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Tortoise
Formed in 1990
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Tortoise is an American post-rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1990. The band incorporates krautrock, dub, minimal music, electronica and jazz into their music, and their eclectic style has left a great influence on the post-rock genre. Tortoise have been consistently credited, as part of the Chicago school of post-rock, for its rise in the 1990s.
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Tortoise est un groupe de post-rock américain, originaire de Chicago, dans l'Illinois. Le groupe propose un mélange entre rock, jazz, electronica, dub et ambient. Tortoise est le mot anglais désignant les tortues terrestres.
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Discography
Albums
- 1994 Tortoise
- 1996 Millions Now Living Will Never Die
- 1998 TNT
- 2001 Standards
- 2004 It’s All Around You
- 2006 The Brave and the Bold
- 2009 Beacons of Ancestorship
- 2016 The Catastrophist
- 2025 Touch
EPs
- 1999 In the Fishtank, Volume 5
- 2010 Why Waste Time?
- 2011 Gonna Be
Singles
- 1993 Lonesome Sound
- 1993 Mosquito
- 1995 Gamera
- 1995 Why We Fight
- 1996 Djed
- 1996 Vaus / Speedy Car
- 1998 Derrick Carter vs. Tortoise
- 1998 Tour 1998
- 2001 Gently Cupping the Chin of the Ape
- 2012 Hot Coffee
- 2016 Shake Hands With Danger
- 2025 Oganesson
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- 2025 Layered Presence
