Rubin Steiner


Rubin Steiner is a French guitar, bass, and keyboard musician, and disc jockey specialising in electronica.
He worked as a radio presenter between 1992 and 2002 for Radio béton in Tours, with a programme of free jazz, electro, punk, and experimental music.
He organized concerts in Tours, edited a music fanzine, and was a guitarist in the group Merz from 1996 to 1998.
His main influences are jazz, hip hop, punk rock, 1980s American music and pop, which he arranges into albums of electro-jazz, electronica, krautrock, pop, punk disco, post-punk, house music, and techno.
He was nominated for the Victoires de la musique in 2006 for his album Drum Major.

Chronology

1999-2000 A bootleg sampler with Placido, then concerts with Placido, Boulez Republic, Horn Pusher, Volvo Traxx, and Francois Pirault under the name of Dance Hall Music Show.
2000-2001: Going solo with samplers and synthesizer, with videos by VJ François Pirault.
2001-2003: Samples, guitar, and singing in a quartet with Sylvestre Perrusson, Benoit Louette, and François Pirault as VJ.
2003-2008: Played guitar, samples, synthesizer, and singing in a new quartet, Rubin Steiner Neue Band, with Boogers, Olivier Claveau, and Sylvestre Perrusson.
2008-2009: Formed Neue Band with Lionel Laquerrière of Nestor Is Bianca, replacing Sylvestre Perrusson on bass.
2009: Recorded an album with the post-punk group The Finkielkrauts.
2010: Made an old school hip hop album with Canadian rapper Ira Lee. Their title "Gay & Proud" was used as the official song of Gay Pride 2011 in Tours.
2010: Participated in Nublu Orchestra performance Conduction N°190, Tête-à-Tête, conducted by Butch Morris.
Since 2010 he has played with Olivier Claveau, Lionel Laquerrière, and Yann Dupeux in Rubin Steiner & The Simple Machines, using only analog synthesizers and rhythm boxes.
He has also continued as the programme planner of Le Temps Machine, playing in Tours.

Discography

Albums

  • 1998 Lo-fi nu jazz
  • 2000 Lo-fi nu jazz vol.2
  • 2001 Lo-fi nu jazz vol.2 + remixes
  • 2002 Wunderbar drei
  • 2003 Test recordings
  • 2005 Drum Major
  • 2008 Weird hits, two covers & a love song
  • 2009 More weird hits
  • 2010 Play With The Tapes #1
  • 2011 We are the future
  • 2012 ''Discipline In Anarchy''

    Remixes

  • 2001 Inséparable mais by Arthur H
  • 2001 Chépa by Ivan Hio
  • 2001 Le disco chinois by Julien Ribot
  • 2001 Donkey Racing by Mr Neveux
  • 2001 Satellite by Bosco
  • 2002 ? by Nestor Is Bianca
  • 2002 Les Poupons / B.O. by François de Roubaix
  • 2004 ? by Bless
  • 2004 You/You by Boogers
  • 2005 Oscar De La Hoya by Capt'ain K.Verne
  • 2006 Move by Dillinger Girl & Baby Face Nelson
  • 2007 7 tracks by Bikini Machine
  • 2009 Target by Fortune
  • 2010 Push It To The Limit by Bosco, remix by The Motherbeepers
  • 2010 Eagles don't Sparkle by We Are Enfant Terrible
  • 2010 Brothers & Sisters by Unison
  • 2010 I'm not John Mc Entire by Kid Francescoli
  • 2012 Eagles don't Sparkle by We Are Enfant Terrible
  • 2012 Future Echo by The Oscillation
  • 2012 Cum Operated by Jerri

    Maxis and EPs

  • 1999 Easy Tune ep
  • 2001 Midi Jazz 7"
  • 2001 New Bossa 7"
  • 2001 Tango 7"
  • 2002 Guitarlandia Remixes remix by Bosco, Mr Neveux, Up, Bustel & Out, Dj Vadim, TTC, Mr Quark
  • 2003 Test Recordings vol.1
  • 2005 Your life is like a Tony Conrad Concert
  • 2008 Take Your Time
  • 2012 ''Dexter''

    Other

  • 2002 Camping Car for Camping Car - Rubin Steiner & Mme Douze
  • 2004 Oumupo 3 with Luz
  • Compilations on the Travaux publics label