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)
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.
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
Solo project of founding Tarentel member, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
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
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