List The Direct References of Stereolab

The Incredible Shrinking He-Man

Was just listening to Steve Hillage's "It's all too much", the refrain of which bears striking resemblance to "I'm going out of my way" from Transient Random Noise Bursts, right down to the overdriven organ.

According to this interview the title of Sound Dust comes from the liner notes to a Messiaen record. Which one?

not sure, it'd be appropriate for any of them. tim mentions the Turangalila here. a lot of Sound-Dust strikes me as Komeda production & arrangements of Messiaen chord sequences). One of my favorite Stereolab moments ever is that shifting filtered sequence at the end of "Gus The Mynah-Bird", which reminds me of "Vingt Regards".

Messiaen POV / POX

Parts 7 & 8 of the 'Stereolab Origins' series, part 8 includes a bit of the Turangalila

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV78kmTqH3k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn7vfuC-waE

Maybe he's talking about this? Pupils of Messaien, A Capella Works by Messaien, Stockhausen & Xenakis - one of the Stockhausen pieces, Agnus Dei, describes the Lamb of God by saying, "its step makes the sound of rainfall on the dust."

Anyone heard the Monade record? I like it but it's basically just Cobra and Phases Group without the fiddlier bits.

the other day I found a copy of the "Stereolab" edition of Tchaikovsky's Symphony #6 Pathetique on Vanguard - the 'Lab nicked the cover design for the sleeve of "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music". Wish I could post a scan, can't find an image online...

http://www.discogs.com/Stereolab-Explosante-Fixe/release/1469221

http://www.amazon.com/Boulez-Explosante-fixe-Ensemble-Intercontemporain/dp/B0007404HI

the Stereolab Origins series on Youtube is up to episode 13. It's so much fun, you try to guess which track is about to be cut to, providing a vague match, but I'm out of my depth by this point (though man, it's clear I really need to hunt down every last Don Cherry album I can find)

4) The alternate set list name for "Blips" is "Emil". Surprised?

Nooo

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519FURrEsmL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

ha ha WOW the first one on part IX, biggest laugh yet

More film references:
"Fuses": http://www.ubu.com/film/schneeman_fuses.html
"Three Women": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQPnxmVJMrY

And updated links for previously mentioned films:
"Kyberneticka Babicka": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjbHIKwoXCM
"Emperor Tomato Ketchup" (NSFW): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46xmL9OcwrE

Ok, noob here but haven't found a more specific Don Cherry pointer so here goes.

The bass line in Percolator comes from Don Cherry's fantastic Relativity Suite album of 1973, more specifically from the end of "Tantra" or the beginning of "Mali Doussn'gouni".
The Rhodes Piano ostinato riff in Metronomic Underground I think comes from "Desireless" of the same album.

Check it out: http://thebrewingluminous.blogspot.com/2007/04/don-cherry-relativity-suite.html

If you're a spotifyer, check out Sweden jazz giant Lennart Åbergs cover of aforementioned Don Cherry work here:

spotify:track:3f5Z65Jasm4QHl14FGQOPm

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JOHN WRIGHT AND CLEMENT BROWN - HI-FI SOUND STEREO TEST RECORD. Hi-Fi Sound Records HFS75 UK Stereo LP 1974.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41S2T56GREL._SL500_AA300_.jpg

Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41jqqDkhhiL._AA300_.jpg

Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements - back cover

andy ramsey credited with "persuasive percussion"

combines back covers of Enoch Light's

Persuasive Percussion and Provocative Percussion albums of the mid-'50s, which were some of the first albums to exploit the capabilities of stereo recording and 35mm film as a recording devise.

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/05/4f/1de4228348a02a7aecc34110.L.jpg
http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/L/Light/light_dim3b.jpg

haha this is the very first time i've noticed that the cover of TRNBWA is a record player. i r incredibly unobservant

hmm shouldn't have included cd re-issue

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2099/2213161022_2fd09a5fcb.jpg

did anyone post this Nini Raviolette song? it's not direct, but it can't really get anymore direct

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3n95BQEfLso

I love this thread...
Another film reference - Serene Velocity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYfNFtLSuv4

Jacques Siroul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASO4yDmwGfA

wow, that was more fun than a bag of monkeys. thanks.

