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Originally used to describe the music of such bands as Stereolab, Disco Inferno , Seefeel , Bark Psychosis and Pram, it spread out to be frequently used for all sorts of jazz- and Krautrock-influenced, instrumental, electronica-added music made after 1994. Bands from the early 1990s such as Slint and Talk Talk were influential on this genre. As with many musical genreMusical genres are categories which contain music which share a certain style or which have certain elements in common. See also musical form. Some genres, such as Indian music, are geographically defined; others, like Baroque music, are largely defined bs, the term is arguably inadequate: it is used for the music of TortoiseTortoise formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1990, was one of the first American indie rock bands to incorporate styles closer to Krautrock, free jazz, minimalism, and electronica rather than the standard rock and roll and punk that had dominated indie rock fo as well as that of MogwaiMogwai are a Scottish post rock band formed in 1995. Their music can perhaps be called ambient consisting mainly of instrumental pieces with a distinctive melancholic, crystal-clear mood, sometimes immersed in deep guitar feedback (especially in live show, two bands who have very little in common besides the fact that their music is largely instrumental.

The aforementioned Tortoise was among the founders of the movement. After the second Tortoise LPLP or lp may stand for limited partnership liquid propane fuel LP the long play phonograph record format. During the 1970s and 1980s it was the most popular record format see vinyl record nu metal band Linkin Park The United States Libertarian Party light Millions Now Living Will Never Die , the band became a post-rock icon. After Millions... many bands began to record, inspired by the "Tortoise-sound" and were often described as post-rock.

In the late nineties, Chicago, IllinoisThis article is about the city, for other uses of the term see Chicago (disambiguation : Hog butcher for the world,Tool maker, stacker of wheat,Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler;Stormy, husky, brawling,City of the big shoulders. Carl, became the home base of many different groups. John McEntireJohn McEntire is the drummer of post-rock outfits Gastr Del Sol, Tortoise, The Sea and Cake, and is affiliated with several other bands. He is the owner of the Soma Electronic Music Studios in Chicago, Il. (of Tortoise) became an important producer for lots of them, as well as Jim O'RourkeJim O'Rourke (born 1969) is an American musician and producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene. In late 2001, he moved to New York City. Known for his idiosyncratic tastes, and regarded as something as an expert on mo (of Brice-Glace , Gastr del Sol and many more). Post-rock began to range from the slow, guitar-based ambience of Boxhead Ensemble to the up-tempo electronica of Stereolab.

By the early 2000s, the term had started to fall out of favor, while the major artists kept on making high quality recordings. The wide range of styles covered by the term had robbed it of its usefulness almost from the moment it was coined.

Closely related to post-rock is the genre known as Math rock, characterized by more percussive timbres, and more dissonant harmonic gestures.