Stereolab
Lætitia Sadier of Stereolab playing a Moog synthesizer during a live performance
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genre(s)	Post-rock, Indie rock
Years active	1990–present
Label(s)	Duophonic, Elektra, Too Pure
Associated acts	McCarthy, Monade, Snowpony, High Llamas, Imitation Electric Piano
Website	www.stereolab.co.uk
Members
Tim Gane Lætitia Sadier Andrew Ramsay Simon Johns Dominic Jeffery Joseph Watson Joseph Walters
Former members
Mary Hansen (deceased) Sean O'Hagan Katharine Gifford Morgane Lhote

Stereolab are an English alternative music band formed in 1990 in London. The band originally comprised Tim Gane (guitar/keyboards) and Lætitia Sadier (vocals/keyboards/guitar), both of whom have remained at the helm across many lineup changes. Other long-time members include Andrew Ramsay (drums) and Mary Hansen (vocals/keyboards/guitar). Ramsay joined the group in 1993, while Hansen joined ten years before her accidental death in 2002. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Laetitia Sadier (born May 6, 1968, sometimes known as Seaya Sadier) is the name of a French musician and writer most commonly known as the singer of experimental rock band Stereolab. ... The term Moog(pronounced // as in moan) synthesizer can refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for analog and digital music synthesisers. ... 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Called "one of the most fiercely independent and original groups of the Nineties",^[1] Stereolab were one of the first bands to be termed "post-rock". Their primary musical influence is 1970s krautrock, which they combine with lounge, 1960s pop, and experimental music. They are noted for their heavy use of vintage electronic keyboards, and their sound often overlays a repetitive "motorik" beat with female vocals sung in English or French. Stereolab have stirred up controversy for the socio-political themes they incorporate into their work. Some critics say the group's lyrics carry a strong Marxist message, and Gane and Sadier admit to being influenced by the Surrealist and Situationist cultural and political movements. However, Gane is skeptical of labels such as "Marxist pop", and defends the band against accusations of "sloganeering". The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Krautrock, also known as Kosmische Musik, is a generic name for the experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s. ... Lounge music refers to music played in the lounges and bars of hotels and casinos, or at standalone piano bars. ... For other uses, see Pop music (disambiguation). ... For experimental rock music, see experimental rock. ... Motorik is a term coined by music journalists to describe the 4/4 beat often used by some so-called Krautrock bands such as Neu! and Kraftwerk. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ... The Situationist International (SI) was a small group of international political and artistic agitators with roots in Marxism, Lettrism and the early 20th century European artistic and political avant-gardes. ...

Although many of the band's albums have been underground hits, they have not found larger commercial success. The band were released from their recording contract with Warner Music when Warner's imprint Elektra Records folded. The release was reportedly due to poor record sales, and since then Stereolab's self-owned label, Duophonic Records, has signed a distribution deal with Too Pure. Duophonic holds the copyrights to the band's recordings, and on the label the band have released many limited-edition records. Warner Music Group is one of the Big Four record labels. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... Duophonic Records is an independent record label formed by the British rock group Stereolab. ... Too Pure is a London, United Kingdom based independent record label that was formed in 1990 by Richard Roberts and Paul Cox. ...

History

1990–1993

The 1991 10" vinyl EP Super 45 was Stereolab's first release. (The figure on the cover appeared on several of the band's early records.)

In 1985, Tim Gane formed McCarthy, a band from Essex, England known for their left-wing politics.^[2] Gane met the French-born Lætitia Sadier^[3] at a McCarthy concert in Paris, and the two quickly fell in love. The musically-inclined Sadier was disillusioned with the rock scene in France, and soon moved to London to be with Gane and to pursue her career.^[4] After three albums, the group broke up in 1990 and Gane immediately formed Stereolab with Sadier (who had also contributed vocals to McCarthy's final album).^[5] The group's name was taken from a division of a 1960s record label that released records demonstrating hi-fi effects.^[6] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Super 45 was the first release by Stereolab. ... McCarthy were a British indie pop band, formed in Barking, Essex, England in 1985 by schoolmates Malcolm Eden (voice and guitar) and Tim Gane (lead guitar) with John Williamson (bass guitar) and Gary Baker (drums). ... This article is about the county of Essex in England. ... High Fidelity is also the title of a book by Nick Hornby and a film directed by Stephen Frears, based upon Hornbys book. ...

