― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 14:14 (twenty years ago) link
― Mel Starr, Tuesday, 5 August 2003 17:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Dadaismus (Dada), Saturday, 9 August 2003 11:40 (twenty years ago) link
Laetitia may be impatient with fans -- after a hiatus they produce Sound Dust which is such a good record -- so consistent (i love roughly every second song) -- having heard loops and milky i say it is their best album after tomato, perhaps the culmination of that direction in their sound
that tv program Cold Feet had a millenium special episode that reprised cul de sac perfectly, since the drift/ island/ end metaphor worked perfectly for the 'end of time' hoop-la surrounding 0/0/2000 and the possibilities of ths show drifting, out to sea or beached, which it sure ended up doing, even if they didn't think they were drifting then
i liked those promo photos of stereolab, with the power poles vertically alligned with the pictures perspective -- like harry lime as the giant (film) wheel comes to a stop over occupied vienna, a snapshot, on the road to the castle or back ? waiting for the flood ? (i don't stereolab are misanthropic, the fans tiny dots or dust, as if viewed from harry's perspective)
i like this album art, the indication of a peak, however insular, an acknowledgement by the band that they may well be too disconnected from their audience yet wishing to take the chicago computer collaborations to a decent conclusion .. i bet they knew sound dust was make or break time, if not for the group then at least for that sound, which surely they got right on this album tens times more so than on the two albums seemingly leading in that direction, validating for me those experiments along the way -- good on them for acknowledging the alienating potential, yet admitting that this was the peak of that stereolab at least
yes, i think they will go looking for other peaks, somewhere else (Lionel Stander did get to work in hollywood again, after all)
maybe the boo-boos will have to go and a new angle for the lyrics taken with both Marie's terrible departure and the band learning the hard lessons of producing something so good by their own standards even if these didn't meet the demands of their audience -- the artistic journey has been completed -- that concept in light of Marie's death is almost horribly prophetic in a spooky new way, beyond their worst dreams i imagine (is Polanski a real king midas of horror and despair ? dark forces ?) (i do not wish to trivialise _anything_ in saying this)
of course the album + art stands on it's own feet as beautiful music with a variety of sentiment -- most of the band can return to the main land and pursue some other groove -- after a presumably respectful period of meditation and change of trade-name
― george gosset (gegoss), Saturday, 9 August 2003 14:09 (twenty years ago) link
― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 11 August 2003 15:52 (twenty years ago) link
"hiatus"
http://www.stereolab.co.uk/news/
― Jeff W, Thursday, 2 April 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Perhaps a necessary thing, really.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 April 2009 20:21 (fifteen years ago) link
diminishing returns for a while now
― velko, Thursday, 2 April 2009 20:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Question: is the future of Stereolab any different than the past of Stereolab?
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 2 April 2009 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
:( At least Chemical Chords 2 will still come out (and I'm glad I saw them this last tour)
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 2 April 2009 21:38 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, me too! their show last fall was wonderful. still, if anyone deserves a break, it's probably them. they've never gone more than a year or two without an album over the past 20 years, have they?
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 April 2009 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
they've never gone more than a year or two without an album over the past 20 years, have they?
There were a couple multi-year gaps in between Sound-Dust, Margerine Eclipse, and Chemical Chords though I think the box set comes in there somewhere.
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 2 April 2009 21:47 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, maybe i'm just thinking that there are always various collections coming out in between records -- never seemed like they disappeared for any significant amount of time.
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 April 2009 21:49 (fifteen years ago) link
They were great when I saw them live last year. Like, really great, as much fun as the first time I saw them. If this is one of those permananent breaks then they are going out with a bang, at least as far as live music is concerned. I don't think I have any of their albums from the last ten years, but live performance is at least as important to me.
― The Real Dirty Vicar, Thursday, 2 April 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link
My thoughts on seeing them in September -- if that's the last time I'll ever see them, then the last song I ever saw them do was a great version of "Jenny Ondioline."
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 2 April 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
I guess one too many people made fun of their last album cover. It was the straw that broke the camel's back.
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Thursday, 2 April 2009 23:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Link to video of Sydney show with additional laundry bag: http://www.quartzcity.net/2009/03/12/stereolab-in-sydney/
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 3 April 2009 00:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Seriously, this is the greatest mersh idea ever. I only wish I had one of the old Peng beach towels from way back
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3450/3350087958_fbbd04240c.jpg
― Chris Barrus (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 3 April 2009 00:27 (fifteen years ago) link
so is Chemical Chords 2 still gonna happen? wikipedia has nothing on it that i can find...
― LAMBDA LAMBDA LANDA (Beatrix Kiddo), Monday, 23 November 2009 14:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Hmm...received in a Drag City promo e-mail just now, word of this forthcoming release:
StereolabNot Music
Nothing listed on the official band website about this.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 April 2010 23:51 (fourteen years ago) link
There was talk about releasing the other tracks from the Chemical Chords sessions..so it could be that. Last official word I heard from Stereolab was that 'no new recordings were planned', which basically means a hiatus/break-up; vague isn't it? Maybe 'Not Music' refers to some kind of DVD or any non-studio albums release like rarities for example. Also interesting how it's from Drag City, they did CC on 4AD because of the whole Beggars restructure.
