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Encyclopedia > Turing Machine (band)
Turing Machine
Background information
Origin New York City, New York, USA
Genre(s) Post-rock, Instrumental rock, Math rock,
Years active 1998 – present
Label(s) Frenchkiss Records, Jade Tree Records
Associated
acts		 Pitchblende, Panthers
Website http://www.turingmachinemusic.com
Members
Justin Chearno
Scott de Simon
Gerald Fuchs

Turing Machine is an instrumental rock band formed in New York City in 1998. Their music has been described as "Angular instrumental indie rock,"[1] that draws from "influences as vast as vintage prog, Krautrock and post-punk."[2] Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City... NY redirects here. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Instrumental rock & roll is a type of rock and roll music which emphasises musical instruments, and which features no singing. ... Math rock is a style of rock music that emerged in the late 1980s. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... French Kiss Records is an independent record label based out of New York, New York. ... Jade Tree is an independent record label formed by Darren Walters and Tim Owen in August 1991, out of Wilmington, Delaware. ... Pitchblende: Pitchblende was a four-piece art-punk band from Washington, DC, featuring Justin Chearno on guitar, Scott DeSimon on bass, Patrick Gough on drums, and Treiops Treyfid on guitar. ... Panthers is a rock band from Brooklyn, NY. The Village Voice has described them as groundbreaking dissonant HC [ hardcore ] with Rolling Stones swagger. ... Instrumental rock & roll is a type of rock and roll music which emphasises musical instruments, and which features no singing. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC, City That Never Sleeps, The Concrete Jungle, The City So Nice They Named It Twice Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1676  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...


Discography

  • A New Machine for Living (2000)
  • Zwei (2004)

References

  1. ^ [1] Schreiber, Ryan, "Turing Machine: A New Machine for Living" from Pitchforkmedia.com
  2. ^ [2] Ankeny, Jason, "Turing Machine" from allmusic.com

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