Gane and Sadier, along with future Stereolab manager Martin Pike, created a record label called Duophonic Super 45s—which, along with later offshoot Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks, would be commonly known as "Duophonic".^[7] The 10" vinyl EP Super 45 was the group's and the label's first release, and was sold through mail order and the Rough Trade Shop in London. Super 45's band-designed album art and packaging was the first of many customized and limited-edition Duophonic records. In a 1996 interview in The Wire Gane calls the "do-it-yourself" aesthetic behind Duophonic "empowering", and says that by releasing one's own music "you learn; it creates more music, more ideas".^[8] Other independent bands such as Tortoise, Broadcast, and Labradford would also release material on Duophonic. EP can stand for: EP is the IATA code for Iran Aseman Airlines Extended play, a music recording (usually consisting of several tracks, but shorter than a typical album) European Parliament, the parliamentary body of the European Union Evolutionary psychology, a belief that psychology can be better understood in light... Super 45 was the first release by Stereolab. ... Rough Trade on 130 Talbot Road The Rough Trade Shop is an independent music store in the Portobello district of West London, England. ... The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine. ... Tortoise, an instrumental rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1990. ... Broadcast are an electronic music band, based in Birmingham, England. ... Labradford is a rock band from Richmond, Virginia. ...

Stereolab followed up with another EP, Super-Electric, and a single, "Stunning Debut Album" (not actually their debut). The band's early material was rock and guitar-oriented; of Super-Electric, Jason Ankeny wrote in All Music Guide that "Droning guitars, skeletal rhythms, and pop hooks—not vintage synths and pointillist melodies—were their calling cards …."^[9] In 1992 Stereolab's first full-length album, Peng!, and first compilation, Switched On, were released on independent label Too Pure. Around this time, the lineup coalesced around Gane and Sadier plus vocalist Mary Hansen, drummer Andrew Ramsay, bassist Duncan Brown, keyboardist Katharine Gifford, and guitarist Sean O'Hagan. Hansen, an Australian, had been in touch with Gane since his McCarthy days. After joining, she and Sadier developed a style of vocal counterpoint that distinguished Stereolab's sound until Hansen's death ten years later in 2002. O'Hagan would later leave to form The High Llamas, but would frequently return to contribute to Stereolab's records.^[10] Super-Electric was Stereolabs first release on the Too Pure label. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Peng! is the first full length album from Stereolab, originally released in May 1992. ... Originally released in April 1992. ... Sean OHagan was a founder-member of the Irish indie band, Microdisney. ... High Llamas is a London-based musical project created by Irish-English guitarist and songwriter Sean OHagan after the demise of his group Microdisney. ...

Music sample:

"Jenny Ondioline" Image File history File links Stereolab_-_Jenny_Ondioline. ...

Sample of "Jenny Ondioline", from Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (1993). One reviewer called it "the most ambitious—and definitive—moment of Stereolab's early years".^[11]

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Starting with their 1993 EP Space Age Batchelor Pad Music, the band began incorporating easy-listening elements into their sound. This release raised Stereolab's profile and landed them a major-label American record deal with Elektra Records. Their next album, 1993's Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements, was their first American release under Elektra, and became an underground hit in both the U.S. and the U.K.^[12] Mark Jenkins commented in The Washington Post that with the album Stereolab "continues the glorious drones of [their] indie work, giving celestial sweep to [their] garage-rock organ pumping and rhythm-guitar strumming".^[13] In the U.K. it was released on Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks, which is responsible for domestic releases of Stereolab's major albums.^[14] The year would also see a collaboration with industrial stalwarts Nurse With Wound, in the form of the Crumb Duck EP. Space Age Batchelor Pad Music is an album by the band Stereolab, originally released in March 1993. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Originally released in August 1993, Stereolabs Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements was the first major release to appear under the label Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks. ... The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C.. It is also one of the citys oldest papers, having been founded in 1877. ... Nurse With Wound or NWW is the main recording vehicle of British musician Steven Stapleton. ... Crumb Duck is the first collaboration between prolific Anglo-French indie band Stereolab and cult avant-garde unit Nurse With Wound. ...

