Nabisco: I think Mars Audiac Quintet has never received such a hostile reception as Cobra did. Perhaps it is because of the NME review (which was a 0/10), but I always felt that Cobra is not a popular album among the Lab fans.
― zeus, Thursday, 25 October 2007 11:17 (sixteen years ago) link
so did anyone buy one of the 100 copies of "Eaten Horizons Or The Electrocution Of Rock"?
― zappi, Thursday, 25 October 2007 11:50 (sixteen years ago) link
2 days 2 late 2 get 1.
― Mark G, Thursday, 25 October 2007 11:55 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe someones put it up on Oin.... oh.
― zappi, Thursday, 25 October 2007 11:59 (sixteen years ago) link
It's time for another Switched On. Oscillons doesn't count.
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 25 October 2007 22:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Umm Zeus that is basically what I just said, isn't it?
― nabisco, Thursday, 25 October 2007 22:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Also: no one has much reason to rag on MAQ, but there were plenty of early Lab fans who just liked them to drone -- whose line, as the band got popular, tended to go along the lines of "I haven't really paid much attention to them since Transient..."
― nabisco, Thursday, 25 October 2007 22:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Perhaps it is because of the NME review (which was a 0/10), but I always felt that Cobra is not a popular album among the Lab fans.
I also got that impression from the Pitchfork review (3.4 from Brent D.). I think it's underrated, too.
― jaymc, Thursday, 25 October 2007 22:51 (sixteen years ago) link
Cobra came out when (a) the drone junkies dropped away (as nabisco said) and (b) there was a perception that Stereolab wasn't changing its sound significantly enough. I think (b) is now addressed by the fact that most people accept Stereolab will always sound like that. Nobody ever criticised the Ramones for using guitars all the time.
― Autumn Almanac, Friday, 26 October 2007 03:09 (sixteen years ago) link
kind of gay question, but i heard this marginally different mix of 'wow and flutter' that isn't on the lp. it's better: just these extra drones and shit overlaid. does the mix on the single answer to this description?
― banriquit, Saturday, 14 June 2008 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
that question had zero homosexual content. very disappointing.
― latebloomer, Saturday, 14 June 2008 15:32 (fifteen years ago) link
does the mix on the single answer to this description?
ans: yes
― Usic Has The Right To Children (special guest stars mark bronson), Friday, 19 December 2008 12:48 (fifteen years ago) link
I've got the Stereolab discog 92-98 on shuffle tonight. Goddam these guys had a stellar run, no? The consistent motorik pace is especially suitable for working-while-listening.
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:25 (fourteen years ago) link
stellar run lasted til 2001 imo
― iatee, Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
I'll pretty much rep for everything except Cobra & Phases, actually, tho tonight I am excluding the latter-day stuff in the interest of consistency.
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:30 (fourteen years ago) link
99-00s non-LP releases are a bit patchy tbh.
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Does anyone have any opinions on the Electric Imitation Piano records? I like the few tracks that I've heard & have been meaning to seek out more for the longest time, but haven't gotten around to it.
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:41 (fourteen years ago) link
er.. imitation electric piano
Most ridiculous C or D I've seen yet.
― skip, Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i only have the IEP cd on duophonic, nice enough but not amazing..
― victim of a vicious puma (electricsound), Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:46 (fourteen years ago) link
I've also been meaning to check out some of the old McCarthy stuff. The only SL side-project I've indulged was Snowpony. I don't know how much Katherine Gifford contributed creatively in her time w/ SL, but I recall the first two SP EPs being quite good. I probably haven't listened to them in ten years or more, tho.
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Thursday, 18 February 2010 04:54 (fourteen years ago) link
i always thought snowpony started really really well (love 'easy way down' and the other two 45s from shortly after) but got less interesting fairly quickly..
― victim of a vicious puma (electricsound), Thursday, 18 February 2010 05:04 (fourteen years ago) link
ya, album w/ seafaring oil painting on the cover was pretty dud, as I recall. I stopped paying attention after that.
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Thursday, 18 February 2010 05:13 (fourteen years ago) link
lol ES yr display name headed for the hall o fame (if it isn't there already).
― Man or Austro-Hungarian? (Pillbox), Thursday, 18 February 2010 05:16 (fourteen years ago) link
haha cheers
― victim of a vicious puma (electricsound), Thursday, 18 February 2010 05:16 (fourteen years ago) link
Inspired by the 90s poll, I listened to part of Peng! to see if maybe I've heard the wrong Stereolab (still possible I suppose). The vocals are annoying and thin, and don't seem to change much from song to song. The same boring guitar strumming sound gets rolled out over and over as well. Not hearing too much in the way of songform to get excited about to compensate for those weakness either. Very cool, uh huh.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 2 May 2010 05:01 (fourteen years ago) link
ok then the haters is just about some bullshit lol. wow though re: otherworldly i get the exact opposite reaction of what you just said, being totally honest here. cobra and d&l are all cooing, liquid, 8 dimensional futurebeings and sound dust is dem beings touching down/falling from grace, everything before or after is er, unusually inventive indie rock.
