Tortoise (band)
Tortoise | |
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Tortoise performing in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Post-rock |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Thrill Jockey, Warp, City Slang, Domino |
| Members | Dan Bitney Doug McCombs Jeff Parker John Herndon John McEntire |
| Past members | Bundy K. Brown David Pajo |
| Website | trts |
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Tortoise is an American post-rock band formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1990. The band incorporates krautrock, dub, minimal music, electronica and jazz into their music, and their eclectic style has left a great influence on the post-rock genre. Tortoise have been consistently credited, as part of the Chicago school of post-rock, for its rise in the 1990s.