1994–2001

Emperor Tomato Ketchup, released in 1996, has been called Stereolab's "high-water mark".^[15]

On 8 January 1994, Stereolab achieved their first chart entry when their 1993 EP Jenny Ondioline entered at #75 on the UK Singles Chart. (Over the next three years, four more releases by the band would appear on this chart, ending with the EP Miss Modular in 1997.) With their 1994 full-length, Mars Audiac Quintet, Stereolab focused more on pop and less on rock, resulting in what All Music Guide described as "what may be the group's most accessible, tightly-written album".^[16] Mars Audiac Quintet makes heavy use of the Moog synthesizer, and also contains the single "Ping Pong", which has gotten press for its allegedly explicitly Marxist lyrics.^[17] After releasing a 1995 collection of singles and B-sides called Refried Ectoplasm: Switched On, Vol. 2, Stereolab followed with an EP titled Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center. This EP was their musical contribution to an interactive art exhibit put on in collaboration with New York City artist Charles Long.^[18] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) is an album by the band Stereolab. ... is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Jenny Ondioline is a 1993 EP by the Anglo-French band Stereolab. ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ... Miss Modular is a single by Stereolab. ... Mars Audiac Quintet is an album by the band Stereolab. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Refried Ectoplasm: Switched On, Vol. ... Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center is an album by Stereolab, created in collaboration with artist Charles Long. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Stereolab's 1996 album, Emperor Tomato Ketchup, was a critical success and was played heavily on college radio.^[19] A record that "captivated alternative rock", it represented Stereolab's "high-water mark" according to music journalists Tom Moon and Joshua Klein, respectively.^[20] Krautrock techniques were still present, but the band stirred the pot with hip-hop sounds and complex instrumental arrangements.^[21] Stephan Davet of French newspaper Le Monde claimed to see musical influences as diverse as The Velvet Underground, Burt Bacharach, and Françoise Hardy on the album.^[22] John McEntire of the band Tortoise assisted with production and also played on Emperor Tomato Ketchup, while Katharine Gifford was replaced by Morgane Lhote before its recording, and bassist Richard Harrison by Duncan Brown afterward.^[23] Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) is an album by the band Stereolab. ... College radio (also known as university radio, campus radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college or university. ... For the song by the Thievery Corporation, see Le Monde (song). ... This article is about the rock band. ... This biographical article needs additional references for verification. ... Françoise Hardy (French IPA: ) (born Françoise Madeleine Hardy, January 17, 1944 in Paris) is a French singer, actress and astrologer. ... John McEntire (born April 9, 1970 in Portland, Oregon) is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist. ...

Music samples:

"Motoroller Scalatron" Image File history File links Stereolab_-_Motoroller_Scalatron. ...

Sample of "Motoroller Scalatron", from Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996). This clip illustrates the vocal interplay between Lætitia Sadier and Mary Hansen.

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"Captain Easychord" Image File history File links Stereolab_-_Captain_Easychord. ...

Sample of "Captain Easychord", from Sound-Dust (2001). Parts of this track use country-western techniques.^[24]

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Dots and Loops was released in 1997, and was Stereolab's first album to enter the Billboard 200 charts, peaking at #111. Barney Hoskyns wrote in Rolling Stone that with it the group moved "ever further away from the one-chord Velvets drone-mesh of its early days" toward easy listening and Europop.^[25] A review in German newspaper Die Zeit echoed this observation, claiming that in Dots and Loops Stereolab transformed the harder Velvet Underground-like riffs of previous releases into "softer sounds and noisy playfulness".^[26] Contributors to the album once again included John McEntire, along with Sean O'Hagan of The High Llamas and Jan St. Werner of German electropop duo Mouse on Mars.^[27] A second Nurse With Wound collaboration, Simple Headphone Mind, appeared in 1997, and the third release in the "Switched On" series, Aluminum Tunes, followed in 1998. Dots and Loops is an album by the band Stereolab, released in 1997. ... The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. ... Barney Hoskyns is a British music critic and editor of Rocks Backpages. ... This article is about the magazine. ... DIE ZEIT (pronounced , in English, literally The Time, more idiomatically The Times) is a German nationwide weekly newspaper that is highly respected for its quality journalism. ... Sean OHagan was a founder-member of the Irish indie band, Microdisney. ... High Llamas is a London-based musical project created by Irish-English guitarist and songwriter Sean OHagan after the demise of his group Microdisney. ... Mouse on Mars is a duo from Germany (Jan St. ... Nurse With Wound or NWW is the main recording vehicle of British musician Steven Stapleton. ... Simple Headphone Mind is the second collaboration between Stereolab and Nurse With Wound. ... Aluminium Tunes is a double album collection of EPs and rarities from Stereolab, released in 1998. ...

