John McEntire

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John McEntire
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Multi-instrumentalist, engineer, and mixer born in Portland (OR, USA) on the 9th of April 1970. He's now living in Chicago (IL, USA). His first instrument was the drums. He did a percussion major at Oberlin College (OH, USA) in 1987 and later Technology in Music and Related Arts at the same school. In 1988 he joined his first band My Dad Is Dead but left in 1989 to join Bastro. In 1991 he relocated to Chicago (IL, USA) together with David Grubbs, another core member of Bastro, where they renamed the band to Gastr Del Sol after some changes in the line-up of the band. After the debut of Gastr Del Sol the band became more of a collaboration with David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke. He then shifted focus to his band Mosquito (founded in 1989) which was renamed to Tortoise in 1993. In 1998 Gastr Del Sol came to an end. In 1993 he also founded The Sea And Cake. From the mid-nineties he started to do more engineering work while working with bands like Stereolab, Eleventh Dream Day and Trans Am (2). He built his own studio Soma Electronic Music Studios (Chicago, IL, USA). In 1999 he also started to compose film music.
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HEFTY 014 CD Music From The Motion Picture Reach The Rock — John McEntire John McEntire Music From The Motion Picture Reach The Rock (Album) Hefty Records HEFTY 014 CD US 1998 Sell This Version
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THRILL-JP 54, HEADZ 254 Sons Of — John McEntire Sam Prekop and John McEntire Sam Prekop and John McEntire - Sons Of (Album) Thrill Jockey THRILL-JP 54, HEADZ 254 Japan 2022 Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs

HEFTY 013 Window Lights / Setup For Bed — John McEntire The Sea And Cake / John McEntire The Sea And Cake / John McEntire - Window Lights / Setup For Bed(7") Hefty Records HEFTY 013 US 1999 Sell This Version
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LUIK007 Vilain Tigre — John McEntire Blondy Brownie + John McEntire Blondy Brownie + John McEntire - Vilain Tigre(File, AAC, Single, 256) Luik Records LUIK007 Belgium 2016
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TAL13 Split — John McEntire Sam Prekop & John McEntire / Mapstation Sam Prekop & John McEntire / Mapstation - Split (EP) Don't Sit On My Vinyl! TAL13 Germany 2019 Sell This Version
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Compilations

BB242 Kollektion 06 - 1971-1981 — John McEntire Cluster Compiled By John McEntire Cluster Compiled By John McEntire - Kollektion 06 - 1971-1981(CD, Comp) Bureau B BB242 Europe 2016 Sell This Version

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Robbie_E

Robbie_E

August 16, 2022
"He's now living in Chicago (IL, USA)." 1] Is this bit necessary ? 2] https://www.reddit.com/r/postrock/comments/5ybo3v/this_is_john_mcentire_from_the_band_tortoise_ask/ - if I understand correctly, he's based in LA nowadays ? ///// One of the greatest producers of our times, anyway. [I'm typing this in 21st Century, on Earth]

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