Emit Bloch
Emit Bloch (alt David Edmund Turin; 8 September 1965) is an American songwriter and musician.
Emit Bloch is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter and musician known for field recordings and lo-fi music production. His parents are George L. Turin, a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley, and Helen Elizabeth Turin, the daughter of a prominent Utah cattle rancher. Bloch was raised in Berkeley, California, as well as Layton, Utah, and is related to Christopher Layton, a prominent 19th Century Mormon pioneer.
Bloch has issued several critically acclaimed releases, with his 2010 release Dictaphones Vol. 1 garnering 5/5 stars in UNCUT, the magazine calling Bloch an "exceptional songwriter" and the release "utterly remarkable", as well as frequent radio play on BBC stations when it was issued on One Little Indian records. London's The Sun called the record "...fresh, vital, uncluttered and brilliant" and awarded it 4.5/5 stars.
The subsequent digital EP, "Dorothy," included some studio versions of songs on Dictaphones Vol. 1 and received UK-wide acclaim when it was selected by The London Times as "Hot Download of the Week" and its eponymous single was championed by Dermot O'Leary, Gideon Coe and several other mainstream BBC DJs.
In 2000, Bloch wrote and recorded the occult Milla Jovovich, The People Tree Sessions, for his internet imprint Peopletree, an early example of internet marketing. The largely field recorded release was chosen as the 'Pop CD of the Week' and given 4/5 stars by the London Guardian newspaper, which stated that the record was "so barking, it's great".[1]
In the late 1990s, Bloch co-founded the experimental jamming band Banyan (band) with Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins, bassist Mike Watt, Beastie Boys's keyboardist Money Mark and Wilco guitarist Nels Cline and co-produced Banyan, the band's first release for Higher Octave with Perkins and The Dust Brothers. Bloch met Perkins when working with Perry Farrell to develop Teeth, an early, internet-based music and film project funded by Lollapalooza.
Bloch currently resides in London, UK and is married to musician/photographer and Haysi Fantayzee singer Kate Garner.
Discography
- Banyan (Higher Octave) 1997
- The People Tree Sessions 1998 (Cherry Red)
- Bouncy Castle (Peopletree) 2000 - out of print
- Falafelelf - Sexy Religion(Peopletree/iDot/One Little Indian) 2001
- Falafelelf 'Swing' (Peopletree/iDot/One Little Indian) 2003
- Monsta (One Little Indian) 2006
- Dictaphones Vol.1 (Lost Dogs/One Little Indian) 2010
References
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- Sunday Times newspaper, September 12, 2010 Culture Section
- The Sun newspaper, February 26, 2010
- UNCUT magazine, March 2010
- Maverick Magazine UK April 2010
- XFM John Kennedy's Xposure Show http://www.xfm.co.uk/onair/djs/john-kennedy
- BBC Radio 1 Rob Da Bank http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wknd
- BBC Loose Ends pagehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wknd
- BBC Radio Emit Bloch Page http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/2e0490e4-bc47-4462-b5d2-dfc311d58424
- One Little Indian Records Emit Bloch page http://www.indian.co.uk/site/artists/emit-bloch
- Lollapalooza Teeth Project http://janesaddiction.org/gallery/articles/warp-magazine-june-1995/
