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Papa M – Whatever, Mortal (2001)


Papa M – Whatever, Mortal (2001)

These days it seems the low-fi guitar channels are jammed full of multiple-monikered American talent. Papa M is Dave Pajo, one-time Tortoise experimentalist and guitarist with revered Louisville noise-peddlars Slint.

‘Whatever, Mortal’ sees Pajospringboard from his days of compositional craziness into a pool of muted, gentle tones.

‘Over Jordan’ lulls us into mellow territory before upping the tempo on ‘Belloved Woman’. ‘Roses In The Snow’ and ‘Sarah Jane’ are classic country ballads with a twist.

The amazing ‘Many Splendored Thing’ is a beguiling ode to love, with its melancholic harmonies. ‘Glad You’re Here With Me’ is a plea to a disgruntled lover underpinned by a soft combination of guitar and melodica.

The great eccentric, Will Oldham co-produced this album and his influence is palpable throughout. ‘Whatever, Mortal’ discards the dark broth of Bonnie Prince Billy in favour of a warm, seductive brew.

Pajo draws on his diverse musical background to create a wonderful collection of taut, fragile tunes.

Reviews for this were positively ecstatic!

  • Uncut (1/03, p.97) – Ranked #51 in Uncut’s “100 Best Albums of the Year”
  • Alternative Press (2/02, p.78) – 7 out of 10 – “… A memorable slice of psychedelic country that never disappoints…”
  • Mojo (Publisher) (1/03, p.75) – Ranked #24 in Mojo’s “Best Albums of 2002″
  • Mojo (Publisher) (2/02, p.97) – “…Excellent…”
  • NME (Magazine) (2/23/02, p.35) – 8 out of 10 – “…It’s wild and uneven stuff, and as Pajo dips his finger into the darker corners of folk music, he’s leaving the normal world far behind. For the few, the brave and the geeky, this is a thing of monstrous beauty…”


Tracklisting

1. Over Jordan
2. Beloved Woman
3. Roses In THe Snow
4. Sorrow Reigns
5. Krusty
6. Lass Of Roch Royal, The
7. Many Splendored Thing
8. Glad You’re Here With Me
9. Tamu
10. Sabotage
11. Purple Eyelid
12. Unquiet Grave, The
13. Northwest Passage

Here be M;


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April 26, 2008 Posted by | Dave Pajo, Music_Alternative, Papa M, Tortoise, Will Oldham, _MUSIC | Leave a Comment

Tortoise – Discography

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jfiles/files/img/tortoise.jpgTortoise – Discography
Post-rock/Jazz/Ambient | MP3 @ ~192kbps | RS.com | 764mb, split per album

A collection of albums by Tortoise from Chicago as posted by UKRuss.

Some wonderful moments from this great genre-splicing and uber-influential supergroup, featuring members from Sea and Cake, and Cocktails.

It took me a while to realise their brilliance and to overcome my guitar-rock prejudice! But they were worth the wait!

Tortoise’s almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization, and the group gained significant attention from their early career, having formed in Chicago in 1990.
The members have roots in Chicago’s fertile music scene, playing in various indie rock and punk groups. Tortoise was among the first American indie rock bands to incorporate styles closer to Krautrock, dub, minimalism, electronica, and various jazz styles, rather than the standard rock and roll and punk that had dominated indie rock for years.

Some have cited Tortoise as being one of the prime forces behind the development and popularity of the so-called “post-rock” movement.

It’s almost impossible to pick one album up as the best one, but perhaps”Millions Living..” as it was their real breakthrough (after a fashion!) album and the one which made them known to me.

Discography

  • Tortoise (1994)
  • Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
  • TNT (1998)
  • In the Fishtank (1999) – EP, collaboration with The Ex
  • Standards (2001)
  • It’s All Around You (2004)
  • The Brave and the Bold (2006) – covers album, collaboration with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
  • A Lazarus Taxon (2006) – compilation box-set of rare material, 3 CDs and 1 DVD

The group’s origins lie in the late 1980′s pairing of Doug McCombs and John Herndon, who imagined themselves as a freelance rhythm section. That idea never saw fruition, but their interest in grooving rhythms and recording studio trickery led to partnerships with drummer John McEntire and bassist Bundy K. Brown (both formerly of Bastro) joining, followed by Dan Bitney. Though songs are credited to all the musicians, McEntire quickly became perceived as, if not the acknowledged leader, then the group’s guiding force. In reality his extra contributions mainly took the form of being the recording engineer and mixer.

http://slimages.macys.com/is/image/MCY/products/4/optimized/19134_fpx.tif?bgc=255,255,255&wid=273&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bicub&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpegTheir first single was issued in 1993, and their self-titled debut album followed a year later. Instrumental and mostly mid-tempo, Tortoise slowly garnered praise and attention, due in part to the unusual instrumentation (two bass guitars, three percussionists switching between drums, vibraphones and marimbas).