The band then took a break from traveling while Gane and Sadier had a child.^[28] In 1999, Stereolab's next album appeared, titled Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night. Co-produced by McEntire and American producer Jim O'Rourke, the album earned mixed reviews for its lighter sound, and peaked at #154 on the Billboard 200.^[29] An unsigned NME review said that "this record has far more in common with bad jazz and progressive rock than any experimental art-rock tradition."^[30] In a 1999 The Washington Post article, Mark Jenkins asked Gane about the album's apparent lack of guitars; Gane responded, "There's a lot less upfront, distorted guitar … But it's still quite guitar-based music. Every single track has a guitar on it."^[31] Stereolab added a new bassist, Simon Johns, for the Cobra and Phases Group … tour.^[32] Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (1999) is an album by the band Stereolab. ... ORourke in Stockholm 2005 Jim ORourke (born 1969) is an American musician and producer. ... For other uses, see NME (disambiguation). ...

The full-length Sound-Dust followed in 2001, and rose to #178 on the Billboard 200. Again featuring producers McEntire and O'Rourke, it was more warmly received than Cobra and Phases Group ….^[33] Critic Joshua Klein said that "the emphasis this time sounds less on unfocused experimentation and more on melody … a breezy and welcome return to form for the British band." Klein also commented that "never has it been harder to discern just what [Sadier] is singing, but rarely has her gibberish sounded so pleasant."^[34] Sound-Dust (2001) is an album by the band Stereolab. ...

2002

In 2002, Stereolab began to plan their next album, and started building a studio north of Bordeaux, France. In October 2002, the band released ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions; a compilation of BBC Radio 1 sessions. The year also saw Gane and Sadier end their romantic relationship.^[35] Bordeaux (Bordèu in Gascon) is a France. ... ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions (2002) is a compilation by Stereolab of BBC Radio 1 sessions from July 1991 to August 2001. ... BBC Radio 1 (commonly referred to as just Radio 1) is a British national radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music and speech and is aimed primarily at the 14-29[1] age group. ...

On 9 December 2002, most of Stereolab showed up at a rehearsal to find their manager, Martin Pike, standing outside talking on the phone. The news he delivered was devastating—Mary Hansen had been killed in a traffic accident.^[36] As tributes from fans poured in, the band published a statement on their web site expressing their grief.^[37] Born in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, Hansen earned the most attention for her vocal work with Stereolab, although she also played the guitar and keyboards. The music journalist Pierre Perrone said that Hansen's "playful nature and mischievous sense of humour came through in the way she approached the backing vocals she contributed to Stereolab and the distinctive harmonies she created with Sadier."^[38] For the next few months, Stereolab lay dormant as the members coped with their grief. They eventually decided to continue; as Sadier explained in a 2004 interview: "Losing Mary is still incredibly painful … But it's also an opportunity to transform and move on. It's a new version. We've always had new versions, people coming in and out. That's life."^[39] (Future album and concert reviews would mention the effects of Hansen's absence.^[40]) In a 2004 interview Sadier said that "Our dedication to her on the album [2004's Margerine Eclipse] says `We will love you till the end', meaning of our lives. I'm not religious, but I feel Mary's energy is still around somewhere. It didn't just disappear."^[41] is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Mary Hansen (November 1, 1966 - December 9, 2002) was guitarist and singer with Stereolab. ... Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately 300 kilometres north of the state capital, Brisbane. ...

2003–present

The 2003 EP Instant 0 in the Universe was recorded in France, and was Stereolab's first release following Hansen's death. According to the music journalist Jim DeRogatis, the EP marked a return to their earlier, harder sound—"free from the pseudo-funk moves and avant-garde tinkering that had been inspired by Chicago producer Jim O'Rourke".^[42] That year, Sadier's side-project, Monade, released their debut album Socialisme Ou Barbarie: The Bedroom Recordings. Both the name of the group and the title of the album were references to the work of Greek-French intellectual Cornelius Castoriadis.^[43] Instant 0 in the Universe is a 2003 EP by Stereolab. ... Monade is a UK-based band which was initially a side project of Lætitia Sadier, one half of Stereolab, one of the first bands to be labeled post rock and incidentally influential to early Britpop. ... Cornelius Castoriadis[1] (Greek: Κορνήλιος Καστοριάδης) (March 11, 1922-December 26, 1997) was a Greek-French philosopher, economist and psychoanalyst. ...

