Broken Fingers, by Blaine L. Reininger

Broken Fingers

by Blaine L. Reininger

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1.	Broken Fingers 05:02		buy track
2.	Nur Al Hajj 04:24		buy track
3.	Magic Time 03:37		buy track
4.	Petit Piece Chinoise 01:38		buy track
5.	Right Mind 02:57		buy track
6.	Gigolo Grasiento 04:19		buy track
7.	Spiny Doughboys 04:03		buy track
8.	Sons of the Silent Age 03:03		buy track
9.	Uptown 05:11		buy track
10.	Les Nuages 01:42		buy track
11.	Playin' Your Game 04:40	info	buy track
12.	Magnetic Life 05:51	info	buy track
13.	Nur Al Hajj (Live 1988) 07:03	info	buy track
14.	Broken Fingers (Live 1982) 09:29	info	buy track

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Broken Fingers is Blaine L. Reininger's first solo album for Les Disques du Crépuscule, recorded in February 1982 with assistance from Tuxedomoon colleagues Peter Principle and Steven Brown.

As well as the haunting title track, this eclectic set includes lively ethnic jig Nur Al Hajj, along with exquisite violin miniatures Petit Piece Chinoise and Les Nuages.

The 4 bonus tracks include both sides of non-album single Magnetic Life from 1983, plus versions of the title track and Nur Al Hajj performed by Tuxedomoon.

Original artwork by Saskia Lupini. TWI 068.

"Moodily experimental. Reininger has the advantage of not only one of the most distinctive names in music, but an equally distinct and often fascinating career" (All Music Guide)

"Laughter or tears? I don't know. It's an unsettling record, but it works up a disturbance. Compared to most of these little records that makes it an absolute triumph" (NME, 1983)

"Resisting the temptation to go ape-shit with massed violins, Reininger has assembled a collection of deviously constructed songs. A jamboree bag" (Sounds, 1982)

"Broken Fingers' juxtaposition of violin and electronics is ripe for re-evaluation" (Record Collector, 2003)

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released March 18, 2024

Recorded and produced by Blaine L. Reininger, Gilles Martin and Peter Principle at LBO Studio, Brussels, February 1982.

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