The future of Stereolab

xp there's two quotes from Pike that I see regarding the reissues:

"Yep, Calyx remastered. Beggars reissues. Couple slight artwork amendements – address and publishing from memory."

"Switched On will remain as the original as we only have the rights to 6 of the tracks. We licensed the Super Electric EP for physical only. Stunning Debut Album and the Super 45 EP will be up as EPs and they will be the remastered versions."

Ok. I read those as well, but they didn’t seem to address my question. I’ll read further on my own. Thanks though.

got the reissues finally; playing Refried Ectoplasm now and I don't have any of the noise others have reported so perhaps I'm lucky; and that means not all pressings are identical. I did wipe it with a carbon brush though before playing. that usually doesn't make that huge a difference though and I'd assume others did something similar.

I think it was Switched On that had the distortion

Hey eatandoph, that link is great, but is there a thread there in particular that includes discussion from management about the quality of the pressing and the bands opinion / approval of them? I'm just curious how your reply is a response to my question. You've just linked to a generic forum board and not a thread or post that addresses my question. If you've already read those comments, perhaps you could summarize them.

I've gotten the reissues and haven't listened to them all that analytically. There's a little noise in some passages but nothing all that intrusive. My impression was that the new Switched On was preferable to my old CD (livelier, for lack of a better word). With the other two it was more of a toss-up; the old CDs always sounded good to me. Stereolab offered new (old) product and I shelled out! Though besides a Switched On Vol. 4 I'd prefer re-pressings of the single/EPs that were collected on Oscillons (the re-sequencing of which I've complained about elsewhere here).

all three of mine sound great, no weird noises, so perhaps I got lucky.

Aluminium Tunes smells amazing! what did they do here? It's like sandelwood incense or something.

hoping they do Dots and Loops, Transient, Ketchup, and Margarine. Those are the only ones I feel like I really need (I have tne 1972 of MAD, which is alright though nothing revelatory)

dots and loops would be amazing

Cobra and Phases with the restored side-length version of "Blue Milk" please

Aluminium Tunes smells amazing! what did they do here? It's like sandelwood incense or something.
Screen printing ink – apparently the smell wears off after a while.

that's sad. i'll have to smell it up while I have the chance.

My children gave me the CD boxset for my birthday so now I have two. And I couldn't be happier!

From their FB page a little while ago.

Stereolab will undertake an extensive reissue campaign covering albums from 1993's Transient Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements through to 2004's Margerine Eclipse. All 7 albums will be reissued throughout 2019.

Keep ‘em peeled for news of the live return of Stereolab.

Exciting news. Don't know what a touring band would look like. When they went on hiatus, Laetitia commented that she get Stereolab back together with Tim at some point, but that the entire rest of the band would be replaced. I have a hard time imagining them without at least Andy Ramsay, although it would be kind of neat if they enlisted Joe Dilworth on drums and did a double bill with Caverns of Anti-Matter.

they posted a photo; I'm not hip enough to the rest of them to recognize anyone but Tim and Laetitia though. why would she say the entire rest of the band would be replaced?

I believe the original question was "Now that you and Tim have split, is that why Stereolab won't be reforming?"

and her reply was along the lines of that she was fine with Tim, it was the rest of them she couldn't stand.

Exactly

I think the pic they posted was from Chemical Chords era.

tbh I like Stereolab a lot and I can't name any other members except for the late Mary Hansen. I don't really think it matters who else is in the band, Stereolab is Tim and Laetitia.

I've seen them perform a lot of times, and some lineups were much better than others. Their drummer Andy is the only other member who played every single show I saw. It's hard to imagine them without him because he has a very recognizable style. I definitely have preferred musicians for the other instruments too, and I'd love to see them enlist a second female vocalist again.

also i wonder if these will be duophonic reissues or handled by Too Pure.

I'd imagine all the Elektra albums would be Duophonic, just as they were originally. Too Pure wasn't in the mix after TRNBWA.

get Andy Ramsay back and idk rope in Sonic Boom or something and I'm there

It'd be rad if they could get Sean O on a new tour. He played a few shows with Cavern of Anti-Matter, so you never known. I know half this board hates his influence but damn he was even on the old stuff as an OFFICIAL MEMBER, so c'mon.

never saw them so down for whatever. I always thought it was weird though that Ramsay was never included in press photos, despite the fact that he was the only consistent member besides L & T. they'd have touring members in photos but never Ramsay.

maybe he didn't want to be photographed? idk

O'Hagen in Stereolab was generally fine imo, it was all his non-Stereolab stuff that was garbage

I think he did not like being in photos.

Having Sean O'Hagan in a live band would be great. I'm totally down with a Stereolab all-stars tour.

suppose so

tim with killer pants & shades

http://www.dominopublishingco.com/images/artists/stereolab/620_310/stereolab1.jpg

Good times, also my favorite Steteolab lineup.

people hate his influence? they hate his solo work? news to me. There was at least one good High Llamas album.

every time i've come across a high llamas LP in a record store i've been too scared to get it

fuck that lounge act bullshit, I'm happy to hate - he's easily the worst part of the band

counterpoint. i love that lounge act bullshit.

<3

every time i've come across a high llamas LP in a record store i've been too scared to get it

― flappy bird, Tuesday, December 4, 2018 1:05 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Give Snowbug a shot. Nothing scary about it, and Mary & Laetitia are on at least a couple tracks.

word, I love the Cobra era most so idk why I ever hesitated w/ High Llamas

always thought of cobra and snowbug as sister albums — didn't they come out pretty much at the same time?

anyway, i feel like you could pick up like six high llamas albums on CD for about $12 ... worth the bucks.

High Llamas rule, fuiud.

Always wanted to like the High Llamas, but nah, they are rubbish.

It's weird they're so polarizing.

Anyway.

Count me in with the - not haters, but uninterested. I had High Llamas "Hawaii". Never took to it, sold years ago.

They have a bunch of albums I like more than Hawaii, but all of their music is extremely mellow.

Best entry points: Gideon Gaye, Snowbug, Talahomi Way. Those are the most traditional and song-oriented albums, I think. It's the other albums that I think have earned them their reputation of being a band that's not about songs. I love everything they've done.

I had that Gideon Gaye - it started off very songy, then it got overstuck on a riff for what seemed like hours. Brainticket/Cottonwoodhill be blowed!

"track goes by" is one of the best stuck-on-a-riff songs ever

looks the 'lab are playing primavera next year ...

whoa

Can Cladders and Beet, Maize, & Corn are also quite good

I dare say all of Stereolad* would be happy to join a touring lineup of Stereolab, but there should be a second female vocalist/etc as well

* !!! have toured as their own opening act, playing a set of Stereolab covers, with singer Nic Offer wearing a frock