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Tortoise Records and CDs
 How a group of ex-punk rockers came to revitalize the state of independent music in the '90s is anybody's guess, but Tortoise have been placed at the forefront of a collective of musicians intent on pushing the common formulas of Indie Rock. Their debut record was steeped in post-Slint tempos, but came alive in the icy, cavernous production. Echoes of dub ran through the record, and tracks like "Cornpone Brunch" hinted towards jazzier explorations. DJ's and electronic artists took to the group and a full-length remix record followed. With the '96 release of Millions Now Living Will Never Die, they established their distinct sound: an involved, shifting patchwork of cut and paste aesthetics, dueling vibraphones, and kinetic exercises in both dub and film scores. Their on-stage performances were equally involved, with members constantly rotating and adding a liveliness to the music in which certain critics were finding a kind of science. The addition of free jazz guitarist Jeff Parker gave the group a warmer yet more insular sound. The recent TNT was both meticulously detailed and limber, melodic and fully realized. Perhaps the group's greatest fault is the cavalcade of copyists they have inspired. Legions of Indie Rockers now create instrumental passages and name drop Steve Reich, creating a monotonous din of mediocrity which is often lofted back at the band by decriers. The band continue unrivalled though, creating complex, ornate music open to a wide array of instrumentation and only occasionally sounding like Weather Report. Find Tortoise vinyl records and Tortoise cds on Thrill Jockey Records.


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  Artist   Title Format Quantity
Price 
 Beacons Of Ancestorship  Tortoise Beacons Of Ancestorship 12", LP, CD   39 listed $13 - $50
   Tortoise Boa 12"   1 listed $14
 Bubble Economy  Tortoise Bubble Economy 12"   6 listed $8 - $56
 Derrick Carter Vs Tortoise  Tortoise Derrick Carter Vs. Tortoise 12"   11 listed $3 - $55
   Tortoise A Digest Compendium Of The Tortoise's World CD   3 listed $25 - $75
 Djed  Tortoise Djed 12"   12 listed $6 - $59
   Tortoise Djed-bruise Blood Rmx By Unkle 12"   1 listed $8
   Tortoise The Ex LP   1 listed $19
   Tortoise Eye 12"   1 listed $11
 Front Cover Thicker Magazine No. 4  Tortoise Front Cover Thicker Magazine No. 4 Memorabilia   1 listed $4
 Galapagos  Tortoise Galapagos 12", LP   11 listed $6 - $56
 Gamera  Tortoise Gamera 12"   3 listed $22 - $62
   Tortoise Gently Cupping The Chin Of The Ape CDsingle   2 listed $11 - $13
 Gonna Be Hunee  Tortoise Gonna Be Hunee 12"   2 listed $8 - $13
   Tortoise High Class Slim Came Floatin In 12"   2 listed $12 - $19
   Tortoise In Sarah, Menchen, Christ And Beethoven There Were Women And Men 12"   1 listed $29
 It's All Around You  Tortoise It's All Around You CD, LP, 12"   47 listed $7 - $64
 A Lazarus Taxon  Tortoise A Lazarus Taxon CD, CD DVD   6 listed $8 - $150
 Lonesome Sound  Tortoise Lonesome Sound 7", 7" PS, LP   9 listed $13 - $59
   Tortoise Madison Ave 7"   1 listed $18
 Millions Now Living Will Never Die  Tortoise Millions Now Living Will Never Die CD, LP   36 listed $10 - $86
 Music For Work Groups  Tortoise Music For Work Groups 12"   10 listed $6 - $53
 The Puffing Tortoise  Tortoise The Puffing Tortoise 12"   4 listed $10 - $15
   Tortoise Remixed By Derrick Carter 12", CD   2 listed $4 - $38
   Tortoise Reservoir Sheets 7"+CDR   1 listed $59
 Rhythms,resolutions And Clusters  Tortoise Rhythms,resolutions And Clusters LP   1 listed $129
 Rivers  Tortoise Rivers 12"   10 listed $2 - $55
 Rmx  Tortoise Rmx 12" PS   1 listed $17
   Tortoise Same LP, CD   3 listed $19 - $24
   Tortoise She Took The 12"   1 listed $13
 Standards  Tortoise Standards CD, Handbill, LP, CDsingle   55 listed $3 - $108
 The Taut And The Tame  Tortoise The Taut And The Tame 12", 12" PS   13 listed $3 - $56
   Tortoise Tjed 12"   2 listed $15 - $24
 Tnt  Tortoise Tnt 2LP, CD, LP   33 listed $12 - $147
   Tortoise Tnt : 20th Anniversary Reissue LP   1 listed $26
 Tortoise  Tortoise Tortoise LP, CD, 12", 7", DVD   34 listed $4 - $60
   Tortoise Why Waste Time CD   2 listed $24 - $40
   Tortoise Why We Fight 7"   8 listed $5 - $39
 The Wire Front Cover Feb 2001  Tortoise The Wire Front Cover Feb 2001 Memorabilia   1 listed $3
 Cravo E Canela  Tortoise & Bonnie 'prince' Billy Cravo E Canela CDR   3 listed $7
 The Brave And The Bold  Tortoise & Bonnie Prince Billy The Brave And The Bold CD, Poster, LP   25 listed $3 - $73
   Tortoise + The Ex Fishtank 5 CD   1 listed $23
 Hole Of Burning Alms  Tortoise / Papa M Hole Of Burning Alms CD   1 listed $22
   Tortoise / Sea & Cake / 5ive Style Tour Poster With 3 Torsos Poster   1 listed $35
   Tortoise Autechre Onions Wrapped In Rubber 12"   1 listed $15
 Worlds Got A Problem  Tortoise Corpse Worlds Got A Problem CD, LP   10 listed $12 - $77
 In The Fishtank 5  Tortoise Ex In The Fishtank 5 CDsingle, 12", CD, LP   30 listed $4 - $50
   Tortoise Matsumoto Traveller CD   1 listed $15
 11 17  Tortoise Shout 11 17 CDR   1 listed $6
   Tortoise Stereolab Speedy Car 7"+CDR   1 listed $63
   Tortoise Stereolab Yaus 7"   4 listed $11 - $63
   Tortoise V / A Lo Recordings LP+CDR   1 listed $75
   Tortoise, seely Jack, mouse On Mars..... Wow And Flutter! CD   1 listed $36
   Tortoise/ Stereol Split 7"   1 listed $38
 Bumps 23 Tracks  Tortoise/dan Bitney & John Herndon & John Bumps 23 Tracks CD   1 listed $8
 Sycamore  Tortoise/david Daniell & Douglas Mccombs Sycamore LP   1 listed $12
   Tortoise/derrick Carter Ds Winter 12"   2 listed $11 - $48
 This Girl  Tortoiseshell This Girl 12"   1 listed $12
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