Brown left and was replaced by David Pajo (formerly of Slint, who offered Tortoise’s first recorded guitar) for 1996′s Millions Now Living Will Never Die, which showed up on many year-end best of lists, and the 20 minute Djed was described by critic John Bush as proof that “Tortoise made experimental rock do double duty as evocative, beautiful music.”

In 1998, Tortoise released TNT, arguably their most jazz-inflected album. Pajo had been replaced by Jeff Parker, who has a strong jazz background. 2001 led to Standards, where Tortoise incorporated more electronic sounds and post-production into its music than in previous works.

2004 saw the release of It’s All Around You, and in 2006 they collaborated with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy on an album of covers entitled The Brave and the Bold.

In 2006 they also released A Lazarus Taxon, a box set containing two CDs of single tracks and remixes, a third CD with an expanded Rhythms, Resolutions and Clusters (long out of print), and a DVD of videos and film of live performances.


Tortoise (1994)

01 – Magnet Pulls Through
02 – Night Air
03 – Ry Cooder
04 – Onions Wrapped In Rubber
05 – Tin Cans & Twine
06 – Spiderwebbed
07 – His Second Story Island
08 – On Nobel
09 – On Flyrod
10 – Cornpone Brunch

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88293265/Tortort.rar

Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)

A Survey
Along the Banks of Rivers
Dear Grandma and Grandpa
Djed
Gamera
Glass Museum
Goriri
Millions Now Living Will Never Die.jpeg
Millions Now Living Will Never Die.m3u
Restless Water
The Taut and Tame

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88290239/TortMill.rar

TNT (1998)

01 TNT
02 Swung From The Gutters
03 Ten-Day Interval
04 I Set My Face To The Hillside
05 The Equator
06 A Simple Way To Go Faster Than Li
07 The Suspension Bridge At Iguaz%fa F
08 Four-Day Interval
09 In Sarah, Mencken, Christ And Bee
10 Almost Always Is Nearly Enough
11 Jetty
12 Everglade

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88292015/TortNT.rar

Tortoise & The Ex – In the fishtank (1999)

01 – The lawn of limp
02 – Pooh song
03 – Central heating
04 – Pleasure as usual
05 – Did you comb
06 – Huge hidden spaces

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88289283/TortFish.rar

Posted by | Music_Alternative, Music_DISCOGRAPHY, Tortoise, _MUSIC | 1 Comment

Tortoise – Discography

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/jfiles/files/img/tortoise.jpgTortoise – Discography
Post-rock/Jazz/Ambient | MP3 @ ~192kbps | RS.com | 764mb, split per album

A collection of albums by Tortoise from Chicago as posted by UKRuss.

Some wonderful moments from this great genre-splicing and uber-influential supergroup, featuring members from Sea and Cake, and Cocktails.

It took me a while to realise their brilliance and to overcome my guitar-rock prejudice! But they were worth the wait!

Tortoise’s almost entirely instrumental music defies easy categorization, and the group gained significant attention from their early career, having formed in Chicago in 1990.
The members have roots in Chicago’s fertile music scene, playing in various indie rock and punk groups. Tortoise was among the first American indie rock bands to incorporate styles closer to Krautrock, dub, minimalism, electronica, and various jazz styles, rather than the standard rock and roll and punk that had dominated indie rock for years.

Some have cited Tortoise as being one of the prime forces behind the development and popularity of the so-called “post-rock” movement.

It’s almost impossible to pick one album up as the best one, but perhaps”Millions Living..” as it was their real breakthrough (after a fashion!) album and the one which made them known to me.

Discography

  • Tortoise (1994)
  • Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
  • TNT (1998)
  • In the Fishtank (1999) – EP, collaboration with The Ex
  • Standards (2001)
  • It’s All Around You (2004)
  • The Brave and the Bold (2006) – covers album, collaboration with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
  • A Lazarus Taxon (2006) – compilation box-set of rare material, 3 CDs and 1 DVD

The group’s origins lie in the late 1980′s pairing of Doug McCombs and John Herndon, who imagined themselves as a freelance rhythm section. That idea never saw fruition, but their interest in grooving rhythms and recording studio trickery led to partnerships with drummer John McEntire and bassist Bundy K. Brown (both formerly of Bastro) joining, followed by Dan Bitney. Though songs are credited to all the musicians, McEntire quickly became perceived as, if not the acknowledged leader, then the group’s guiding force. In reality his extra contributions mainly took the form of being the recording engineer and mixer.

http://slimages.macys.com/is/image/MCY/products/4/optimized/19134_fpx.tif?bgc=255,255,255&wid=273&qlt=90,0&layer=comp&op_sharpen=0&resMode=bicub&op_usm=0.7,1.0,0.5,0&fmt=jpegTheir first single was issued in 1993, and their self-titled debut album followed a year later. Instrumental and mostly mid-tempo, Tortoise slowly garnered praise and attention, due in part to the unusual instrumentation (two bass guitars, three percussionists switching between drums, vibraphones and marimbas).

