Genre: Rock
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Prazision
Labradford
Tone Dialing
Ornette Coleman
Yeah, Me Too
Gaunt
Beat
Bowery Electric
Silur
Tarwater
Come on Die Young
Mogwai
Music Is a Hungry Ghost
To Rococo Rot
We Sing Loud Sing Soft Tonight
Sonna
Dirty
Sonic Youth
Floating World Live
Soft Machine
Inventions for the New Season
Maserati
Liquid Liquid
Anthology
Can
Another Look At The Counterpoint
Steve Reich
Intoxicated Man
Mick Harvey
Stable Reference
Last Place to Go
Boxhead Ensemble
Tortoise revolutionized American indie rock in the mid-'90s by playing down tried-and-true punk and rock & roll influences, emphasizing instead the incorporation of a variety of left-field music genres from the past 20 years, including Krautrock, dub, avant-garde jazz, classical minimalism, ambient and space music, film music, and British electronica. At odds as well with the shambling framework of alternative rock's normal song structure, the group -- as large as a septet, with at times two vibes players -- relied on a crisp instrumental aesthetic, tied to cool jazz, which practically stood alone in American indie rock by actually focusing on instrumental prowess and group interaction. Although the group's unique vision is to an extent the creation of drummer and master producer John McEntire Read More
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