1995–present
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 Recordings, Type Records, Resonant

Members	Jefre Cantu-Ledesma Danny Grody Jim Redd Paul Clipson

Tarentel is a band based in San Francisco, California, which formed 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.

The band's current lineup is Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Danny Grody, Jim Redd, Tony Cross and Paul Clipson.

Tarentel began as a post-rock band, making extended, LP-side length instrumental pieces similar to those of Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Mogwai. 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's fifth member, Paul Clipson, projects original Super-8 film compositions that accompany each live performance by the band.

The band released no new material in 2010 and in Spring 2011 Jefre Cantu-Ledesma moved from San Francisco - the band's home base - to Germany leaving the status of the band in doubt although likely indicating a breakup.

Discography

1998

Tarentel CDEP (Temporary Residence Limited)

1999

Travels in Constants vol. 3 CDEP (Temporary Residence Limited) ltd. to 1000 copies (OOP) Part of the Travels in Constants CD Subscription Series
When We Almost Killed Ourselves 8" EP (Temporary Residence Limited) ltd. to 200 copies (OOP)
From Bone to Satellite CD/2xLP (Temporary Residence Limited) vinyl ltd. to 1000 copies (OOP)

2000

Looking for Things, Searching for Things 12" EP (Resonant) limited to 500 copies (OOP)
Two Sides of Myself 7" (Static Caravan) limited to 500 copies (OOP)
split 7" w/ Rothko (Jonathon Whiskey) limited to 250 copies (OOP)
split 7" w/ Lilienthal (Awkward Silence) limited to 500 copies (OOP)

2001

The Order of Things CD/2xLP (Neurot Recordings/Static Caravan) vinyl limited to 500 copies (OOP)

2002

Fear of Bridges CDEP (Three Lobed Recordings) limited. to 700 copies (OOP)
Mort aux Vaches CD (Staalplaat) limited to 1000 copies (OOP)
Ephemera | Singles 99-00 CD (Temporary Residence Limited)

2003

Latency 12" EP (En/Of) limited to 100 copies (OOP)

2004

We Move Through Weather CD/2xLP (Temporary Residence Limited)

2005

Paper White CDEP (Temporary Residence Limited)
Big Black Square CDEP (Temporary Residence Limited)
Ghost Weight CDEP (Acuarela Discos)
Paper White / Big Black Square CD (Human Highway)
Home Ruckus 12" EP (Root Strata) limited to 500 copies (OOP)

2006

Live Edits: Natoma CD (Root Strata) limited to 500 copies (OOP)
Ghetto Beats On the Surface of the Sun 4xLP (Music Fellowship) limited to 500 copies of each (OOP)

2007

Home Ruckus: Double-Sided Air 7" (Type Records) limited to 500 copies (OOP)
Home Ruckus: Bottled Smoke CD-R (Digitalis) limited to 100 copies (OOP)
Ghetto Beats On the Surface of the Sun 2xCD (Temporary Residence Limited)

2008

Live Edits: Italy & Switzerland CD (Digitalis) limited to 500 copies (OOP)

2009

You Can't Hide Your Love Forever Vol. 3: Space Junk 7" (Geographic North) limited to 300 copies, part of the You Can't Hide Your Love Forever 7" Subscription Series (OOP)

Over Water DVD-r collaboration with filmmaker Paul Clipson (Root Strata) "Latest installment of the ongoing collaboration between San Francisco based band Tarentel and filmmaker Paul Clipson. Three shorts of Super8 film and music mostly culled form live performances in Italy & Switzerland in 2005." Limited to 100 copies (OOP)

Covers of other artists

Tarentel covered Rickie Lee Jones' "Ghostyhead" on The Order of Things.

Announced but Unreleased

Split 7" w/ Seaworthy (Sound&Fury) limited to 300 copies (100 colored, 200 black), part of the Passeridae 7" Subscription Series. Originally intended for a 2009 release. Sound&Fury is no longer a label following the unexpected death of Adam Mills, the label's founder. Although it was announced that the 7" series would be concluded following this, no additional 7"s from the series have been released.
Untitled cassette (Digitalis Limited) Originally intended for a 2009/2010 release, likely never to be released following the removal of any mention of the tape from the Digitalis Limited website in 2010.

