Blaine Reininger

In 2017 Blaine L. Reininger will collaborate with the italian psychedelic-progressive band Twenty Four Hours for its sixth album, currently in the composition phase. Blaine has already played and sung in a song that will appear in the next job, but there are likely to be more surprises. Les Disques du Crepuscule reissued a 2xCD version of Night Air towards the end of 2017. In November 2019, Les Disques du Crépuscule released a 2xCD, Commissions 2.

In 2013, Reininger co-wrote music for and appeared (as a contributing musician) in "Clear Tears Troubled Waters", a dance-piece for 7 dancers and 3 musicians, choreographed and directed by Thierry Smits and written and performed by Reininger, Steven Brown and Maxime Bodson, its soundtrack gaining a release on Crammed Discs as part of its resurrected Made to Measure series. Live performances of the latter drew praise from French and Belgian press

In 2010, his musical contribution to the Stathis Livathinos directed Danton's Death was nominated for the Best Music of the Year award by Athens-based entertainment guide Athinorama.

He is known for his work on Ta skylia gleifoun tin kardia mou (1993), S.

During the 1990s, Reininger embarked on a couple of musical projects for major labels such as the solo film-soundtrack album Radio Moscow (Polygram) and Kingdom Of Dreams with ambient house collective Falling Infinities (Sony Music), as well as a one-off ambient music album with UVOII entitled Sound Of Heaven, issued in 1994 by German indie-label Fax Records (also known as FAX +49-69/450464).

His collaborative and contributive work during this period included the albums Short Stories For Pauline and Without Mercy with Durutti Column, an album of cyclical contemporary classical music pieces recorded with composer and producer Mikel Rouse entitled Colorado Suite and the Live In Lisbon concert recording with Steven Brown. The last two albums heralded a shift in musical style towards minimal music and classical music. In 1989, he also wrote the song Zeb and Lulu for the William Lee Self-fronted band Montanablue, issued as a 12" single and later re-recorded by Reininger himself for his "Songs From The Rain Palace" album.

After learning the violin and guitar during childhood and studying music theory in San Francisco, Reininger formed the band Tuxedomoon with composer, singer, musician and college-mate Steven Brown and appeared on early albums such as Half Mute, Desire and Suite En Sous-Sol before departing early in 1983 to pursue a solo career. He permanently rejoined Tuxedomoon in 1988 and has subsequently appeared on more recent recordings such as Vapour Trails, issued in 2007 by independent label Crammed Discs.

While still a member of Tuxedomoon, and inspired by the work of John Cage and Allen Ginsberg, Reininger wrote and recorded his debut album Broken Fingers, issued on Brussels-based independent label Les Disques Du Crepuscule in 1982. The album's title was inspired by his experience of being mugged after playing a concert in Rotterdam and included the title track, Uptown and a cover of David Bowie's "Sons Of The Silent Age".

Blaine Reininger was born on July 10, 1953 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA.