LM Artist Poll No. 74 · STEREOLAB · Results Thread

Glad I needn't have feared "Flourescences" being overlooked. Possibly the highest non-LP track?

Brakhage: I just love their jazzy, melancholy tracks from D&L and this is my favorite, the singing is filled with so much resignation. Cool drums on this too, I think it might be John McEntire?

Miss Modular: the intro to this is my ringtone

Ping Pong: agree with Nag! on this, it was a minor revelation when this came out, just to hear them with such clarity, especially the singing

Following song is sweet. Had no idea it was one of their most loved ones in here.

http://i.imgur.com/yivfa2R.jpg
04. Pack Yr Romantic Mind 19 votes, 473 points. 5 first place votes.
From:Transient Random Noise-Bursts… (1993)
https://youtu.be/_UgTOFW7T8w

forgot to vote for that but I should have

my #1, this was the song that hooked me into them

Oh! How did I forget this one!

Has the scrapped version with the uncleared George Harrison sample ever leaked? Would like to hear that.

Wow, I had no idea this was still to come. Didn't end up voting for it but it's a brilliant song.

my #1 too, was beginning to despair!

I didn't vote (shame on me) and I've been too busy to follow along (dang!), but I'm happy Crest came in so high. I hope French Disko wins!

Has the scrapped version with the uncleared George Harrison sample ever leaked? Would like to hear that.

― Jeff W

What are you talking about and why didn't I know about this?

Scroll down to 'Information':
http://www.stereolab.co.uk/discography/1993/LP/transient_random_noise_bursts_with_announcements/

Long thread on it: http://www.stereolab.co.uk/forum/stereolab/topic/6242/threaded/67729

Wow! Had no idea... quick googling tells me there isn't an upload of it yet... no mention of the song sampled either... maybe it wasn't a song but a snippet of an interview which is why they didn't bother clearing it out before pressing those first copies?

We're almost done people.

http://i.imgur.com/EAuoLZs.jpg
03. Cybele’s Reverie 20 votes, 515 points. 2 first place votes.
From:Cybele’s Reverie EP / Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
https://youtu.be/v6dNTmfZp0U

The real first Stereolab song I heard. Immensely pretty, but I left it off my ballot.

so great, but the album version is way better than the single. another great example of how liked to pile one thing on top of another until it becomes almost maddening. I love how harsh the string and synth stabs are on such a pretty song.

Ok, Pack Yr Romantic Mind I could karaoke without looking at the screen. Cybele's, not so much. I'm into their mantra tracks I'm realising.

So I guess you guys already predict number 1 and 2. Want me to roll them simultaneously?

sure

La Resistance!

Sure, roll out Ulan Bator and Soop Groove #1 at the same time.

http://i.imgur.com/TKJtX9m.jpg
02. Gabba on the Jukebox 31 votes, 913 points. 2 first place votes.
From:Adorno Disco EP (1995)
https://youtu.be/0EHGQLWsAvY

http://i.imgur.com/6QC12bf.jpg
01. Dymaxion Loop 29 votes, 952 points. 4 first place votes.
From:Froot Machine 10” (1995)
https://youtu.be/0qMeDuwgr2A

:D

so different from the album versions!

nice work

Yep, my #1 right there.

Well, that's the end of our poll! Thank you everyone!

cute youtube links Moka hahaha

;)

http://i.imgur.com/31Kkeeh.jpg
02. French Disko 23 votes, 569 points. 2 first place votes.
From:Jenny Ondioline 7” / French Disko 7” (1993)
https://youtu.be/_kB9LRZ0sAs

http://i.imgur.com/lf61y9R.jpg
01. Jenny Ondioline 25 votes, 722 points. 7 first place votes.
From:Jenny Ondioline 7”/ Transient Random Noise Bursts… (1993)
https://youtu.be/oGDxN4mQ8WA

Solid top two!

10" format on those as well

the ex-GF who had the Cliff beach towel's favorite song is French Disko, she approves

her 2nd favorite is JO

I was hoping French Disko could win but it's still a good result. The top 20 is just about perfect.

Great poll. Thanks for running it Moka.

