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(idm) Trans Am -- influences

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1997-08-28 01:47Skip Acuff (idm) Trans Am -- influences
1997-08-28 03:46Rusty Householter Re: (idm) Trans Am -- influences
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1997-08-28 01:47Skip AcuffOn August 27, wrecktangle wrote: >Phil Manley, guitarist and keyboardist for the "post-roc
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On August 27, wrecktangle wrote:
quoted 4 lines Phil Manley, guitarist and keyboardist for the "post-rockers" (now>Phil Manley, guitarist and keyboardist for the "post-rockers" (now >there's a subgenre name I can't take seriously), was quoted as saying ZZ >Top, Kraftwerk, and Autechre were the three biggest influences on trans >am.
quoted 3 lines I saw them live in Baltimore a month ago and the new songs that were>I saw them live in Baltimore a month ago and the new songs that were >mainly guitar kinda dragged on, yet the previously unheard electronic ones >blew everyone away and got a fair amount of the ass in the room shaking.
In an interview with a Dutch music writer, Trans Am acknowledged a Chicago group called Tortoise as a major influence. Apparently Tortoise's producer also produced the Surrender to the Night CD. Is anyone familiar with Tortoise? Is this another connection with Autechre or something entirely different?
1997-08-28 03:46Rusty HouseholterAt 06:47 PM 8/27/97 -0700, you wrote: >In an interview with a Dutch music writer, Trans Am
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At 06:47 PM 8/27/97 -0700, you wrote:
quoted 1 line In an interview with a Dutch music writer, Trans Am acknowledged a>In an interview with a Dutch music writer, Trans Am acknowledged a
Chicago group called
quoted 1 line Tortoise as a major influence. Apparently Tortoise's producer also>Tortoise as a major influence. Apparently Tortoise's producer also
produced the Surrender
quoted 1 line to the Night CD. Is anyone familiar with Tortoise? Is this another>to the Night CD. Is anyone familiar with Tortoise? Is this another
connection with Autechre
quoted 1 line or something entirely different?>or something entirely different?
Yeah, I'm quite familiar with Tortoise. Tortoise's producer John McEntire, whom I've met on a couple of occasions, probably produced that Surrender to the Night CD or something from Trans Am. He also has produced Stereolab and Come. I don't believe he's connected with Autechre, I could ask him the next time I see him, I don't think so though. Tortoise is sort of an advant-garde (hate that term) post Krautrock. They use alot of percussion and electric basses, and a few keyboards for you IDM geeks leisure. I highly suggest "Millions Now Living Will Never Die," you can even pick up this disc at big electronics outlets like "Best Buy" and "Circuit City" for $12. May I also suggest picking up the newest The Sea and Cake album "The Fawn." The Sea and Cake are also a band with McEntire in it, except they have vocals and sound kind of like poppy Velvet Underground but a hell of alot better. Respect, Rusty PS: New Tortoise album out soon!