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Serene Velocity (album)
Serene Velocity is a compilation album by Stereolab, released in late 2006. It focuses on material released during the band's Elektra years. Track listing # "Jenny Ondioline, Pt. 1" (from the 1993 ''Jenny Ondioline'' EP.) – 3:42 # "Crest" (from ''Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements'' (1993)) – 6:07 # "French Disko" (from the 1993 ''French Disko'' single.) – 3:33 # "Ping Pong" (from ''Mars Audiac Quintet'' (1994)) – 3:02 # "Wow and Flutter" (7" Version) (from the 1994 ''Wow and Flutter'' EP) – 3:02 # "Cybele's Reverie" (from '' Emperor Tomato Ketchup'' (1996)) – 4:42 # "Metronomic Underground" – 7:52 # "Percolator" – 4:15 # "Brakhage" (from ''Dots and Loops'' (1997)) – 5:29 # "Miss Modular" – 4:13 # "Infinity Girl" (from '' Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night'' (1999)) – 3:55 # "Come and Play in the Milky Night" – 4:38 # "Space Moth" (from ''Sound-Dust'' (2001)) – 7:34 # "Double Rocker" – 5:32 # "Vonal Declosion" (from ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stereolab
Stereolab are an Anglo- French avant-pop band formed in London in 1990. Led by the songwriting team of Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, the group's music combines influences from krautrock, lounge and 1960s pop music, often incorporating a repetitive motorik beat with heavy use of vintage electronic keyboards and female vocals sung in English and French. Their lyrics have political and philosophical themes influenced by the Surrealist and Situationist movements. On stage, they play in a more feedback-driven and guitar-oriented style. The band also draw from funk, jazz and Brazilian music, and were one of the first artists to be dubbed "post-rock". They are regarded among the most innovative and influential groups of the 1990s. Stereolab were formed by Gane (guitar and keyboards) and Sadier (vocals, keyboards and guitar) after the break-up of McCarthy. The two were romantically involved for fourteen years and are the group's only consistent members. Other longtime members included ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mars Audiac Quintet
''Mars Audiac Quintet'' is the third studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 2 August 1994 and was issued by Duophonic Records and Elektra Records. Recording Stereolab recorded ''Mars Audiac Quartet'' in March and April 1994. Keyboardist Katharine Gifford joined the band for the recording of the album. During recording, guitarist Sean O'Hagan left as a full-time member in order to focus on his band the High Llamas, but continued to be a session musician for the band ever since. Composition AllMusic critic Heather Phares characterised ''Mars Audiac Quintet'' as a more pop-oriented affair than previous Stereolab albums, noting that it largely highlights the band's brand of space age pop. The song "International Colouring Contest" is a tribute to Lucia Pamela and opens with a sample of her voice. Release ''Mars Audiac Quartet'' was released on 2 August 1994 in the United States by Elektra Records, and on 8 August 1994 in the United Kingdom by Duo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Compilation Albums
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Margerine Eclipse
''Margerine Eclipse'' is the eighth studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 27 January 2004 in the United States by Elektra Records and on 2 February 2004 in the United Kingdom by Duophonic Records. The album is in large part a eulogy to former band member Mary Hansen, who died in 2002. By June 2004, ''Margerine Eclipse'' had sold over 40,000 copies in United States. A remastered and expanded edition of the album was released by Duophonic and Warp on 29 November 2019. Background In December 2002, Stereolab member Mary Hansen was killed in a cycling accident. The band subsequently dedicated ''Margerine Eclipse'' to Hansen, with the lyrics of the song "Feel and Triple" making specific reference to her. Shortly before work commenced on the album, band members Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier ended their romantic relationship. Their breakup is alluded to in Sadier's lyrics for the song "Hillbilly Motobike". ''Margerine Eclipse'' was mixed with full s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound-Dust
''Sound-Dust'' is the seventh studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 28 August 2001 in North America by Elektra Records and on 3 September 2001 internationally by Duophonic Records. The album was produced by John McEntire and Jim O'Rourke and recorded at McEntire's Chicago studio Soma. It was Stereolab's last album to feature singer and guitarist Mary Hansen, who died in a biking accident the following year. The first 1,200 copies of both the CD and LP issues of ''Sound-Dust'' were packaged with a handmade book sleeve. A remastered and expanded edition of the album was released by Duophonic and Warp on 29 November 2019. The song "Nothing to Do with Me" features lyrics derived from English satirist Chris Morris' TV series ''Jam''. Track listing Personnel Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes. Stereolab * Tim Gane – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night
''Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night'' is the sixth studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 21 September 1999 and was issued by Duophonic Records and Elektra Records. The album was largely co-produced by Stereolab, John McEntire, and Jim O'Rourke. Recording Stereolab produced ''Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night'' with John McEntire, who had co-produced the band's previous two studio albums '' Emperor Tomato Ketchup'' (1996) and ''Dots and Loops'' (1997), and Jim O'Rourke. Assisted by McEntire and O'Rourke, Stereolab recorded the bulk of ''Cobra and Phases Group'' between November 1998 and February 1999, at Wolf Studios in London. As band members Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier were occupied with raising their infant son at the time, Stereolab opted to record in London instead of Chicago, where McEntire and O'Rourke were typically based. The only material on the album that does not date to these sessions is one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miss Modular