Any new Stereolab product is welcomed for me.
― David (davek_00), Thursday, 29 April 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
There's tons of non-lp material yet to be collected, including numerous collaborations - plenty of gems left uncovered. I've compiled 39 tracks totaling 3 hours, would love to see it all officially released!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 29 April 2010 00:11 (fourteen years ago) link
xp stuff that isn't on the stray tracks catch-up compilations like the Switched Ons and Oscillons. Where did you get hold of these tunes?
― David (davek_00), Thursday, 29 April 2010 00:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I hope they are finally getting around to releasing Chemical Chords 2 and the b-sides collection they promised a couple years ago. Though wouldn't these come out on 4AD?
Looks like Laetitia has been doing some solo dates in South America lately.
― Moodles, Thursday, 29 April 2010 00:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Where did you get hold of these tunes?
Isn't that a silly question in 2010? ;-)
Here's what I've put together. I skipped some demos, remixes, radio sessions and live versions and stopped at the end of 2001:1. Super Falling Star (Moog mix) - from Volume 4 compilation2. Low-Fi3. (Varoom!)4. Laisser-Faire5. Elektro (He Held The World In His Iron Grip) - these 4 from "Low-Fi" EP6. Ronco Symphony (demo)7. The Seeming And The Meaning (demo) - these 2 from the Spacewatch flexi8. I'm Going Out Of My Way (WHFS session) - from "Inside Dave's Garage" split single9. The Eclipse10. Yes Sir! I Can Moogie - these 2 from "The Cat's Miaow" split single11. ABC (The Multitude) - from "Godz Is Not A Put On" compilation12. Simple Headphone Mind13. Trippin' With The Birds - from "Simple Headphone Mind" collaboration with Nurse With Wound14. Endless Summer (as Microlab) - from "Microstonia - Reprovisers" compilation15. St. Elmo's Fire (radio)16. Less Time17. St. Elmo's Fire (Red Corona)18. St. Elmo's Fire (Spatio-Dynamic)19. Impulse Rah!20. St. Elmo's Fire (Snow) - these 6 as Uilab from "St. Elmo's Fire" collaboration with Ui21. Miss Modular (Automator mix)22. Refractions In The Plastic Pulse (Feebate mix by Autechre)23. Contranatura (Prelude To The Autumn Of A Faun mix by Kid Loco) - these 3 from "Miss Modular Remixes" EP24. Freestyle Dumping - from JP release of Aluminum Tunes25. Symbolic Logic Of Now! - from "Soi-Distant" split single26. Chinese Whispers (Stereolab mix) - from "Chinese Whispers" compilation27. Untitled / 008 - from Thurston Moore's "Root" compilation28. Blaue Milch - from Peter-Thomas-Sound-Orchester's "Warp Back To Earth 66/99" compilation29. Galaxidion - from "Social (Bodies)" compilation30. Caliméro31. Cache Cache - from collaboration with Brigitte Fontaine32. Ticker Tape Of The Unconscious (Thievery Corporation remix) - from Thievery Corporation's "Abductions & Reconstructions" compilation33. The Super-It34. Fried Monkey Eggs (vocal)35. Monkey Jelly - these 3 from "The Underground Is Coming" EP36. Brain Drain - from "Collaborations 2: Constant Friction" compilation37. Négatités - from "Yeti 1" compilation38. Free Witch And No-Bra Queen39. Speck-Voice - these 2 from "Free Witch And No-Bra Queen" EP
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 29 April 2010 01:06 (fourteen years ago) link
xp Songs on eps and singles already count as officially released though.
― Moka, Thursday, 29 April 2010 02:04 (fourteen years ago) link
But all the same I'm sure there is a mine of unreleased material in the stereolab vault.
― Moka, Thursday, 29 April 2010 02:06 (fourteen years ago) link
cannot believe the Low-Fi EP has not been compiled on a CD collection yet, a real high point for the band imo.
― bug holocaust (sleeve), Thursday, 29 April 2010 02:46 (fourteen years ago) link
Yes the Low-Fi Ep is amazing, blows my mind it was recorded in 1992... mmm need to submit to the ep thread...
― Moka, Thursday, 29 April 2010 02:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Due to popular demand:
Oddities part 1 - http://www.divshare.com/download/11278093-b2cOddities part 2 - http://www.divshare.com/download/11278167-301
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 17:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh wise and good soul.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 17:47 (fourteen years ago) link
:D
― tylerw, Wednesday, 5 May 2010 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link
Gerald, thanks for this! I'm four songs into Vol. 2 and that Brigitte Fontaine is hitting the spot.
― I turn it up when I hear the banjo (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 18:36 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost Gerald McBoing-Boing you have made my day.
