The future of Stereolab

Thanks for that great insightful interview, I didn't even know that she was responsable for the Stereolab lyrics and that they were so left wing, somehow I had always thought McCarthy was the marxist band and Stereolab less political.

I got to see Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble the other night here in Austin, had a great time. The band and music is very much in line with the various solo projects she's had from Monade onward, stripped down, fairly subdued songwriting, not unlike Stereolab, but with more emotional resonance and more open-ended vocal lines. The last time I caught her solo show was with Monade in 2005. The big difference with this new band is that they are more versatile, all playing multiple instruments and everyone contributing vocals. There were lots of nice moments when they all harmonized together. Laetitia also continues to grow as a singer, she's always been good, but I think her voice is actually improving.

The first opening band was Astrobal, from France. They had some nice tunes, including some moments that reminded me of Domenique Dumont. They were very nervous and ended abruptly. While they were playing I kept thinking that their songs sounded very much like the music on Laetitia's new album. Turns out Astrobal is her backing band.

Second band was Heather Trost. Musically, they were fantastic, with great Broadcast-esque jazzy drums and lots of interesting keyboard and guitar melodies interweaving. Unfortunately, their vocals were pretty terrible, very out of tune and bland. The did do a nice cover of "Me and My Arrow".

After the show I bought a vinyl copy of Laetitia's Something Shines album and she was nice enough to sign it "The point is to change it, Matt, w/love! Laetitia".

nice, planning on seeing her next week up in denver -- thanks for the report!

http://thequietus.com/articles/23842-cavern-of-anti-matter-new-track-listen

avern Of Anti-Matter, the project of Stereolab's Tim Gane, will release a new album in March entitled Hormone Lemonade. Premiering above is lead track 'Make Out Fade Out', a pacy, motorik-driven instrumental cut built around layers of hypnotic, fuzzy guitar.

Hormone Lemonade is the group's third album to see release on their Duophonic label, with the record's catalyst lying in various rhythms committed to tape by band member Holger Zapf, using the Takron Z3 and Z2, over the course of three one-hour studio sessions.

Gane edited these jams into smaller useable parts and further fleshed them out, overdubbing each part with additional musical ideas. The group's Joe Dilworth then added further beats over Gane and Zapf's previous efforts, before Zapf added further sounds with his modular synth set-up.

The album is due out on March 23. You can pre-order it here.

Sweet!

nice — you know, I'm pretty happy with the current Tim / Laetitia situation ... they're both putting out very strong stuff.
willing to bet there's a live reunion of some sort in the near-ish future, but no rush ...

Meantime, a slew of albums plus Oscillons is now officially on Bandcamp

https://stereolab.bandcamp.com/music

I've had Dots & Loops on repeat for the last week or so.

damn ned i misread your post as "a slew of shows is now on bandcamp"

for such a beloved and amazing live band there's a relative dearth of recordings out there. every era is represented but often by only a handful of shows. maybe idk where to find them since they're not on archive.org

can anyone tell me how they get the bass sound on metronomic underground? i'm in love with that muted palm styling that broadcast also uses

The original Jazz Bass had felt mutes on the bridge - most likely something like that, or the flip-up mute on the Bass VI, but the tone is more Jazzy.
https://i.imgur.com/8CaHTDN.jpg

Laetitia’s albums are on Spotify now, thanks to Drag City

Another cool cover version comp

https://theblogthatcelebratesitself.bandcamp.com/album/stereolab-in-metronomic-underground-versions

what in the mother fuck

@jordanbpeterson I am so gutted by the treatment The Guardian -and some of the well to do media- has given you this week. You have all my support and many thanks for your clarity and -oh too rare- courage to speak the truth!

— Lætitia Sadier (@SadierLae) February 12, 2018

Uhhhhh...

Very interesting

that is so weird

boooo

wtf

never figured Sadier as one to go in for regressive gender politics

flappy it's not fucking "interesting", stop giving that asshole a pass

so disappointing

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haha i'm dumb it's still there

just older than i thought. yikes.

nooooooooo

from actual marxist to an enemy of 'postmodern neomarxism': the laetitia sadier story

ah FUCK

she is a musical hero nonetheless

flappy it's not fucking "interesting", stop giving that asshole a pass

― sleeve, Thursday, August 2, 2018 2:31 PM (eleven minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I wasn't giving him a pass, wtf? Dude sucks. It IS very interesting because it makes NO sense - Stereolab are one of the most well known / successful Marxist band in history, right?

behind Richard Marx

god who fucking cares? Jordan Peterson is a dumb asshole. Sadier has a Bad Opinion. Stereolab still rules.

Otm

well, I guess we know the future of Stereolab now

stereolobster

"Don't we all know the dangers of two conflicting viewpoints? An active troublemaker fanning the flame of dissent...so aggravating"

^lyric was intended as irony for those who didn't get it.

stereolab is to mumford and sons what jordan peterson is to morrissey

Morals are for the blind, not the critical mind
Morals which don't even tackle the real issues
Moral Which seek intervention and control
Morals which don't even tackle the real problems
Morals that just seek control over our lives

(the latter in reference to: https://www.thecut.com/2018/08/jordan-peterson-carnivore-diet-mikhaila-meat.html)

It's alright 'cause the historical pattern has shown
How the economical cycle tends to revolve
In a round of decades three stages stand out in a loop
A slump and war then peel back to square one and back for more
Bigger slump and bigger wars and a smaller recovery
Huger slump and greater wars and a shallower recovery
Don't worry be happy things will get better naturally
Don't worry shut up sit down go with it and be happy

Pretty sure her Marx ship sailed once she started doing Red Bull events.

That's a dumb thing to criticize a working musician for tbh, still gotta live/eat in the world as it is

Yeah I mean this is a pretty common thing for artists as they age - becoming conservative - but I don’t remember any indication at all that Laetitia did that.

Also who found the tweet lol

laetitia sadier rules - similar to kate bush and her conservative beliefs - why do a musicians views politically really mean shit when they rule so hard

it's still disappointing

i don't believe in black and white "cancelling" or kneejerk shunning
i reserve the right to be personally disappointed by people when they reveal themselves to have repellent beliefs

sure it is disappointing

but the culture of take down and kill your idols is shite

My 2 cents is that she's always been more of a crackpot than a deep political thinker, but she got a pass because her views tended to align more to the left. She's still a great artist, and I'm not planning to light my Stereolab collection on fire over this.

Also, it may be interesting to discuss, but I'm not sure it was so important as to require several different thread revives.

otm