Cause and Effect presents:

Tortoise

Let’s dive into the world of Chicago post rock vanguards, Tortoise, shall we!

• Influences: Krautrock (Can, Neu!, Faust, etc), Dub (Sly & Robbie, Mad Professor), 20th century composers (Steve Reich, Stockhausen), Tropicalia (Tom Ze, Os Mutantes), early art & experimental rock (Velvet Underground, This Heat), Dirty Three,
• Side projects/Origin Bands: Slint, Gastr Del Sol, Shrimp Boat, Isotope 217, Directions In Music, many more.
• Collaborators & Peers: The Ex, Tom Ze, Bonnie Prince Billy, Stereolab, Spring Heeled Jack, Oval, all of the Thrill Jockey stable

Enjoy!

JB

Show Archive

Playlist:

Time: March 5 - 9:00:00 am

• Tortoise, “Mosquito”

  from Mosquito 7"

  Thrill Jockey - 1993

Time: March 5 - 9:03:48 am
• 

  Tortoise, “Eros”

  from Standards

  Thrill Jockey - 2001

Time: March 5 - 9:08:15 am
• 

  Can, “Oh Yeah”

  from Tago Mago (40th Anniversary Edition)

  United Artists - 1971

Time: March 5 - 9:15:37 am
• 

  Tortoise, “Night Air”

  from Tortoise

  Thrill Jockey - 1994

Time: March 5 - 9:18:27 am

• Mad Professor, “6 Million Dubs”

  from The Inspirational Sounds of Mad Professor

  Universal Egg - 1999

Time: March 5 - 9:22:44 am
• 

  Sly & Robbie, “Syncopation”

  from Syncopation

  Joe Gibbs Record Globe - 2010

Time: March 5 - 9:26:41 am

• The London Sinfonietta, “Reich: Six Marimbas”

  from Warp Works

  Warp - 1976

Time: March 5 - 9:34:45 am

• Tortoise, “The Suspension Bridge At Iguaz”

  from TNT

  Thrill Jockey - 1998

Time: March 5 - 9:40:23 am
• 

  Slint, “Nosferatu Man”

  from Spiderland

  Touch and Go Records - 1991

Time: March 5 - 9:45:58 am
• 

  Gastr Del Sol, “Is That a Rifle When It Rains?”

  from Crookt, Crackt, Or Fly

  Drag City - 1994

Time: March 5 - 9:47:28 am
• 

  Shrimp Boat, “Back to the Ukraine”

  from Duende

  RoughTrade - 1991

Time: March 5 - 9:49:00 am
• 

  The For Carnation, “A Tribute to”

  from The For Carnation

  Touch and Go Records - 2000

Time: March 5 - 9:55:09 am

• Directions In Music, “Untitled #2”

  from Directions In Music

  Thrill Jockey - 1996

Time: March 5 - 9:59:09 am
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  Tortoise, “The Taut and Tame”

  from Millions Now Living Will Never Die

  Thrill Jockey Records - 1996

Time: March 5 - 10:04:11 am

• Tortoise & Bonnie Prince Billy, “Cravo E Canela”

  from The Brave and The Bold

  Overcoat - 2006

Time: March 5 - 10:07:20 am

• Tom Zé, “Pescado original”

  from Correio Da Estação Do Brás

  Continental - 1978

Time: March 5 - 10:11:05 am
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  Stereolab, “Percolator”

  from Emperor Tomato Ketchup

  Duophonic - 1996

Time: March 5 - 10:14:52 am
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  Jeff Parker, “Fusion Swirl”

  from Suite for Max Brown

  International Anthem/Nonesuch - 2020

Time: March 5 - 10:20:00 am
• 

  Oval, “Australasia”

  from OvalDNA

  Shitkatapult - 2011

Time: March 5 - 10:23:21 am
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  Spring Heel Jack, “Plates”

  from 68 Million Shades...

  Universal-Island Records Ltd. - 1996

Time: March 5 - 10:28:59 am
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  The Sea and Cake, “Starling”

  from Any Day

  Thrill Jockey Records - 2018

Time: March 5 - 10:32:29 am
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  Faust, “It's a Bit of a Pain”

  from Faust IV

  Virgin Records - 1973

Time: March 5 - 10:35:27 am
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  Sam Prekop & John McEntire, “Kreuzung”

  from Tour EP

  TAL - 2019

Time: March 5 - 10:41:24 am
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  Tortoise, “On the Chin”

  from It's All Around You

  P-VINE RECORDS - 2004

Time: March 5 - 10:46:00 am
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  Tortoise & The Ex, “Pooh Song (Christopher Robin's Nightbear)”

  from In the Fishtank 5 - EP

  In The Fishtank - 1999

Time: March 5 - 10:50:57 am

• Brian Eno & David Byrne, “Qu'ran”

  from My Life In the Bush of Ghosts

  Nonesuch/Warner Records - 2006

Time: March 5 - 10:54:44 am
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  Tortoise, “Gesceap”

  from The Catastrophist

  P-VINE RECORDS - 2016

joshbearman    Cause and Effect    March 5th, 2022

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