What a great thread. Too bad some of the Youtubes are now unavailable

i just came here to post that i love this thread.

these are not just songs, but clues

― Milton Parker, Friday, 9 November 2007 00:25 (4 years ago)

never read this thread before but it's cool! in the interest of restoring some of the broken links, here's a link to Emperor Tomato Ketchup: http://www.ubu.com/film/terayama_vol1.html

(The Emperor Tomato Ketchup, 1971, dir. by Terayama Shuji, that is)

I actually made an xls of four of the "Stereolab Origins" with names of the references, if anyone's interested.

Sure, go ahead. Useful to have all this stuff in one handy place.

On "Ausculatation to the Nation", on Laetitia Sadier's new album Silencio, the lyrics about the G20 nations conference are taken word for word from a caller to a French political talk show.

But the sole song-writing credit goes to Sadier

never read this thread before but it's cool! in the interest of restoring some of the broken links, here's a link to Emperor Tomato Ketchup

can someone explain this film to me

no

zomg spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AiilJGAbZaindElpZUZwN2twSGx4TzNrTzlZY00xS2c&output=html

Oops, wrong link, if any of yall want to edit (COLLABARATIVE WEB2.0 omg):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiilJGAbZaindElpZUZwN2twSGx4TzNrTzlZY00xS2c

Next step: Stereolab Origins Spotify list

A quick search in Spotify brought this up, it's a little on the large side, but is a great start:
http://open.spotify.com/user/devastatorjr/playlist/3heKgUNitRwk19GxkWuTWc

OK, I got the actual list started. So far I'm through the first 4 videos, check this space for updates:

http://open.spotify.com/user/olken2000/playlist/06G3CvbMmQ90bj0KOPWM0b

It's not in any of the videos I don't think but "Perversion" is almost exactly the same as Velvet Underground's "What Goes On". It is literally the most blatant VU rip-off I have ever heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPJ_AIfntwg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8REIw0amb8

I could prob listen to the last 2 1/2 minutes of "Perversion" on a loop for all eternity and never get bored of it

Thread has become too long but did we already mrention Esquivel's space age bachelor pad? Or Caetano Veloso? The residents?

I love this band's influences and references, i might consider them my favorite band simply because of it, so much commn ground for an average music geek.

Eye of the volcano has an Os Mutantes thing going on.

Ticker tape of the unconscious:

Song title references Anais Nin. It was the name she gave one if her dresses
http://blacknyx.tumblr.com/post/43837638270/anais-nin-in-inauguration-of-the-pleasure

Also the song samples Gal Costa. Cant remember which song.... Divino, maravilhoso?

I dont know how much these count as "direct" so they probably dont count:

Joao Donato - Cada Jodel (The Beautiful One)
Similar groove to "Parsec".

http://youtu.be/8zy9-n3AJNA

Ennio Morriconne - Amore come dolore
Similar main chord sequence as Miss Modular. (Listen from 1:50 onwards).

http://youtu.be/slMuopBrglY

Also Brakhage reminds me of Mayfield's Move on up.

Last one for the day:

The bassline for "Were not adult orientated" is basically a sped up sample of Joy DIvision "No love lost".

Don't know it this has been mentioned but Miss Modular is metaphorically about an art technique called eye trick (trompe l'oeil)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trompe-l%27œil

I always took it to be about optical illusions, specifically the graphics found on the album itself

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irvssTCvYP0#t=1m7s";>Stereolab - University Microfilms International</a> vs. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5266zb0fTw#t=1m49s";>Liliental - Wattwurm</a>

You be the judge!

Well I sure butchered that post. Anyway you can still make the comparison.