B.P.M. - Music

Renaldo & The Loaf Is A Musical Duo From Portsmouth England Initially Active In The Late Seventies And Most Of The Eighties Consisting Of A Pathologist David Janssen Or "Ted The Loaf" And An Architect Brian Poole Or "Renaldo Malpractice" Most Often Simply "Renaldo M" . Of All The Groups That The Residents Signed To Their Ralph Records Renaldo & The Loaf Were The Closest To Their Label Heads In Sound. Twisted High-Pitched Vocals Child-Like Melodies An Atmosphere Of Menace And Unease With A Stripped-Down Approach To Instrumentation Characterised Their Output. By Their Own Assertion They Achieved Their Unique Sound In Part By Striving To Get Unnatural Synthesizer-Like Sounds Using Only What Instruments They Had Available Acoustic Ones. To That End They Routinely Used Muffled And De-Tuned Instruments And Often To Striking Effect Tape Loops/manipulation. The Two Released Four Full-Length Albums One Collection Various Songs On Compilation Albums And Several Self-Produced Demos. They Were "discovered" By The Residents When Brian Dropped Off A Tape At Ralph Records Headquarters In San Francisco During A Visit To The US. After Being Signed To Ralph They Collaborated With The Residents On Title In Limbo. By 1989 The Collaboration Had Lost Its Steam And The Duo Disbanded After Recording A Sea Shanty "Haul On The Bowline " Which Appeared Only On A Ralph Various Artists Release. Brian Poole "Renaldo" Contributed To Sporadic Recordings In The 1990s. In 2006 Upon The Launch Of The New Renaldo & The Loaf Web Site The Duo Were Reunited For The First Time In The Better Part Of Two Decades. In October Of 2016 They Released Their First Studio Album In 29 Years Entitled "Gurdy Hurding". Vienna Label Klanggalerie Has Since Re-Issued All Their Albums. In June 2018 Renaldo & The Loaf Played Their Very First Genuine Live Show At Klanggalerie's 25th Anniversary In Vienna Documented In The Album "Long Time Coming." External Links Website
Renaldo & The Loaf Myspace
The Loaf's Myspace
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