# Emit Bloch > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emit_Bloch > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emit_Bloch.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emit_Bloch > Source revision: 1325729851 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American musician (born 1965)}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=March 2019}} {{Notability|1=Biographies|date=June 2025}} }} thumb|right '''David Edmund Turin''' (born 8 September 1965), known as '''Emit Bloch''', is an American [songwriter](/source/songwriter) and [musician](/source/musician). ==Background== Emit Bloch is a songwriter, musician and journalist referenced for [field recordings](/source/field_recordings) and [lo-fi music](/source/lo-fi_music) production. His parents are [George L. Turin](/source/George_L._Turin), a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley, and Helen Elizabeth Turin, the daughter of a Utah cattle rancher. Bloch was raised in [Berkeley, California](/source/Berkeley%2C_California), as well as [Layton, Utah](/source/Layton%2C_Utah), and is related to [Christopher Layton](/source/Christopher_Layton), a prominent 19th Century Mormon pioneer. ==Career== Bloch has issued several notable collections, with his 2010 release ''[Dictaphones Vol. 1](/source/Dictaphones_Vol._1)'' garnering 5/5 stars in [UNCUT](/source/Uncut_(magazine)), 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 Independent](/source/One_Little_Independent) records. London's ''[The Sun](/source/The_Sun_(United_Kingdom))'' 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](/source/Dictaphones_Vol._1)'' and received UK-wide acclaim when it was selected by [The London Times](/source/The_London_Times) as "Hot Download of the Week" and its eponymous single was championed by [Dermot O'Leary](/source/Dermot_O'Leary), [Gideon Coe](/source/Gideon_Coe) and several other mainstream BBC DJs. In 2000, Bloch wrote and recorded the occult [Milla Jovovich](/source/Milla_Jovovich), ''[The People Tree Sessions](/source/The_People_Tree_Sessions)'', for his internet imprint Peopletree, an early example of [internet marketing](/source/internet_marketing). The largely field recorded release was chosen as the "Pop CD of the Week" and given 4/5 stars by the newspaper ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)'', which stated that the record was "so barking, it's great".{{cite web|last=Clarke|first=Betty|title=Psycho Milla|url=https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,3605,352696,00.html|work=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)|date=August 11, 2000|accessdate=March 8, 2019}} In the late 1990s, Bloch co-founded the experimental jamming band [Banyan](/source/Banyan_(band)) with drummer [Stephen Perkins](/source/Stephen_Perkins), bassist [Mike Watt](/source/Mike_Watt), keyboardist [Money Mark](/source/Money_Mark) and guitarist [Nels Cline](/source/Nels_Cline) and co-produced [Banyan](/source/Banyan_(album)), the band's first release for [Higher Octave](/source/Higher_Octave) with Perkins and [The Dust Brothers](/source/The_Dust_Brothers). Bloch met Perkins when working with [Perry Farrell](/source/Perry_Farrell) to develop ''Teeth'', an early, internet-based music and film project funded by [Lollapalooza](/source/Lollapalooza). After a long hiatus, Bloch released Collectives Vol.2, a follow-up to Dictaphones Vol. 1, which saw a stylistic departure from lo-fi recording and embraced a "stoner rock" sound filled out by appearances from rock heavy-weight [Perkins](/source/Stephen_Perkins), and guitarist [Nick McCabe](/source/Nick_McCabe) (The Verve, Black Submarine). On Nov. 15, 2022, Bloch issued '[Emit Bloch: Rock](/source/Emit_Bloch%3A_Rock),' a third album-length collection of songs recorded with a band and also featuring performances by [McCabe](/source/Nick_McCabe) as well as longtime collaborator [David Peters](/source/David_Peters_(musician)), and his daughter, [Grace InSpace](/source/Grace_InSpace) (drums). The album was released on Bloch's [TFFTT](/source/TFFTT) imprint, located in [Del Norte County, California](/source/Del_Norte_County%2C_California). In 2022, TFFTT also released a collection of B-Sides, '[Canteen](/source/Emit_Bloch%3A_Canteen)', and an Xmas song, '[I Misspelled Santa 'Satan'](/source/Emit_Bloch%3A_%22I_Misspelled_Santa_'Satan')'. ==Discography== * ''[Banyan](/source/Banyan_(album))'' ([Higher Octave](/source/Higher_Octave)) 1997 * ''[The People Tree Sessions](/source/The_People_Tree_Sessions)'' 1998 (Cherry Red) * ''Bouncy Castle'' (Peopletree) 2000 - ''out of print'' * ''Sexy Religion'' Falafelelf (Peopletree/iDot/One Little Indian) 2001 * ''Swing'' Falafelelf (Peopletree/iDot/One Little Indian) 2003 * ''Monsta'' ([One Little Indian](/source/One_Little_Indian)) 2006 * ''Dictaphones Vol.1'' (Lost Dogs/One Little Indian) 2010 * ''Collectives Vol.2'' (AWAL) 2018 * ''Rocks'' (TFFTT/AWAL) 2022 * ''Canteen'' (TFFTT/AWWAL) 2022 ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/2e0490e4-bc47-4462-b5d2-dfc311d58424 BBC Radio Emit Bloch Page] * [http://www.indian.co.uk/site/artists/emit-bloch Emit Bloch page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527055929/http://www.indian.co.uk/site/artists/emit-bloch |date=2013-05-27 }} at [One Little Indian](/source/One_Little_Indian) Records * [http://janesaddiction.org/gallery/articles/warp-magazine-june-1995/ Lollapalooza Teeth Project] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bloch, Emit}} Category:American male journalists Category:Living people Category:1965 births Category:Musicians from Berkeley, California Category:People from Layton, Utah Category:Songwriters from California Category:Songwriters from Utah Category:Banyan (band) members --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Emit Bloch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emit_Bloch) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emit_Bloch?action=history)). 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