― Davek (davek_00), Wednesday, 5 May 2010 18:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Man, that looks like a great little comp. I tried dl but divshare never coughed up the files just started countdown again. Anyone else have the same problem?
― wmlynch, Friday, 7 May 2010 00:58 (fourteen years ago) link
yes, do it twice. same thing happened to me, but they did download.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 7 May 2010 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link
weird, the 'try again' links were different this time around but it worked! thanks.
― wmlynch, Friday, 7 May 2010 01:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Wow, thanks!
― Pete Scholtes, Saturday, 8 May 2010 19:20 (fourteen years ago) link
So - what do y'all think of this stuff? For me, some of it is unlike anything else I listen to and more experimental than their LPs and therefore has a special place in my heart.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 8 May 2010 19:35 (fourteen years ago) link
(this stuff = the oddities I posted)
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 8 May 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
Thanks Gerald. Do you happen to have an mp3 version off this single? Both songs are up on youtube and they are quite different to anything I've heard from them.
http://www.discogs.com/Stereolab-Solar-Throw-Away/release/662709
― Moka, Saturday, 8 May 2010 22:28 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0Y2s-7Qny4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biJW68Bh7-o
― Moka, Saturday, 8 May 2010 22:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't, I lost interest around 2001 and therefore stopped my compilation at that point.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 8 May 2010 23:08 (fourteen years ago) link
the two tracks from that 2006 tour single are probably my favourite stereolab tracks since ETK
― chillwave of mutilation (electricsound), Saturday, 8 May 2010 23:32 (fourteen years ago) link
I love this! The St Elmo's Fire cover was a surprise. The Godz cover is great, too.Great to have it all, in one place, no less.
― Trip Maker, Sunday, 9 May 2010 00:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Moka, those two tracks are great!
― Moodles, Sunday, 9 May 2010 05:40 (fourteen years ago) link
SCUTTLE
― 3-D Whinge-ometer (Masonic Boom), Sunday, 9 May 2010 11:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Anyone care to reup the compilation somewhere else? Divshare showing unavailable until June 3rd due to number of downloads...
― toby, Sunday, 9 May 2010 12:09 (fourteen years ago) link
aw!
― Mark G, Monday, 10 May 2010 07:18 (fourteen years ago) link
*cough* *cough*
― zappi, Monday, 10 May 2010 11:15 (fourteen years ago) link
1993 Berkeley, CA (instore + club performance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sytObArOro8
Only 950 views as of posting, I'm responsible for at least 25 of them.
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Monday, 10 July 2023 19:50 (ten months ago) link
Only too happy to add more
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 11 July 2023 03:28 (ten months ago) link
I watched part of this when it was pretty newly posted and then forgot to finish the rest. It's super cool, and bonus points for being recorded exactly one week after the first time I saw them.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 11 July 2023 15:51 (ten months ago) link
Tim Gane makes a lot of interesting, in depth Spotify playlists
https://open.spotify.com/user/aciddeathpicnic
― bbq, Monday, 2 October 2023 18:08 (seven months ago) link
oooooh
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 2 October 2023 18:11 (seven months ago) link
that's gonna be a lot of digging for me. From the last few looks like he's been listening to nothing but italian prog, soundtrack and library music for ages.
― dan selzer, Monday, 2 October 2023 18:30 (seven months ago) link
thanks to these lists I now know that Aretha Franklin did a swell cover of "What A Fool Believes" back in 1980
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Monday, 2 October 2023 20:48 (seven months ago) link
Nice! Yeah, that Aretha cover is amazing, as is that free-improv album that his snipped-banana avatar pic is taken from: https://corbettvsdempsey.bandcamp.com/album/groupcomposing
― If I luge, if I luge, if I luge you on the track (Craig D.), Monday, 2 October 2023 21:54 (seven months ago) link
Groopcomposing
― Andy K, Monday, 2 October 2023 22:27 (seven months ago) link
... is in advertising.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v9QzFGFhYg
― The Italian Yob (Tom D.), Monday, 1 January 2024 21:20 (four months ago) link
The past, too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKjrPs7bnco
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Monday, 1 January 2024 23:55 (four months ago) link
Wouldn't have guessed that Sadier's, er, 'untutored' singing, fully foregrounded, would be a hit with advertisers. Bless.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 02:25 (four months ago) link
Sadier is Kiri te Kanawa compared to Trio's "Da Da Da," which Volkswagen turned into a hit 40 years ago.
(40? Christ I'm old.)
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 05:40 (four months ago) link
Sadier spring 2024 North American tour and solo album
https://www.brooklynvegan.com/stereolabs-laetitia-sadier-announces-new-solo-album-tour-shares-une-autre-attente/
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 05:49 (four months ago) link
I remember hearing "One Small Step" and "OLV 26" in commercials, too (I think this was the early 2000s?).
― ernestp, Tuesday, 2 January 2024 16:59 (four months ago) link