Re: (idm) tortoise

From James R McPherson
Sent Fri, Jun 4th 1999, 06:32

On Thu, 3 Jun 1999 18:18:32 EDT xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx writes:
>I'm sure a billion people have responded to this, but think of 
>tortoise as a 
>mix between "rock", "new age", "electronica", "math rock", "low-tec 
>electro", 
>"techno", "jazz" and the occasional off the wall influences like 
>"spagehti 
>western". 
>Vocals? nyet

Actually (just to nitpick) on their 7" Lonesome Sound/Reservoir/Sheets
release (Thrill Jockey 007, I believe) there are vocals.  But since then,
exclusively instrumental.

>idm? nyet

It could be argued that Djed comes close.

>worth checking out? definetly

I'll second that.  Their releases actually improve with age and repeated
listening.

J

np: Fila Brazillila _Power Clown_

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