Celebrating Tortoise’s return to Japan. Even a quarter century after the peak of the Chicago post-rock scene, its sound remains strikingly fresh — now even resonating with today’s ambient jazz movement. This selection focuses on artists surrounding Tortoise, along with production works by John McEntire and Jim O'Rourke, revisiting the timeless modernity of the scene they helped define.
Chicago Post-Rock Revisited
1. The Suspension Bridge at Iguazú Falls / Tortoise
2. Roadrunner / Papa M
3. Darkest Night / The Sea and Cake
4. Felucca / Pullman
5. Trains and Boats and Planes / Jim O'Rourke
6. Everywhere Down Here / Brokeback
7. A Dream to Help Me Sleep / David Grubbs
8. Mouth Canyon / Gastr Del Sol
9. Bookmobile / Town and Country
10. Easy on Your Eyes / The Aluminum Group
11. The Shadow / Sam Prekop
12. Go to Montecito / The High Llamas
13. Writes a Letter Home / Eleventh Dream Day
14. Cliche / Jeff Parker
15. A Wrinkle in Times Sets Concentric Circles Reeling / Rob Mazurek/Exploding Star Orchestra
16. Brakhage / Stereolab
17. Harm-o-Lodge / Isotope 217
18. Tunnel Chrome / Chicago Underground Quartet
19. Echoes (Continental Drift Version) / Directions
20. Works and Days / Tortoise
Playlist and cover photo by Mikiya Tanaka (ELLA RECORDS)
PROMOTIONAL ONLY