''Miss Modular'' is a 1997 EP by the post-rock band Stereolab. The title track served as the lead single from their album ''Dots and Loops''. It was produced in collaboration with the group Mouse on Mars. Dan the Automator remixed the title track. All four of its tracks were re-released on the ''Oscillons from the Anti-Sun'' compilation. Critical reception AllMusic wrote: "Digitally assembled from isolated studio elements, the aptly titled 'Miss Modular' is musique concrète pop, a bubbly yet plainly synthetic effort that walks the tightrope between art and artifice." Track listing * United Kingdom (Duophonic) / USA ( Elektra) # "Miss Modular" – 4:16 # "Allures" – 3:29 # "Off-On" – 5:26 # "Spinal Column" – 2:53 * Japan (EastWest Japan) # "Miss Modular" – 4:16 # "Miss Modular ( Automator Mix)" – 4:10 # "Refractions in the Plastic Pulse (Feebate Mix)" remixed by Autechre – 7:45 # "Contronatura (Prelude to the Autumn of a Faun Mix)" remixed by Kid Loco Jean- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dots And Loops
''Dots and Loops'' is the fifth studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 22 September 1997 and was issued by Duophonic Records and Elektra Records. The band co-produced the album with John McEntire and Andi Toma, and recording took place at their respective studios in Chicago and Düsseldorf. It was their first album to be recorded straight to Digital Audio Tape and produced with Pro Tools. The album explores jazz and electronic sounds, and is influenced by bossa nova and 1960s pop music. Its lyrics address matters such as consumerism, the "spectacle", materialism, and human interaction. ''Dots and Loops'' reached number 19 on the UK Albums Chart, as well as number 111 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart in the United States. The track " Miss Modular" was issued as a single and as an EP, and peaked at number 60 on the UK Singles Chart. Several music critics have praised ''Dots and Loops'' for its blend of accessible music with experimental and avant-gar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emperor Tomato Ketchup (album)
''Emperor Tomato Ketchup'' is the fourth studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 18 March 1996 and was issued by Duophonic Records and Elektra Records. The album is named after the 1971 experimental film '' Emperor Tomato Ketchup'' by Japanese author and director Shūji Terayama. Composition and recording On ''Emperor Tomato Ketchup'', Stereolab experimented with composing songs around looped sounds instead of traditional riffs. Critic Tom Moon found the band's compositional approach reminiscent of hip hop and electronica music, with loops being layered into "richly textured collages". Guitarist Tim Gane remarked that the shift in style from previous releases emerged from a year-long bout of writer's block, where the band felt they were "drifting about in a musical landscape that wasn't inspiring or particularly exciting. With nothing on the horizon, everything we tried out seemed to be a dead end". The group began working on a cover of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wow And Flutter
''Wow and Flutter'' is an EP by the post-rock band Stereolab, which served as the second single from their 1994 album ''Mars Audiac Quintet''. A limited edition of 3,000 7" copies was released with hand-painted covers. The EP was also released on CD and 10" vinyl. Two of the tracks are alternative versions of songs on ''Mars Audiac Quintet''. "Wow and Flutter" itself is a re-recording, while "Nihilist Assault Group, Pts. 3-5" comprises sections excised from the album version, which was originally planned to be a side-long suite similar in concept to the 18-minute "Jenny Ondioline" on ''Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements''. Track listing # "Wow and Flutter" – 3:07 # "Heavy Denim" – 2:49 # "Nihilist Assault Group, Pts. 3–5" – 7:12 # "Narco Martenot" – 4:23 All tracks appear on the ''Oscillons from the Anti-Sun ''Oscillons from the Anti-Sun'', released in April 2005, is a three-CD, one-DVD box-set collection of Stereolab tracks culled from eight of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
''Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements'' is the second studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab, released on 24 August 1993 and was issued by Duophonic Records and Elektra Records. it was recorded with an expanded line-up, and is generally considered to the band's noisiest release due to its' emphasis on distorted guitars and keyboard sounds. Composition Shortly before the release of ''Transient Random-Noise Bursts'', Stereolab re-recorded the song "Pack Yr Romantic Mind" to remove a sample from George Harrison's ''Wonderwall Music'' that they were denied clearance to use. On the LP edition of the album, the end of the last track, "Lock-Groove Lullaby", extends into a locked groove repeating a phrase sampled from Perrey and Kingsley's "The Savers", from their 1967 album '' Kaleidoscopic Vibrations: Electronic Pop Music from Way Out''. Release ''Transient Random-Noise Bursts'' was released on 24 August 1993 in the United States by Elektra Records, and on 6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elektra Records
Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1950s and 1970s. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived as an imprint of Atlantic in 2009. In October 2018, Elektra was detached from the Atlantic Records umbrella and reorganized into Elektra Music Group, once again operating as an independently managed frontline label of Warner Music. In June 2022, Elektra Music Group was merged with 300 Entertainment to create the umbrella label 300 Elektra Entertainment (3EE), though both Elektra and 300 will continue to maintain their separate identities as labels. History 1950–1971: Founding and early history Elektra was formed in 1950, as the ''Elektra-Stratford Record Corporation'', with a singles label called Stratford R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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