Related projects

Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Solo project of founding Tarentel member, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Releases

Voice Sutra CD-R (Limited to 100 copies, OOP) (Root Strata) - 2005
Two Suns DVD-r collaboration with Paul Clipson (Limited to 100 copies, OOP) (Root Strata) - 2005
Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair CD-R (Limited to 150 copies, OOP) (Static Caravan) - 2006
Floating Weeds Cassette (Limited to 90 copies, OOP) (Twonicorn) - 2006
Constellations of Spring DVD-r collaboration with Paul Clipson (Limited to 100 copies, OOP) (Root Strata) - 2006
Shining Skull Breath CD-R (Limited to 100 copies, OOP) (Students of Decay) - 2007
The Garden of Forking Paths CD (Spekk) - 2007
The Phantom Harp 3" CD-R (Limited to 100 copies, OOP) (Root Strata) - 2007
Corridors DVD-r collaboration with Paul Clipson (Limited to 100 copies, OOP) (Root Strata) - 2008
The Phantom Harp DVD-r collaboration with Paul Clipson (Limited to 100 copies, OOP) (Root Strata) - 2008
Namu Kie Butsu Cassette (as Jefre Sei Getsu Ledesma) (Limited to 100 copies, OOP) (NNA Tapes) - 2009
Bloodstream Sermon Cassette (Limited to 150 copies, OOP) (Arbor) - 2010
Within Mirrors Collection of previous DVD-r collaborations with Paul Clipson plus two previously unreleased pieces on a DVD with menus designed by C. Spencer Yeh and artwork by Jefre himself (Limited to 500 copies, first 80 in a Bonus Edition with 3" CD-R of previously unreleased Jefre Cantu-Ledesma material) (Students of Decay) - 2010
Love is a Stream LP/CD (Type Records) - 2010
Conversations With Myself CD-r (Self Released) - 2011
Faceless Kiss/Blut Mond 7" (Emerald Cocoon) - 2012
Visiting This World LP, art edition (En/Of) - 2012
Speaking Corpse Cassette (Limited to 75 Copies, OOP) (Los Discos Enfantasmes) - 2012
Devotion Digital-Only EP (Shining Skull) - 2013
Music From The Headlands Center For The Arts, Volume One - Another Void CD-R (Limited to 25 copies) and digital-only edition (Shining Skull) - 2013
Music From The Headlands Center For The Arts, Volume Two - Disappear CD-R (Limited to 25 copies) and digital-only edition (Shining Skull) - 2013
Music From The Headlands Center For The Arts, Volume Three - Wild River CD-R (Limited to 25 copies) and digital-only edition (Shining Skull) - 2013
Music From The Headlands Center For The Arts, Volume Four - A World Apart CD-R (Limited to 25 copies) and digital-only edition (Shining Skull) - 2013
Music From The Headlands Center For The Arts, Volume Five - The Burnt House CD-R (Limited to 25 copies) and digital-only edition (Shining Skull) - 2013
Music From The Headlands Center For The Arts, Volume Six - Archaic Torso CD-R (Limited to 25 copies) and digital-only edition (Shining Skull) - 2013
Music From The Headlands Center For The Arts, Volume Seven - Gift Of Tongues CD-R (Limited to 25 copies) and digital-only edition (Shining Skull) - 2013
Songs of Remembrance tape (Limited to 100 copies) and digital-only edition (Psychic Troubles Tapes) - 2014
Songs of Forgiveness tape (Limited to 100 copies) and digital-only edition (Baro Records) - 2014

Moholy-Nagy

A heavily synthesizer based and largely improvisational group featuring Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Danny Paul Grody, and Trevor Montgomery

Releases

Like Mirage LP/CD (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2011

Colophon

Another solo project of founding Tarentel member, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Releases

Spring 10" (Limited, OOP) (Dreams by Degrees) - 2002
Conduction. Convection. Radiation. CD 3-way split with The Wind-Up Bird and 1 Mile North (Music Fellowship) - 2004
Travels In Constants (Vol. 18): Love Loops CD (Limited, OOP, part of the Travels in Constants CD subscription series (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2004

The Holy See

Harsh noise project of Tarentel members Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Jim Redd

Releases

Snowing Ash CD-R (Limited to 200 copies, OOP) (Root Strata) - 2005
The Original Pure Thoughts CD-R (Music Your Mind Will Love You) - 2006
Fucking Physics CD-R (Limited to 100 copies, OOP) (Foxglove) - 2007
Blood Honey CD-R (Limited to 100 copies, OOP, part of the Arroyo subscription series) (Digitalis) - 2007

