Announcing Tortoise 'Oganesson Remixes' Limited Vinyl 12"
(( photo by Todd Weaver ))
Tortoise Release
Oganesson Remixes
Five New Takes on Their Recent Single
by Saul Williams, Heba Kadry, Patrick Carney (the Black Keys), Broken Social Scene & Makaya McCraven
Today, Tortoise share Oganesson Remixes, an EP containing five remixes of their recently-released single โOganesson.โ The EP is out now on all digital music platforms, and available on vinyl in stores worldwide September 5th.
(( cover art by John Herndon ))
Tortoise
Oganesson Remixes
The Oganesson Remixes EP follows the March 2025 release of the โOganessonโ digital single, which was the first new music released by Tortoise since 2016. The EP includes the original version of โOganessonโ alongside five new remixes of the track created by collaborators and friends of the band, including poet and activist Saul Williams, prolific mastering engineer Heba Kadry, Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney, indie music icons Broken Social Scene, and International Anthem labelmate Makaya McCraven.
The Oganesson Remixes EP comes ahead of a new album by Tortoise, which will be released this fall via International Anthem and Nonesuch Records.
(( photo by Todd Weaver ))
โฆabout Tortoiseโฆ
Tortoise is widely considered one of the most influential music groups of the last 40 years, with a wide-reaching impact on the contemporary music scene. Pitchfork says: โImagine a graphic showing all the bands the five members of Tortoise were in before they came together and then all the bands they went on to play with after. At the top of the funnel you have groups ranging from dreamy psych-rock to earthy post-punk crunch, including Eleventh Dream Day, Bastro, Slint, and the Poster Children; on the 'post-Tortoise' end are groups focusing on electro-jazz and twangy instrumental rock like Isotope 217, Chicago Underground, and Brokeback. In this graphic, Tortoise is the choke point, the one project that has elements of all these sounds but is never defined by nor committed to any of them. Instead, Tortoise floats free, a planchette moving over a Ouija board guided by 10 sets of fingers, where everyone watches the arrow float in one direction but no one is quite sure how it gets there or who is doing the pushing.โ
The band, which originally formed in Chicago, comprises Jeff Parker, Dan Bitney, Douglas McCombs, John Herndon, and John McEntire.
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!!! Limited Edition Vinyl !!!
The Oganesson Remixes EP is available on *limited edition* 140g black vinyl in a heavyweight jacket with poly-lined inner sleeve. Lacquers cut by Daniel K at SST, pressed by Pallas in Germany. Featuring artwork by Tortoise's Johnny Herndon.
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The ๐ฆ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ โ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ collects the three new IARC releases of this season (including Tortoise's Oganesson Remixes EP, as well as the soon to be announced IARC0101 LP and IARC0102 2xLP) and ships them as a single parcel.โจ
Purchase gets you a bundle-exclusive discount of 10% off the LP prices as well as a discounted shipping cost.The bundle will ship from our warehouses in the US, EU, and UK, but donโt wait too long, the quantity available in each warehouse is limited! Early purchase is recommended to ensure the lowest possible shipping, tax, and VAT costs.
All items will ship together in one package around September 12th. Bandcamp downloads will be sent via email for all the releases by the ship date.
