Wires Under Tension are an American

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band from

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History

Wires Under Tension was founded by Christopher Tignor, a classically trained

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ist, and drummer Theo Metz.The sound of 'Science': Wires Under Tension's stunning instrumental album rises from the South Bronx
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'' February 5, 2011. Tignor is also a member of the band Slow Six and has done software design for

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. The initial impetus for founding the band grew out of Tignor's

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from a

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apartment space where much of Slow Six's practice and composition had been carried out; the apartment building he had been living in was condemned after a

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inspection. Tignor then moved to

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and began working with Metz as a duo, culminating in the release of the full-length ''Light Science'' in early 2011.Review

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Discography

*''Light Science'' (

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, 2011) *''Replicant'' (Western Vinyl, 2012)

References

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