Music sample:

"Margerine Rock" Image File history File links Stereolab_-_Margerine_Rock. ...

Sample of "Margerine Rock", taken from Margerine Eclipse (2004). This song "restore[s] some of the effortless fun that informed all of Stereolab's work before Dots and Loops", said one critic.^[44]

Problems listening to the file? See media help. Margerine Eclipse (sic) is an album by the band Stereolab. ...

The full-length album Margerine Eclipse followed in 2004 to generally positive reviews, and peaked at #174 on the US Billboard 200.^[45] The track "Feel and Triple" was written in tribute to Hansen; according to Sadier "I was reflecting on my years with her...reflecting on how we sometimes found it hard to express the love we had for one another."^[46] The Observers Molloy Woodcraft awarded the album four out of five stars, and described Sadier's vocal performance as "life- and love-affirming", and the record as a whole as "Complex and catchy, bold and beatific."^[47] However, Kelefa Sanneh argued in Rolling Stone that Margerine Eclipse was "full of familiar noises and aimless melodies".^[48] Margerine Eclipse was Stereolab's last record on their American label Elektra Records, which closed down in 2004.^[49] Future material would be released on Too Pure, the same company which released some of the band's earliest material.^[50] Margerine Eclipse (sic) is an album by the band Stereolab. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

The album was followed by Oscillons from the Anti-Sun; a 2005 three-CD and one-DVD retrospective of the group's rarer material. Monade's second album, A Few Steps More, also appeared that year.^[51] In 2006, Stereolab released three limited-edition singles which were collected in Fab Four Suture, and contained material which Mark Jenkins thought continued the brisker sound of the band's post-Hansen work.^[52] Serene Velocity, a "best-of" compilation focusing on the band's Elektra years, was released in late 2006. As of June 2007, Stereolab's lineup comprises Tim Gane, Lætitia Sadier, Andrew Ramsay, Simon Johns, Dominic Jeffrey, Joseph Watson, and Joseph Walters. The band is currently finishing recording and will release their next album sometime in spring of 2008.^[53] Oscillons from the Anti-Sun is a three-CD, 1-DVD box-set collection of rare Stereolab tracks culled from tour singles, EPs, B-sides, alternate versions, promo videos, and TV appearances. ... Fab Four Suture is the title of the forthcoming album by Stereolab, to be released in the United Kingdom on March 6, 2006. ... Serene Velocity is a compilation album by Stereolab, released in late 2006. ... Tim Gane (born July 12, 1964) is the leader of the British-based rock band Stereolab. ...

Musical style

Stereolab's music combines a droning rock sound with lounge instrumentals, and overlays it with singsong female vocals and pop melodies. Their records are heavily influenced by the motorik technique of 1970s krautrock groups such as Neu! and Faust.^[54] Tim Gane has supported the comparison: "Neu! did minimalism and drones, but in a very pop way."^[55] Stereolab's style also incorporates easy-listening music of the 1950s and '60s. Said Joshua Klein in The Washington Post, "Years before everyone else caught on, Stereolab was referencing the 1970s German bands Can and Neu!, the Mexican lounge music master Esquivel and the decidedly unhip Burt Bacharach."^[56] Lounge music refers to music played in the lounges and bars of hotels and casinos, or at standalone piano bars. ... Motorik is a term coined by music journalists to describe the 4/4 beat often used by some so-called Krautrock bands such as Neu! and Kraftwerk. ... Krautrock, also known as Kosmische Musik, is a generic name for the experimental music scene that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s. ... Neu! (the German word for new, pronounced noy) were a German band, probably the archetypal example of what the UK music press at the time dubbed Krautrock. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C.. It is also one of the citys oldest papers, having been founded in 1877. ...

Picture of a 1970s-era Minimoog analog electronic synthesizer. Stereolab often use vintage Moog synthesizers in their music.

