Emit Bloch is an American guitarist

Guitarist

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, songwriter

Songwriter

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 and journalist

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Emit Bloch is known for low fidelity

Low fidelity

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 recordings. Born to George L. Turin, a professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at UC Berkeley, and to Helen Elizabeth Green Turin, the daughter of a Utah cattle rancher, Bloch was raised primarily Berkeley, California

Berkeley, California

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 and Layton, Utah

Layton, Utah

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. Bloch is a descendant of Christopher Layton

Christopher Layton

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, a prominent 19th Century Mormon settler and land owner.

Before performing under the name Emit Bloch, David Turin issued several low fidelity releases on his own Peopletree imprint in Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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, including, with Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich

Milla Jovovich December 17, 1975)is an American model, actress, musician, and fashion designer. Over her career, she has appeared in a number of science fiction and action-themed films, for which music channel VH1 has referred to her as the "reigning queen of kick-butt".Milla Jovovich began...

, the controversial The People Tree Sessions

The People Tree Sessions

The 1998 release, The People Tree Sessions, was recorded by David Turin and Milla Jovovich during several late night sessions at David Turin's apartment in the Hollywood Hills....

. In the late 90s, Turin co-founded the experimental jamming band Banyan (band)

Banyan (band)

Banyan is an art rock/alternative rock band with heavy jazz, funk, and punk influence, based in Los Angeles, California.The leader and co-founder is Stephen Perkins, who first played drums for Jane's Addiction , and then for Porno for Pyros. He co-founded the group with David Turin...

 with Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction

Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1985. The band's original line-up featured Perry Farrell , Dave Navarro , Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins . After breaking up in 1991, Jane's Addiction briefly reunited in 1997 and again in 2001, both times...

 drummer Stephen Perkins

Stephen Perkins

Stephen Andrew Perkins is an American musician and songwriter. A drummer and percussionist, he currently plays with Jane's Addiction and Hellflower....

, bassist Mike Watt

Mike Watt

Michael David Watt is an American bassist, singer and songwriter.He is best known for co-founding the rock bands Minutemen, dos, and Firehose; , he is also the bassist for the reunited Stooges and a member of the art rock/jazz/punk/improv group Banyan as well as many other post-Minutemen...

, Beastie Boys

Beastie Boys

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's keyboardist Money Mark

Money Mark

Mark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys many times. He also appears on the first Banyan album in 1997 as the "Freeway Keyboardist".-Career:...

 and Wilco guitarist Nels Cline

Nels Cline

Nels Cline is an American guitarist and composer, currently the lead guitarist of alternative rock band Wilco. David Carr of the New York Times describes Cline as "one of the best guitarists in any genre."-Career:...

 and worked with Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell is the frontman for the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction. Farrell created the touring festival Lollapalooza as a farewell tour for Jane's Addiction in 1991; it has since evolved into an annual destination festival. Farrell continues to produce Lollapalooza with partners William...

 to develop Teeth, an early, internet-based music and film project funded by Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza

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Emit Bloch is affiliated with One Little Indian records and with MuteSong Publishing, the publishing arm of Mute Records

Mute Records

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. His first collection of songs, Dictaphones Vol. 1 (April 2010), was recorded entirely on a Sony

Sony

, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....

 cassette dictaphone. Dictaphones Vol. 1 has received ardent ardent critical acclaim as well as detraction due to it's production values. Before playing tracks from 'Dictaphones Vol. 1' DJ Steve Lamacq has asked 'Is this the answer to the record industry's problems" in reference to the album's production values and increasing popularity. In the March issue of UNCUT

UNCUT (magazine)

Uncut magazine, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections...

, Dictaphones Vol.1 received a rare 5/5 stars and reviewer John Lewis stated "These (songs) are like Alan Lomax

Alan Lomax

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’s ancient field recordings with bathetic contemporary references - and all are utterly remarkable.” A review of Dictaphones Vol.1 in London's The Sun

The Sun (newspaper)

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called the record "...fresh, vital, uncluttered and brilliant" and awarded it 4.5/5 stars.
As of August 2010, tracks from Dictaphones Vol. 1 have been played on Resonance FM

Resonance FM

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 (London), XFM

Xfm

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, 6Music, BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

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, BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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 and BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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 by DJs Gideon Coe

Gideon Coe

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, Lauren LaVerne

Lauren Laverne

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, Rob Da Bank

Rob da Bank

Robert John Gorham, known by the pseudonym Rob da Bank, is a British disc jockey. He presents a Friday-night/Saturday-morning show, Rob da Bank, on BBC Radio 1 from 5am-7am, focused on promoting new left field music...

