Album

A Lazarus Taxon

Tortoise

2006 · Electronic, Rock

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A Lazarus Taxon by Tortoise

A Lazarus Taxon is an Alt/Indie album by Tortoise, originally released in 2006. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.

About

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 <i>Isn't Anything</i> or even Miles Davis around the time of <i>Bitches Brew</i>, mixing technologies and sounds to free them from genre-restrictiveness. For an odds-and-sods set, <i>Lazarus</i> 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 <i>Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters</i>, 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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Tracklist

Side CD

  1. CD1-1Gamera11:53
  2. CD1-2The Source Of Uncertainty3:42
  3. CD1-3Blackbird5:01
  4. CD1-4Sexual For Elizabeth (Tortoise Remix)4:49
  5. CD1-5To Day Retreival3:57
  6. CD1-6Whitewater5:06
  7. CD1-7Didjeridoo4:33
  8. CD1-8Autumn Sweater7:07
  9. CD1-9Wait4:27
  10. CD1-10A Grape Dope4:12
  11. CD1-11Restless Waters3:41
  12. CD1-12Vaus5:01
  13. CD1-13Blue Station5:34
  14. CD2-1Madison Area3:27
  15. CD2-2TNT (Nobukazu Takemura Remix)10:03
  16. CD2-3Why We Fight4:23
  17. CD2-4Elmerson, Lincoln, And Palmieri2:39
  18. CD2-5Peering5:11
  19. CD2-6Goriri6:40
  20. CD2-7As You Said4:21
  21. CD2-8CTA5:07
  22. CD2-9Deltitnu5:50
  23. CD2-10Adverse Camber6:00
  24. CD2-11Cliff Dweller Society15:23
  25. CD2-12Waihopai4:13
  26. CD3-1Alcohall4:03
  27. CD3-2Your New Rod4:18
  28. CD3-3Cobwebbed4:38
  29. CD3-4The Match Incident5:31
  30. CD3-5Tin Cans (Puerto Rican Remix)4:24
  31. CD3-6Not Quite East Of The Ryan5:08
  32. CD3-7Initial Gesture Protraction4:47
  33. CD3-8Cornpone Brunch (Watt Remix)4:18

Side DVD

  1. DVD-1Salt The Skies4:45
  2. DVD-2Dear Grandma And Grandpa2:58
  3. DVD-3Glass Museum2:05
  4. DVD-4Seneca6:23
  5. DVD-5Four Day Interval3:22
  6. DVD-6The Suspension Bridge At Iguazu Falls5:36
  1. Live At Primavera Sound 20054:18
  2. Live In Toronto 199741:33
  3. Live At Deutches Jazz Festival 199918:59
  4. Live On "Chic-A-Go-Go" 20056:23
  5. Live For "Burn To Shine" 20044:39

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Post-Rock
  • clean
  • detached
  • cerebral

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