― tremendoid
so otm
― iatee, Sunday, 2 May 2010 05:33 (fourteen years ago) link
― All Clockwork & No Bodily Fluids Makes Hal a Dull Metal Humbert (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 2 May 2010 05:58 (fourteen years ago) link
to be fair, dots + loops hasn't aged so well overall, and cobra got bad press but does hold up.
sound dust is mostly boring, but the subsequent albums surprisingly have aged very well.
― All Clockwork & No Bodily Fluids Makes Hal a Dull Metal Humbert (PappaWheelie V), Sunday, 2 May 2010 06:00 (fourteen years ago) link
sound dust is gorgeous, every second of it
― iatee, Sunday, 2 May 2010 14:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Sound dust is a great album, one of my favourites but I think Margarine Eclipse is even better.
― Kitchen Person, Sunday, 2 May 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
I prefer Sound-Dust over everything they've done since then. For me, it was their last really good album.
― Moodles, Sunday, 2 May 2010 14:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Who was Richard Harrison? Listed as a groop member on Dots and Loops -- bassist, according to Wiki, though members' core instruments aren't spelled out on the album's liner notes. Short tenure in the band, nothing much before or after '97. Was the name a pseudonym? It seems strange for any group of recent vintage to have such a short-timing mystery man. Was he some nobody pulled in from subway busking duty and sent on his way after the record was finished? I've always wondered about him.
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Thursday, 5 September 2013 03:20 (ten years ago) link
Considering the Lab's association with John McEntire and the Chicago scene in general around that time, I would not say it's much of a stretch to assume it's Eric Claridge.
Though the need to perform under an alias for him is completely superfluous.
― Austin, Thursday, 5 September 2013 03:29 (ten years ago) link
Post-punker from Manchester, probably best know for being the drummer of Dislocation Dancehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dislocation_Dance
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 5 September 2013 03:46 (ten years ago) link
Richard Harrison is also part of the avant-strange band Spaceheads - well worth checking out. He also has a solo album out:http://www.discogs.com/Richard-Harrison-Drone-Hill-225/release/218586
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 5 September 2013 04:02 (ten years ago) link
I was just wondering today what in the hell Tim Gane is doing these days
― "Turkey In The Straw" coming from someplace in the clouds (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 5 September 2013 05:53 (ten years ago) link
Dunno, but Vinyl on Demand put out a massive 4LP box set of his first project Un-Kommuniti a while back.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 5 September 2013 07:52 (ten years ago) link
Wonder no more. Stream the entirety of his new album here:http://www.grautagrec.com/releases/006/gt006.html
― Jeff W, Thursday, 5 September 2013 10:47 (ten years ago) link
Thanks!
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 5 September 2013 13:13 (ten years ago) link
Really enjoyed this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx0pthgzDWU
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 5 September 2013 13:17 (ten years ago) link
As much as I love Tim Gane and Sean O'Hagan, I feel like their music loses something when it doesn't include voocals. Their instrumentals sound like they were written with the intention of adding vocals and they just never got around to it.
― Moodles, Thursday, 5 September 2013 14:10 (ten years ago) link
Thanks for the head's up, I'm investigating this
Also
http://splicetoday.com/pop-culture/space-age-bachelor-mentalist-muzak
― Beatrix Kiddo (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 5 September 2013 15:03 (ten years ago) link
That Teseolab track got mentioned on another 'lab thread, but I'm just listening now. "Hocus Pocus" sample!
― Same old bland-as-sand mood mouthings (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 5 September 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link
this cavern of antimatter thing is sounding very nice, thanks for the heads up, jeff w
― tylerw, Thursday, 5 September 2013 15:39 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I really enjoyed my first run-through of that this morning.
Thx for the Richard Harrison info, Austin/Al/Elvis. Does he play bass and drums, I wonder, or did Wiki get that info wrong? Hmm.
― cops on horse (WilliamC), Thursday, 5 September 2013 15:45 (ten years ago) link
Richard Harrison definitely plays bass, he was with Stereolab on their ETK and D&L tours and recorded on D&L. They've just gone through a lot of band members over the years.
― Moodles, Thursday, 5 September 2013 16:55 (ten years ago) link
Haven't thought about that _Drone Hill_ record in years. Not as good as Alan Lamb, but an acceptable substitute as Mr Lamb isn't exactly churning out the records.
― Wandering Boy Poet, Friday, 6 September 2013 13:04 (ten years ago) link
Richard Harrison is the guy playing bass on these clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdG4WpqIgvMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkaJ5z9QBZQ
― Position Position, Friday, 6 September 2013 13:06 (ten years ago) link
yep, that was my favorite line-up for Stereolab
― Moodles, Friday, 6 September 2013 16:06 (ten years ago) link