Brown left and was replaced by David Pajo (formerly of Slint, who offered Tortoise’s first recorded guitar) for 1996′s Millions Now Living Will Never Die, which showed up on many year-end best of lists, and the 20 minute Djed was described by critic John Bush as proof that “Tortoise made experimental rock do double duty as evocative, beautiful music.”

In 1998, Tortoise released TNT, arguably their most jazz-inflected album. Pajo had been replaced by Jeff Parker, who has a strong jazz background. 2001 led to Standards, where Tortoise incorporated more electronic sounds and post-production into its music than in previous works.

2004 saw the release of It’s All Around You, and in 2006 they collaborated with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy on an album of covers entitled The Brave and the Bold.

In 2006 they also released A Lazarus Taxon, a box set containing two CDs of single tracks and remixes, a third CD with an expanded Rhythms, Resolutions and Clusters (long out of print), and a DVD of videos and film of live performances.


Tortoise (1994)

01 – Magnet Pulls Through
02 – Night Air
03 – Ry Cooder
04 – Onions Wrapped In Rubber
05 – Tin Cans & Twine
06 – Spiderwebbed
07 – His Second Story Island
08 – On Nobel
09 – On Flyrod
10 – Cornpone Brunch

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88293265/Tortort.rar

Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)

A Survey
Along the Banks of Rivers
Dear Grandma and Grandpa
Djed
Gamera
Glass Museum
Goriri
Millions Now Living Will Never Die.jpeg
Millions Now Living Will Never Die.m3u
Restless Water
The Taut and Tame

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88290239/TortMill.rar

TNT (1998)

01 TNT
02 Swung From The Gutters
03 Ten-Day Interval
04 I Set My Face To The Hillside
05 The Equator
06 A Simple Way To Go Faster Than Li
07 The Suspension Bridge At Iguaz%fa F
08 Four-Day Interval
09 In Sarah, Mencken, Christ And Bee
10 Almost Always Is Nearly Enough
11 Jetty
12 Everglade

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88292015/TortNT.rar

Tortoise & The Ex – In the fishtank (1999)

01 – The lawn of limp
02 – Pooh song
03 – Central heating
04 – Pleasure as usual
05 – Did you comb
06 – Huge hidden spaces

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88289283/TortFish.rar

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Standards (2001)

01 – seneca
02 – eros
03 – benway
04 – firefly
05 – six pack
06 – eden 2
07 – monica
08 – blackjack
09 – eden 1
10 – speakeasy
11 – blackbird
12 – blue station

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88294203/TortStan.rar

It’s All Around You (2004)

01 – It’s All Around You
02 – The Lithium Stiffs
03 – Crest
04 – Stretch (You Are All Right)
05 – Unknown
06 – Dot_Eyes
07 – On The Chin
08 – By Dawn
09 – Five Too Many
10 – Salt The Skies

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88288027/TortAround.rar


Tortoise & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Brave and the Bold (2006)

01. Cravo e Canela
02. Thunder Road
03. It’s Expected I’m Gone
04. Daniel
05. Love Is Love
06. Pancho
07. That’s Pep
08. Some Say (I Got Devil)
09. Cavalry Cross
10. On My Own

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88288886/TortB_B.rar


Lazarus Taxon (2006)

Lazarus Taxon CD1

1-01 Gamera
1-02 The Source of Uncertainty
1-03 Blackbird
1-04 Sexual For Elizabeth
1-05 To Day Retreival
1-06 Whitewater
1-07 Didjeridoo
1-08 Autumn Sweater
1-09 Wait
1-10 A Grape Dope
1-11 Restless Waters
1-12 Vaus
1-13 Blue Station

Lazarus Taxon CD2
2-01 Madison Area
2-02 TNT Takemura Remix
2-03 why we fight
2-04 Elmerson, Lincoln, and Palmieri
2-05 Peering
2-06 Goiriri
2-07 As You Said
2-08 CTA
2-09 Deltitnu
2-10 Adverse Camber
2-11 Cliff Dweller Society

Lazarus Taxon CD3
2-12 Waihopai
3-01 Alcohall
3-02 Your New Rod
3-03 Cobwebbed
3-04 The Match Incident
3-05 Tin Can Puerto Rican Remix
3-06 Not Quite East Of Ryan
3-07 Initial Gesture Protraction
3-08 Cornpone Brunch Watt Remix

Download:

http://rapidshare.com/files/88295571/TortTaxon.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/88297135/TortTaxon.part2.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/88297903/TortTaxon.part3.rar



All Thanks to UKRuss! Great work mate!

February 24, 2008 Posted by | Music_Alternative, Tortoise, _MUSIC | Leave a Comment

   

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