Jenny is this huge monolithic drone beast, and yet so sumptuous and comforting. Gives me chills every time I simply think about that opening blast of guitars.

I didn't realise "French Disko" hadn't placed until a few minutes ago. Gawd. I'm not sure I entirely appreciated it until I saw that clip from The Word with the dancing audience very recently. It suddenly made sense.

jamming JO now. Thanks for running this poll Moka! I'm a fan, but I really learned to appreciate the early stuff right here on this thread. :)

You're all welcome, thanks for voting. Here's the spreadsheet with individual ballots and full results:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ena2cDnbXHC7VuDfqvuG4kz9_iZ-fIbKmAe3gX3y5_k/edit?usp=sharing

Yes, great poll-running. Was dreading this one for months, as I didn't think I'd be able to take all the results wrongness, but it's been a blast. Thanks, Moka.

Jenny O a worthy winner. Career defining. Thanks again Moka!

And the imgur albums with the results in image form:

Album 1 (1-35): http://imgur.com/a/rlTHP
Album 2 (36-60): http://imgur.com/a/8oOnA

Fantastic stuff, moka! So well done.

Thank you!

Here's the top 100 if you can't access the sheet:

1 Jenny Ondioline
2 French Disko
3 Cybele's Reverie
4 Pack Yr Romantic Mind
5 Fluorescences
6 Metronomic Underground
7 Ping Pong
8 John Cage Bubblegum
9 Miss Modular
10 Les Yper Sound
11 Super Electric
12 Brakhage
13 Crest
14 International Colouring Contest
15 Lo Boob Oscillator
16 We're Not Adult Orientated
17 Come and Play in the Milky Night
18 Super Falling Star
19 The Seeming and the Meaning
20 Mountain
21 Golden Ball
22 Doubt
23 The Black Arts
24 Contronatura
25 Revox
26 Emperor Tomato Ketchup
27 Wow And Flutter
28 Captain Easychord
28 Our Trinitone Blast
30 Motoroller Scalatron
31 Tomorrow is Already Here
32 Transona Five
35 Animal Or Vegetable (A Wonderful Wooden Reason...)
33 The Light That Will Cease To Fail
33 The Noise Of Carpet
36 Harmonium
37 Anamorphose
38 Pinball
39 Three-Dee Melodie
40 Tone Burst
41 Laisser-Faire
42 Diagonals
43 The Free Design
44 Check and Double Check
45 Eloge D'Eros
45 Perversion
47 The Emergency Kisses
48 Baby Lulu
50 Percolator
49 Refractions in the Plastic Pulse
51 New Orthophony
51 OLV 26
53 Nihilist Assault Group
54 Spark Plug
55 Peng! 33
56 K-Stars
57 Puncture in the radax permutation
58 Avant Garde MOR
59 Changer
60 Pop Quiz
61 One Small Step
62 The Extension Trip
63 The Flower Called Nowhere
64 Tempter
65 Au Grand Jour
66 L'Enfer des formes
67 High Expectation
68 Anonymous Collective
69 Caleidoscope Gaze
70 Heavy Denim
71 The Groop Played Chord X
72 Infinity Girl
73 Spacemoth
74 Interlock
75 Fiery Yellow
76 Rainbo Conversation
77 Exploding Head Movie
78 Blue Milk
79 Need To Be
80 Brittle
81 Naught More Terrific Than Man
82 Kyberneticka Babicka pt. 1 & 2
83 Parsec
84 Surrealchemist
85 I'm Going Out Of My Way
86 Allures
87 Soop Groove #1
88 Hallucinex
89 Orgiastic
90 Suggestion Diabolique
91 Brigitte
92 Simple Headphone Mind
93 Excursions into Oh, A-Oh
94 You Used to Call Me Sadness
95 Lock-Groove Lullaby
96 I Feel the Air (of Another Planet)
97 People Do It All the Time
98 Sadistic
99 Les Aimies des Mêmes
100 Klang Tone

Brilliant stuff, Moka!

Thanks for a fun poll and really good-looking rollout, Moka!

Thank you! Oh I forget the Album of Albums:

Top 10 Albums: http://imgur.com/a/uHM6F