, Don Letts

Don Letts

Don Letts is a British film director and musician. He is credited as the man who through his DJing at clubs like The Roxy brought together punk and reggae music.-Biography:...

, Steve Lamacq

Steve Lamacq

Steve Lamacq , sometimes known by his nicknames Lammo or "The Cat" is an English disc jockey, currently working with the BBC radio stations BBC 6 Music and BBC Radio 2.-Early career:He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire...

 and Marc Riley

Marc Riley

Marc Riley is a British musician, alternative rock critic and radio DJ on BBC 6 Music. Formerly a member of The Fall, he had his own record label, In-Tape, and also worked as a record plugger...

. On 25 February 2010, Emit Bloch performed live and talked with DJ John Kennedy on London's XFM

Xfm

Xfm is a brand of two commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie pop, and owned by Global Radio.-History:Xfm was created in London in 1992 by Sammy Jacob, who later co-founded NME Radio in 2008. Xfm subsequently expanded to a network of four stations; there are...

 radio station. On 14 August, he appeared as a guest on both BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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's Loose Ends

Loose Ends

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 and BBC Radio 2

BBC Radio 2

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's Dermot O'Leary

Dermot O'Leary

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 Show.

On Sept. 12, 2010 One Little Indian released Emit Bloch's 'Dorothy EP'. On the day of its release, the title track, 'Dorothy', an urban/country ode to the singer's ranch-bound Grandmother, was chosen by the Sunday Times as a 'Hot Download' with the newspaper calling it "a glittering, banjo-pocked, pedal steel-flecked, Paul Simon-like gem."

Emit Bloch has performed with Seasick Steve

Seasick Steve

Steven Gene Wold, commonly known as Seasick Steve, is an American blues musician. He plays guitars, and sings, usually about his early life doing casual work.-Childhood and early life:...

, Caitlin Rose, Moriarty

Moriarty (band)

-History:Moriarty is made up of five artists of French, American, and Swiss origin. The members were mainly born in France to American parents. The group was named Moriarty in reference to Dean Moriarty, the hero of On the Road by Jack Kerouac....

, Jason Ringenberg

Jason Ringenberg

Jason Ringenberg is an American musician, and lead singer of Jason & the Scorchers. He is also a songwriter and guitarist....

 and Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith

Paloma Faith is a British singer-songwriter and actress. In 2009, she released her debut single "Stone Cold Sober", then her debut album, Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?, which was certified Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry. Her debut album stayed within the top 40 album...

. He currently resides in London, UK and is married to musician/photographer Kate Garner

Kate Garner

Kate Garner is an English singer and photographer. Garner was one third of the trio of 1980s avant-garde, new wave pop project called Haysi Fantayzee, the other members being Jeremy Healy and Paul Caplin...

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Dictaphones Vol. 1

Dictaphones Vol.1 was Bloch’s first album and released in April 2010 by One Little Indian Records, It was recorded entirely on a £6 Sony cassette Dictaphone as a demo for his soon-to-be music publishers (MuteSong). When an early edition of the dictaphone recordings was issued to iTunes through Bloch's imprint, iDot (via One Little Indian), the recordings were chosen by iTunes editors as a front page pick. Before playing tracks from 'Dictaphones Vol. 1' DJ Steve Lamacq asked "Is this the answer to the record industry's problems?" in reference to the album's production values and increasing popularity. The album gained good reviews from critics such as Uncut, who gave it 5/5 stars and praised Bloch as “an exceptional songwriter...utterly remarkable”.
Dorothy EP
Bloch’s next collection of songs to be released was the Dorothy EP in September 2010. The EP featured studio recordings of 'Dorothy' and two other songs from Bloch’s Dictaphones Vol. 1 album release. Recorded at RAK studios in St. Johns Wood, the release pitted Bloch’s distinct fingerpicking and lyrics against the London smarts of producer P*Nut and music director Simon Byrt (Piney Gir, Emiliana Torrini).
Discography

• Banyan
  Banyan
  A banyan is a fig that starts its life as an epiphyte when its seeds germinate in the cracks and crevices on a host tree...
  
   (Higher Octave) 1997
• The People Tree Sessions
  The People Tree Sessions
  The 1998 release, The People Tree Sessions, was recorded by David Turin and Milla Jovovich during several late night sessions at David Turin's apartment in the Hollywood Hills....
  
   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