The band make use of vintage analog electronic instruments such as the Farfisa and Vox organs, and the Moog synthesizer, which was featured prominently on 1994's Mars Audiac Quintet.^[57] Gane has praised these older instruments for their superior controllability: "We use the older effects because they're more direct, more extreme, and they're more like plasticine: you can shape them into loads of things."^[58] Funk, jazz, and Brazilian music are inspirations,^[59] and the sound of minimalist composers Philip Glass and Steve Reich can be found on 1999's Cobra and Phases Group ….^[60] Several critics have commented that the band's later work, like Instant 0 in the Universe (2003) and Margerine Eclipse (2004), sound similar to their guitar-driven earlier style.^[61] Image File history File links Minimoog. ... Image File history File links Minimoog. ... The Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by David van Koevering and Robert Moog. ... Farfisa is a brand name for a series of electronic organs and later multitimbral keyboards, made in Ancona in the Marche region of Italy. ... Vox is a musical equipment manufacturer formerly based in Britain, and now owned by Japanese electronics giants Korg, which is most famous for making the AC30 guitar amplifier and the Vox organ. ... The term Moog(pronounced // as in moan) synthesizer can refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for analog and digital music synthesisers. ... Funk is a distinct style of music originated by African-Americans, e. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Strong influences on the music of Brazil come from Africa, India, Portugal and the natives of the Amazon rainforest and of other parts of the country. ... This article is about a musical style. ... Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is a three-times Academy Award-nominated American composer. ...

Lætitia Sadier's bilingual French and English vocals have been a part of Stereolab since the beginning.^[62] She writes the group's lyrics, which have a tendency towards Marxist social commentary rather than "affairs of the heart" (in the opinion of music journalist Simon Reynolds).^[63] In reference to Sadier's laid-back delivery, Peter Shapiro wrote in The Wire that she has all the "emotional histrionics" of 1960s German singer Nico.^[64] Sometimes Sadier will just sing wordlessly along with the music.^[65] Before Mary Hansen's death in 2002, she and Sadier would often trade vocals back-and-forth in a singsong manner that has been described as "eerie" and "hypnotic".^[66] Critic Jim Harrington commented that Hansen's absence is noticeable on live performances of Stereolab's older tracks, and that their newer songs could have benefited from her backing vocals.^[67] Simon Reynolds (born 1963 in London), is an influential British music critic who is well-known for his writings on electronic dance music and for coining the term post-rock. ... Peter Shapiro is a freelance music journalist, he has written for Spin, Urb, Music Week, Uncut, Vibe, The Wire and The Times (London). ... The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine. ... For the prequel to Ico, see Shadow of the Colossus. ...

In interviews, Gane and Sadier have discussed their musical philosophy. According to Gane "to be unique was more important than to be good."^[68] On the subject of being too obscure, he said in a 1996 interview that "maybe the area where we're on dodgy ground, is this idea that you need great knowledge [of] esoteric music to understand what we're doing." In the same interview Sadier responds to Gane, saying that she "think[s] we have achieved a music that will make sense to a lot of people whether they know about Steve Reich or not."^[69] The duo is up-front about their desire to grow the group's sound—for Gane, "otherwise it just sounds like what other people are doing,"^[70] and for Sadier, "you trust that there is more and that it can be done more interesting."^[71]

On stage

Stereolab tour regularly to support their album releases. "Listening to Stereolab play can be a life-affirming, mind-boggling, even religious experience," said journalist Ryan Gilbey.^[72] The band is not afraid to turn up the volume in concert. In a 1996 The Washington Post gig review, Mark Jenkins wrote that Stereolab started out favoring an "easy-listening syncopation", but eventually reverted to a "messier, more urgent sound" characteristic of its earlier performances.^[73] In another review Jenkins said that the band's live songs "frequently veer[ed] into more cacophonous, guitar-dominated territory", in contrast to lighter albums like Cobra and Phases Group ….^[74] In the Minneapolis Star Tribune John Bream compared the band's live sound to feedback-driven rock bands like the Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth and My Bloody Valentine.^[75] However, several critics have said that Stereolab lacks stage presence, arguing that Sadier's vocal delivery is too subdued and that the band tends to play instead of perform its music.^[76] Regarding being onstage, Gane has said that "I don't like to be the center of attention … I just get into the music and am not really aware of the people there. That's my way of getting through it."^[77] The Star Tribune is the largest newspaper in Minnesota and is published seven days each week in an edition for the Minneapolis-St. ... The Velvet Underground and Nico (from left to right: John Cale, Nico, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker) The Velvet Underground (Affectionately known as The Velvets, or V.U. for short) was an American rock and roll band of the late 1960s. ... Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... This article is about the music group. ...

