Tortoise – Tortoise (Vinyl) Jonathan Lethem Nightvision

Nightvision

of course (picking his favorite parts of electronica and house and punk and pop and soul and splicing it all into his own wryly syncopated vision

before slowthai and Danny Brown’s expressive vocals cut through on ‘in your eyes’

released on November 19

sound and concept for Kraftwerk

Tortoise – Tortoise (Vinyl) Jonathan Lethem NightvisionChicago post rockers Tortoise went on to attain legendary status, however, describing the music on their self titled 1994 debut album can be a challenge (and that fact alone should be enough to recommend it). But a quick study of the instrumentation ought to give you a good idea of their sound back then. The group employs five musicians: three of them on bass guitar, and three more playing some kind of keyboard instrument (note the electric