Suite en sous-sol

Suite en sous-sol
EP by Tuxedomoon
Released	July 28, 1982 (1982-07-28)
Recorded	1982 (1982)
Studio	L.B.O. (Brussels, BE)
Genre	Post-punk, experimental rock
Length	27:34
Label	Expanded Music
Producer	Gilles Martin, Tuxedomoon
Tuxedomoon chronology
Time to Lose (1982) Suite en sous-sol (1982) Short Stories (1983)

Suite en sous-sol is an EP by American post-punk band Tuxedomoon, released on July 28, 1982, by Expanded Music. The album was issued on CD in 1986 by Cramboy, bundled together with Time to Lose and Short Stories.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steven Brown, Peter Dachert, Blaine L. Reininger and Winston Tong

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Prelude"	1:19
2.	"Allemande Blue"	6:01

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Courante Marocaine"	7:42

Side three

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sarabande en bas de l'escalier"	4:20
2.	"Polonaise mecanique"	2:24

Side four

No.	Title	Length
1.	"L'étranger (Gigue existentielle)"	5:48

1986 CD issue bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
7.	"Time to Lose" (from Time to Lose)	5:11
8.	"Music No. 2" (from Time to Lose)	3:32
9.	"Blind" (from Time to Lose)	7:31
10.	"The Cage" (from Short Stories)	4:16
11.	"This Beast" (from Short Stories)	5:26

Personnel

Adapted from the Suite en sous-sol liner notes.

Tuxedomoon

• Steven Brown – clavinet, saxophone, keyboards, lead vocals (C1), piano (C2)
• Peter Dachert (as Peter Principle) – bass guitar, guitar, drum programming, percussion, effects
• Blaine L. Reininger – violin, clavinet, keyboards, bass guitar, lead vocals (A2)

Additional musicians

• Slugfinger Lipton – guitar (A2)
• Khessassi Mohammed – oud (B)
• Miri Mohammed – goblet drum (B)
• Winston Tong – lead vocals (D)

Production and additional personnel

• Gilles Martin – production
• Jean-François Octave – cover art, design
• Tuxedomoon – production

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Italy	1982	Expanded Music	LP	EX 38
Belgium	1986	Cramboy	CD, LP	CBoy 8081

External links

• Suite en sous-sol at Discogs (list of releases)