Lyrics and titles

Stereolab's music is politically and philosophically charged. Lætitia Sadier, who writes the group's lyrics, has reportedly been inspired by her anger at the Iraq War.^[78] The Surrealist and Situationist cultural and political movements are also influences, as noted by Sadier and Gane in a 1999 Salon.com interview.^[79] Stewart Mason commented in an All-Music Guide review that the lyrics from the 1997 song "Miss Modular" "sound influenced by the Situationist theory of the 'spectacle'."^[80] When asked to explain her intentions in a 1991 Melody Maker interview, Sadier responded that "Basically I want to change the world. I want to make people think about how they live every day, shake them a bit."^[81] For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... Surrealism is an artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious. ... Look up Situation, Situationism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Salon. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was (until its closure) the worlds oldest weekly music newspaper. ...

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Sample of "Ping Pong", from Mars Audiac Quintet (2004). Reviewers have seen Marxist themes in the lyrics of this song.^[82]

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Critics have seen Marxist allusions in the band's lyrics, and several have gone so far as to call the band itself Marxist.^[83] "Ping Pong", a single included on Mars Audiac Quintet (1994), has been put forward as evidence. In the song, Sadier sings "about capitalism's cruel cycles of slump and recovery" with lyrics that constitute "a plainspoken explanation of one of the central tenets of Marxian economic analysis" (said critics Simon Reynolds and Stewart Mason, respectively).^[84] The song opens with these lines: Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Mars Audiac Quintet is an album by the band Stereolab. ... Simon Reynolds (born 1963 in London), is an influential British music critic who is well-known for his writings on electronic dance music and for coining the term post-rock. ...

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.

Band members have resisted attempts to link the group and its music to Marxism. In a 1999 interview, Gane stated that "none of us are Marxists … I've never even read Marx." Although Gane admitted that his partner's lyrics touch on political topics, he argued that they do not cross the line into "sloganeering".^[85] Sadier herself has mentioned that she has read very little Marx.^[86]

Stereolab's album and song titles occasionally reference avant-garde political groups and artists. Gane said that the title of their 1999 album Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night contains the names of two Surrealist organizations, "Cobra" and "Phases Group".^[87] The title of the first song on Dots and Loops, "Brakhage", is a nod to experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage.^[88] Other examples are the 1992 compilation Switched On, named after a 1969 Wendy Carlos album, and the 1992 single "John Cage Bubblegum", named after experimental composer John Cage.^[89] Another recurring theme among Stereolab titles is references to vintage electronic musical instruments ("Farfisa", "Motoroller [sic] Scalatron", "Jenny Ondioline") and hi-fi terminology ("Wow And Flutter", Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements). A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (1999) is an album by the band Stereolab. ... Stan Brakhage (1933-2003) Stan Brakhage (January 14, 1933 – March 9, 2003) was an American non-narrative filmmaker. ... Originally released in April 1992. ... Wendy Carlos (November 14, 1939 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) is an American composer and electronic musician. ... For the Mortal Kombat character, see Johnny Cage. ... High Fidelity is also the title of a book by Nick Hornby and a film directed by Stephen Frears, based upon Hornbys book. ...

Impact

Stereolab have been called one of the most "influential alternative bands of the 90's",^[90] and one of "the decade's most innovative British bands".^[91] Simon Reynolds commented in Rolling Stone that the group's earlier records form "an endlessly seductive body of work that sounds always the same, always different."^[92] In The Wire, Peter Shapiro compared the band favorably to Britpop bands Oasis and Blur, and defended their music against the charge that it is "nothing but the sum total of its arcane reference points".^[93] Stereolab was one of the first groups to be called post-rock—in a 1996 article, journalist Angela Lewis applied the "new term" to Stereolab and three other bands who have connections to the group.^[94] The band's 1996 album Emperor Tomato Ketchup, their "high-water mark" according to critic Joshua Klein,^[95] was a critical success and underground hit.^[96] Stereolab has also received negative press. Barney Hoskyns questioned the longevity of their music in a 1996 Mojo review, saying that their records "sound more like arid experiments than music born of emotional need."^[97] In The Guardian, Dave Simpson said that "With their borrowings from early, obscure Kraftwerk and hip obtuse sources, [Stereolab] sound like a band of rock critics rather than musicians."^[98] Lætitia Sadier's vocals were criticized by author Stuart Shea for often being "indecipherable".^[99] Britpop was a mid-1990s British alternative rock genre and movement. ... Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991, led by lead guitarist and primary songwriter Noel Gallagher and his younger brother, lead vocalist and songwriter Liam Gallagher. ... Blur are an English rock band formed in Colchester in 1989. ... The term post-rock was coined by Simon Reynolds in issue 123 of The Wire (May 1994) to describe a sort of music using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbres and textures rather than riffs and powerchords. ... Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996) is an album by the band Stereolab. ... Barney Hoskyns is a British music critic and editor of Rocks Backpages. ... Mojo is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see Guardian. ...

