The future of Stereolab

I am destroyed by all of chunkletguy's videos, wow. Thanks for the link Ned

This thread sent me back to listen to 'Sound Dust' tonight for the first time in years. I liked it.

xpost -- You're welcome! Yeah some amazing stuff there.

This was a great show too

http://www.gigposters.com/posters/35527.jpg

Ned: I found that CD set, email me with the info for what you would like me to do with it.

Per earlier post:

(I'd say if someone has a complete set they can send to tylerw he'll take care of the rest.)

So, tylerw...?

sup! can you upload mp3s or would you rather send the physical object somewhere?

I'll see if I can figure out how to get them uploaded this evening and let you know

Pretty interesting interview with Tim here: http://tapeop.com/interviews/98/tim-gane-bonus/

xp thanks moodles!!!!!

oh and the tape op interview looks great -- the one that appeared in the print edition was frustratingly truncated it seemed.

Good interview!

Laetitia is interviewed in the same issue. Can't remember if she got the web bonus treatment as well.

tylerw, webmailed you the info, let me know if you run into any issues

Somewhat relevant...

http://www.southlondonhardcore.com/2013/12/episode-96-sean-ohagan.html

This week we spoke to Sean O'Hagan, formerly of Microdisney and Stereolab, about his life in South London, Stereolab's South London roots, the transpontine tunes he recorded with The High Llamas and 'Here Come The Rattling Trees', his latest narrative music project which is set in Peckham.

i was at the MoM/lab show in mtl way back then. i remember my lungs rattling.

ETK tour was super good, probably best concert I've ever seen.

― Ornate Coleman (Moodles)

This was an all-time top five concert for me too (Cornershop opened for them).

got the webmail, moodles, will grab it when i get home tonight! thx!

I am pleased this is coming about.

sorry i cyberbullied everyone into it, but it had to be done...

I'm glad you are interested in them. If Ned hadn't mentioned it, they eventually would've melted in my garage.

If anyone else on here is interested in some good quality stereolab live recordings, feel free to hit me up for the URL.

I'D HIT THAT.

saw them at leeds cockpit 1999/2000 terrible sound
köln 2005? amazing gig, properly loud, loved the bassist that night, they seemed genuinely surprised that cologne loved them, highlights: a song i've never heard before or since and stomach worm
reading the year morrissey white stripes libertines without pete played. was meh was in a tent they weren't into and half the crowd were waiting for lethal bizzle or dizzy rascal

the groop was definitely one of the first bands where i was like "i must own everything by this band"

hahaha good luck with that one

I'd love some live 'lab if you could email biznotic AT gmail. Saw them in New Orleans on the ETK tour. Threw a little alien toy on stage and it ended up displayed on their Moog? for the duration of the set.

sent, if anyone was looking for these and didn't get them let me know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx0pthgzDWU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L7DbDKl0lo

So tylerw these ARE appearing on your blog sooner rather than later, yes?

hahaha

if that's cool, yes!

Yes, yes I think that would be cool, yes.

Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
Mars Audiac Quintet
Emperor Tomato Ketchup

i like the idea of stereolab (i.e., that general sound, and the individual elements the band drew from), but i've had a hard time getting into them. these are stupid reasons, but it's partly because (a) i generally dislike their album cover art and (b) i've become too impatient a listener to get through what i remember being fairly long songs. that said, i loaded the three albums listed above into my ipod this morning, and i really liked what i heard of them. i'd like to try another approach to this band, but i think it's best to try that with individual songs, rather than full-albums. what individual songs from the discs above is the best "way-into" stereolab?

Probably something from "Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements" because it has more of a tendency to ROCK as opposed to the outer space science pop with cooing French lyrics that you probably associate with Stereolab.

actually i really liked the "outer space science pop with cooing french lyrics"-songs that i heard. i just want to take it in small, carefully-selected doses at the start.

Mars Audiac Quintet is the on you want.

lol daniel, golden ball

loving this song. thanks.

I love that the Stereolab origins series on YouTube is up to part 17 or 18 now.

TRNBWA: "Jenny Ondioline" or "Crest"
MAQ: "Anamorphose"
ETK: "Tomorrow Is Already Here"

Pause

I love that the Stereolab origins series on YouTube is up to part 17 or 18 now.

Sounds like it's time to update my Stereolab Origins Spotify playlist.

Tylerw, what's yr blog?

http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com
it's a kinda bootleg/live/rarities thing for the most part

sweet! following you now

Daniel Esq 2, check out "Perversion" and "The Seeming And The Meaning" from Peng! too bcz you will be really delighted

perversion is great. i love the cascading, and kind of dueling, vocal lines. i've also decided that, with this band, it's really useful to read the lyrics; they add considerable heft to the songs.

Thank you, Moodles!

idk much about lyrics/poetry but there is a flat, direct, didactic quality to stereolab's lyrics that complimented their early noisier stuff best. I do like the juxtaposition witb the later bouncy loungier stuff, though.

Kinda fitting Malkmus quote in today's Salon interview on vintage Stereolab:

"I mean, I really, really liked Stereolab, and I think sonically and stuff they hold up so well. Also I was lucky to play a lot of shows with them back when they were especially burly sounding, real kind of heavy sounding — they got a little softer as time went on.

...

Their drummer was tough and the bass player, like whatever their backing band was I was really impressed by them. When we would play it would be — we’d have to get pretty drunk to make up for our lack of the power that they had. It sucked playing after them sometimes. You don’t think of them that way, but they really were that way. It was pretty awesome."