Tortoise - A Lazarus Taxon (Audio Version) '2006

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Tortoise – A Lazarus Taxon (Audio Version)

Year: 2006-08-22
Genre: Alternative, Rock, Electronic, Indie Rock

Disc 1 (01:09:03)
01. Gamera (11:53)
02. The Source of Uncertainty (03:42)
03. Blackbird (05:01)
04. Sexual for Elizabeth (04:49)
05. To Day Retrieval (03:57)
06. Whitewater (05:06)
07. Didjeridoo (04:33)
08. Autumn Sweater (07:07)
09. Wait (04:27)
10. A Grape Dope (04:12)
11. Restless Waters (03:41)
12. Vaus (05:01)
13. Blue Station (05:34)

Disc 2 (01:13:17)
01. Madison Area (03:27)
02. TNT (Nobukazu Takemura Remix) (10:03)
03. Why We Fight (04:23)
04. Elmerson, Lincoln, and Palmieri (02:39)
05. Peering (05:11)
06. Goriri (06:40)
07. As You Said (04:21)
08. CTA (05:07)
09. Deltitnu (05:50)
10. Adverse Camber (06:00)
11. Cliff Dweller Society (15:23)
12. Waihopai (04:13)

Disc 3 (42:55)
01. Alcohall (04:03)
02. Your New Rod (04:18)
03. Cobwebbed (04:38)
04. The Match Incident (05:31)
05. Tin Cans Puerto Rican Remix (04:24)
06. Not Quite East of the Ryan (05:08)
07. Initial Gesture Protraction (04:47)
08. Cornpone Brunch Watt Remix (04:18)
09. Jetty_99 (Bonus Track) (05:48)

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Total length: 03:05:15
â„— 2006 Thrill Jockey Records



Tortoise, a five-piece "post-rock" band from Chicago, IL, were one of the most
important alternative rock bands of the ‘90s, emphasizing the importance
of rhythm and sonic textures while introducing indie kids to whole new worlds of
sound. They were a revolutionary rock band in the way that My Bloody Valentine
were circa Isn't Anything or even Miles Davis around the time of Bitches Brew,
mixing technologies and sounds to free them from genre-restrictiveness. For an
odds-and-sods set, Lazarus sounds remarkably cohesive, and is surprisingly
listenable considering how experimental their music is. Elements of ambient,
dub, krautrock, improv, math rock, hip-hop, and Cuban jazz are here. The out-of-
print 1995 album Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters, which many consider their
finest moment, is here, as are various unreleased remixes (fitting, as they were
among the first non-dance acts to explore the remix). Anyone can play "King of
the Musical Thrift Store that Is The World," but few have ever done it with the
taste-making, fascinating aplomb as these dudes.



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