Tortoise

  • The Brave and the Bold
    The Brave and the Bold
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  • It's All Around You
    It's All Around You
    From the deep and understated rhythms and tones on their 1996 landmark "Millions Now Living Will Never Die", to the bombastic rock of 2001's "Standards", Tortoise have always been ahead of their time. This release finds the band doing what they do best; building and rebuilding upon melodies and rhythms with their own remarkable touch. Lush, orchestrated tones, intricate melodies, and densely elaborate rhythms make this their most thoughtful record to date.
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  • Tortoise
    Tortoise
    Experimental electronic instrumentals from this shape-shifting outfit! Tortoise's music is sublime, minimalist, joyous, frightening, soothing, and compelling, all at once. If you had to put a label on it, it would fight you with all its might. You'll find all kinds of reasons to love this band!
    Track Listing: 1. Magnet Pulls Through 2. Night Air 3. Ry Cooder 4. Onions Wrapped In Rubber 5. Tin Cans & Twine 6. Spiderwebbed 7. His Second Story Island 8. On Noble 9. Flyrod 10. Cornpone Brunch
    Available at: Homegrown
  • Millions Now Living Will Never Die
    Millions Now Living Will Never Die
    Tortoise does their self-titled debut one better by releasing "millions now living will never die". This is arty, post-rock brilliance that is oddly fascinating. All types of sounds, from dub to punk to deep space journeys, are created with bass, keys, drums, guitar, and more, and often manipulated electronically. It's like a sunset so beautiful that you can't take your eyes off of it....as long as that sunset has dreamy, hypnotic, sometimes frightening hues.
    Track Listing: 1- Djed 20:53 2- Glass Museum 5:23 3- A Survey 2:51 4- The Taut and Tame 4:59 5- Dear Grandma and Grandpa 2:58 6- Along the Banks of Rivers 5:52
    Available at: Homegrown
  • TNT
    TNT
    TNT....Tough-N-Tender! This limitless Chicago-based band comes out of their experimental shell somewhat on this 1998 release. Of course it is all instrumental, but this band seems perfectly content spreading their gospel of jazz-themed, electronically manipulated sound without banging you over the head with their message...which might be, "Come with us as we journey through a mystical maze of ambient, jazz, dub, dance, punk, and avant-garde!" Dark, psychedelic guitar, loungy vibes, and swirling samples make this one crazy trip!
    Track Listing: 1. TNT 2. Swung From The Gutters 3. Ten-Day Interval 4. I Set My Face To The Hillside 5. The Equator 6. A Simple Way To Go Faster Than Light That Does Not Work 7. The Suspension Bridge At Iguazu Falls 8. Four-Day Interval 9. In Sarah, Mencken, Chr
    Available at: Homegrown
  • Standards
    Standards
    Tortoise formed in Chicago in the early 1990s from a pool of musicians most of whom had spent time in bands concerned with aggressive, guitar-centric rock. From the outset their aesthetic was crafted partly in opposition to that. Relying mostly on drums, vibraphone, two basses, keyboards, sparing use of guitar, and being attuned to the many strains of electronic dance music that developed throughout the decade, the ensemble quickly established a distinctive sound that caught a lot of people's attention.
    Track Listing: 1. Seneca 2. Eros 3. Benway 4. Firefly 5. Six Pack 6. Eden 2 7. Monica 8. Blackjack 9. Eden 1 10. Speakeasy
    Available at: Homegrown
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