Years active 1998 – present | Past members Jerry Fuchs | |
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Associated acts Pitchblende, Panthers, The DFA Origin New York City, New York, United States (1998) Albums A New Machine for Living, What Is the Meaning of What, Zwei, What Is the Meaning of Remixes Members Jerry Fuchs, Justin Chearno Genres Post-rock, Instrumental rock, Math rock Record labels Jade Tree, Frenchkiss Records Similar Pitchblende, Maserati, Euphone, Panthers, Pat Mahoney | ||
Turing Machine is an instrumental rock band formed in New York City in 1998 by Justin Chearno and Scott DeSimon, late of DC's noise-rockers Pitchblende and Gerhardt 'Jerry' Fuchs, who had moved to New York to play with Bitch Magnet guitarist Jon Fine's new band, Vineland. Their music has been described as "Angular instrumental indie rock," that has "influences as vast as vintage prog, Krautrock and post-punk."
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On November 7, 2009, drummer Fuchs died in an elevator shaft accident. The last of Fuchs' studio work with Turing Machine was included posthumously in the 2012 album, What Is The Meaning of What. Some of the friends of the band such as Pat Mahoney of LCD Soundsystem and Brian Chase helped to complete the unfinished album after Fuchs' death.
The name comes from the hypothetical device defined by Alan Turing with the same name.
Discography
Songs
Bleach It BlackZwei · 2004
Slave to the AlgorithmWhat Is the Meaning of What · 2012
Lazy Afternoon of the JaguarWhat Is the Meaning of What · 2012