The Timeout Drawer
Encyclopedia
The Timeout Drawer is a post-rock
band from Chicago
formed in 1999. Often compared to bands such as Mogwai
, Godspeed You! Black Emperor
, with Tangerine Dream
influences, they have carved out a niche of sound that they can call all their own.
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
band from Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
formed in 1999. Often compared to bands such as Mogwai
Mogwai
The word mogwai is the transliteration of the Cantonese word 魔怪 meaning "monster", "evil spirit", "devil" or "demon".-Mogwai/Mogui in Chinese culture:...
, Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor is a Canadian post-rock band which originated from Montreal, Quebec in 1994...
, with Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...
influences, they have carved out a niche of sound that they can call all their own.
Current members
- Jon Slusher - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Chris Eichenseer - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Jason GoldbergJason GoldbergJason Goldberg is an American film and television producer. Goldberg is the producer of the films Guess Who and The Butterfly Effect and executive producer of the shows Beauty and the Geek and Punk'd...
- MoogMoog synthesizerMoog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
/KeyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Chris Van Pelt - GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
Discography
- Record of Small Histories CD (2000)
- A Difficult Future CD (2001)
- Terrible Secrets... 7" vinyl (2003)
- Presents Left for the Living Dead CD/ EP (2003)
- The Exorcist (Tubular Bells) 7" vinyl (2005)
- NowonmaiNowonmaiNowonmai is an album by The Timeout Drawer, released in 2005. The title is a reference to the novel the Exorcist.-Track listing:#"I Fall So Far and I Fall So High" – 4:12#"Bursting With Tears, I Commit to Destroying You" – 8:28...
LP/CD (2005) - Alone CD/EP (2006)
Compilations
- Evil Against Evil Compilation (2003)
- Urban Renewal Program EP (2003)
- Hazardous Materials Compilation (2003)