The tracks on Stereolab's 1995 EP Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center were recorded for use in an interactive art show.^[100]

A variety of artists—musical and otherwise—have collaborated with Stereolab. In 1995 the group teamed up with sculptor Charles Long for an interactive art show in New York City, for which Long provided the exhibits and Stereolab the music.^[101] They have released tracks by and toured with post-rock band Tortoise, while John McEntire of Tortoise has in turn worked on several Stereolab albums.^[102] In the 1990s Stereolab and veteran industrial band Nurse With Wound released two limited-edition records together; both contained Nurse With Wound remixes of original tracks provided by Stereolab. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center is an album by Stereolab, created in collaboration with artist Charles Long. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Tortoise, an instrumental rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1990. ... John McEntire (born April 9, 1970 in Portland, Oregon) is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist. ... Nurse With Wound or NWW is the main recording vehicle of British musician Steven Stapleton. ...

Stylistically, music journalist J. D. Considine credits the band for anticipating and driving the late 1990s revival of vintage analog instruments among indie rock bands.^[103] Indie rock band Pavement (who also toured with Stereolab) acknowledged the group's sound on their song "Half A Canyon".^[104] Stereolab alumni have also founded bands of their own. Guitarist Sean O'Hagan went on to form the The High Llamas, while keyboardist Katharine Gifford created Snowpony with a former member of My Bloody Valentine.^[105] Sadier herself has released two albums with her four-piece side-project Monade, whose sound Mark Jenkins called a "little more Parisian" than Stereolab's.^[106] Pavement was an influential American indie rock band in the 1990s. ... Sean OHagan was a founder-member of the Irish indie band, Microdisney. ... High Llamas is a London-based musical project created by Irish-English guitarist and songwriter Sean OHagan after the demise of his group Microdisney. ... Snowpony is a supergroup formed in 1996. ... This article is about the music group. ... Monade is a UK-based band which was initially a side project of Lætitia Sadier, one half of Stereolab, one of the first bands to be labeled post rock and incidentally influential to early Britpop. ...

Despite earning critical acclaim and a sizable fanbase, commercial success has eluded the group.^[107] Early in their career, their 1993 EP Jenny Ondioline entered the UK Singles Chart, but financial issues prevented the band from printing enough records to satisfy demand.^[108] When Elektra Records was closed down by Warner Music in 2004, Stereolab was dropped along with many other artists, reportedly because of poor sales.^[109] Since then, Stereolab's self-owned label Duophonic has inked a worldwide distribution deal with independent label Too Pure.^[110] Through Duophonic the band both licenses their music and releases it directly (depending on geographic market). According to Tim Gane, "… we license our recordings and just give them to people, then we don't have to ask for permission if we want to use it. We just want to be in control of our own music."^[111] Jenny Ondioline is a 1993 EP by the Anglo-French band Stereolab. ... “British Hit Singles” redirects here. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... Warner Music Group is one of the Big Four record labels. ... Duophonic Records is an independent record label formed by the British rock group Stereolab. ... Too Pure is a London, United Kingdom based independent record label that was formed in 1990 by Richard Roberts and Paul Cox. ...

Selected discography

Main article: Stereolab discography

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Studio albums

• Peng! (1992), Too Pure/American
• Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (1993), Duophonic/Elektra
• Mars Audiac Quintet (1994), Duophonic/Elektra
• Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996), Duophonic/Elektra
• Dots and Loops (1997), Duophonic/Elektra
• Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night (1999), Duophonic/Elektra
• Sound-Dust (2001), Duophonic/Elektra
• Margerine Eclipse (2004), Duophonic/Elektra

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Compilations

• Switched On (1992), Too Pure/Slumberland
• Refried Ectoplasm: Switched On, Vol. 2 (1995), Duophonic/Drag City
• Aluminum Tunes: Switched On, Vol. 3 (1998), Duophonic/Drag City
• ABC Music: The Radio 1 Sessions (2002), Strange Fruit/Koch
• Oscillons from the Anti-Sun (2005), Duophonic/Too Pure
• Fab Four Suture (2006), Duophonic/Too Pure
• Serene Velocity: A Stereolab Anthology (2006), Duophonic/Elektra/Rhino

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Notes

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