Sea Zombies

Project of Brad Rose (The North Sea, Ajilvsga, Ossining, Digitalis Records) and John Twells (Xela, Type Records) with contributions by Gregg Kowalsky, Jed Bindeman and Tarentel's Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

Releases

It Died in Africa cassette (Two hand-numbered limited editions: 100/50 copies, OOP) (Digitalis Limited) - 2008

The Alps

Kraut/Psych/instrumental rock group featuring Tarentel's Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and others

Releases

Jewelt Galaxies CD-R (Limited to 200 copies, OOP) (Root Strata) - 2005
Spirit Shambles CD-R (Limited to 150 copies, OOP) (Root Strata) - 2006
Jewelt Galaxies/Spirit Shambles CD, reissue (Spekk) - 2007
III CD, LP (Root Strata) - 2008
A Path Through the Sun CD-R (Limited to 100 copies, OOP) (Root Strata) - 2008
A Path Through the Moon CD-R (Limited to 100 copies, OOP) (Root Strata) - 2008
Le Voyage CD, LP (Type) - 2010
Easy Action LP (Mexican Summer) - 2011

Isidore Ducasse

Collaborative project between Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Trevor Montgomery

Releases

Isidore Ducasse LP (limited to 400 copies, OOP) (Blackest Rainbow) - 2011

Josephine

Collaborative project between Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Tony Cross

Releases

You Are Perfect Today Cassette (Digitalis Limited) - 2011

Raum

Collaborative project between Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Liz Harris (Grouper)

Releases

The Event of Your Leaving LP (Glass, House) - Due Fall 2013

Danny Paul Grody

Solo project of Danny Grody

Releases

Fountain CD (Limited to 500 copies) (Root Strata) - 2010
In Search of Light LP (Students of Decay) - 2011
Between Two Worlds Limited Edition LP and Digital Download (Three Lobed) - 2013

The Drift

Jazz/Dub/Electronic/Experimental Rock band featuring Danny Grody and originally and now once again Trevor Montgomery, of Tarentel, and others

Releases

Streets/Nozomi LP (Limited to 500 copies) (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2005
Noumena CD, LP (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2005
Travels in Constants (Vol. 19) CD (Limited, OOP, part of the Travels in Constants CD subscription series) (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2005
Noumena Remixes LP (Limited to 500 copies) (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2007
Ceiling Sky CD (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2007
Memory Drawings CD, LP (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2008
Blue Hour CD, LP (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2011

Lazarus

Solo, largely acoustic singer/songwriter project of Trevor Montgomery, formerly of Tarentel

Releases

Song for an Unborn Sun CD, LP (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2003
Confused 7" (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2004
Like Trees We Grow Up to be Satellites CD (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2004
Hawk Medicine CD (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2007
The Trickster LP (St. Ives) - 2008

Young Moon

Synth-pop solo project of Tevor Montgomery, formerly of Tarentel

Releases

Navigated Like The Swan (Western Vinyl) - released July 2012

Sleeping People

Math rock band involving Kenseth Thibideau, formerly of Tarentel

Releases

Sleeping People CD-r EP (Self Released) - 2003
Sleeping People/Secret Fun Club Split 7" (North Park/Temporary Residence Limited) - 2004
Sleeping People CD, LP (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2005
Growing CD, LP (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2006

Prints

Indie-pop band involving Kenseth Thibideau, formerly of Tarentel

Releases

Prints CD (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2007
Just Thoughts EP CD (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2008

Howard Hello

Band involving Kenseth Thibideau, formerly of Tarentel

Releases

Howard Hello CD (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2002
Howard Hello EP CD (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2003
Don't Drink His Blood CD (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2003
Howard Hello and Greenness CD (Sickroom) - 2007

Rumah Sakit

A post/math rock band featuring Kenseth Thibideau, formerly of Tarentel

Releases

Rumah Sakit CD, LP (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2000
Travels in Constants (Vol. 11) CD (Limited, OOP, part of the Travels in Constants CD subscription series) (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2001
Live at Bottom of the Hill LP (Erroll Records) - 2002
Obscured by Clowns CD, LP (Temporary Residence Limited, Sickroom Records co-release) - 2002

Kenseth Thibideau

Solo project

Releases

Repetition LP (Temporary Residence Limited) - 2010

External links

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