The biggest stretch in the Stereolab Originals series is the link between Cybele's Reverie and Une fois mais pas deux by Brigitte Fontaine, I think. However, there are Brigitte Fontaine elements across Emperor Tomator Ketchup.
Monstre Sacre Vs Brigitte Fontaine - Brigitte
― 3×5, Friday, 23 September 2016 04:05 (two years ago) Permalink
Moodles, absolutely. Your match is better than mine.
― 3×5, Friday, 23 September 2016 04:07 (two years ago) Permalink
Stereolab Origins Compared Anamorphose to Four Organs by Steve Reich. They both have the same gimmick of holding the note one beat longer, then another beat longer, but other than that, they don't sound too much alike, and Four Organs is a pretty irritating record. I would choose Palm Springs by Social Climbers as a replacement.
― 3×5, Friday, 23 September 2016 04:32 (two years ago) Permalink
…and The Fish by Yes. I haven't been able to connect them directly to any specific Stereolab songs, thoughThe bass at the start of "Retrograde Mirror Form" (on Microbe Hunters) sounds a lot like The Fish
― Jeff W, Friday, 23 September 2016 11:47 (two years ago) Permalink
another Astrud Gilberto - Beginnings
― mahb, Friday, 23 September 2016 13:53 (two years ago) Permalink
re: Monstre Sacre, there's also an Erik Satie piece on my list that sounds like a strong precursor, I wonder if Brigitte Fontaine was influenced by the same piece
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 23 September 2016 14:30 (two years ago) Permalink
Miss Modular <- Jean-Pierre Mirouze - Sexopolis?
(sorry if already posted, couldn't see it)
― a passing spacecadet, Friday, 23 September 2016 15:05 (two years ago) Permalink
ooh, good one!
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Friday, 23 September 2016 15:18 (two years ago) Permalink
The first time I ever heard Stereolab, the immediate connection I made was Sesame Street. The first song I heard was Brakhage and it immediately reminded me of a vintage Sesame Street vignette. It might have been this, specifically. But I've never heard them list Sesame Street as an influence.
I've read a handful of 90s Stereolab articles that cite Esquivel as an influence, but I don't know that Stereolab themselves cite Esquivel, and I don't actually here the connection there at all.
― 3×5, Friday, 23 September 2016 17:55 (two years ago) Permalink
^There was an Esquivel comp called Space Age Bachelor Pad Music out at the time, is why?
― Jeff W, Friday, 23 September 2016 21:16 (two years ago) Permalink
I think it's because there was a lounge revival in the mid-90s, right when Stereolab changed their sound, and for some reason Esquivel also made a comeback, and so they got lumped together. When I listen to him, or Martin Denny, it just doesn't have that association for me. The letter h, however...
― 3×5, Sunday, 25 September 2016 05:29 (two years ago) Permalink
Esquivel is pretty awesome, one of the more experimental artists from the whole "lounge" era who used theremins and synths in his stuff. Martin Denny is pretty much straight jungle lounge music whereas Esquivel can be far freakier.
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 25 September 2016 16:23 (two years ago) Permalink
Stereolab (ft. Herbie Mann!) covered Esquivel in the latter part of this medley of "One Note Samba/Surfboard":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEyZSbmVoxM
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 25 September 2016 17:37 (two years ago) Permalink
Here's the original:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NglD0H-cps
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 25 September 2016 17:39 (two years ago) Permalink
Also the people who are looking for Smile-era Beach Boys connections, you'd probably have a field day with Stereolab member/muse/svengali Sean O'Hagan's project The High Llamas' records Gideon Gaye & Hawaii.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 25 September 2016 17:45 (two years ago) Permalink
Another prog interlude: Camel - Migration
― 3×5, Monday, 2 January 2017 19:47 (one year ago) Permalink
Another Todd Rundgren: The Night The Carousel Burned Down
― 3×5, Monday, 25 September 2017 17:34 (one year ago) Permalink
I think that "One Note Samba/Surfboard" medley was done as reparation for nicking bits of both too blatantly previously.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 06:48 (one year ago) Permalink
The bass line of Metronomic Underground is awfully close to The Revolution Will Not Be Televised... hadn't really caught that before
― cosmic brain dildo (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:08 (one year ago) Permalink
iirc it's stolen directly from a Yoko Ono track on Appproximately Infinite Universe
― sleeve, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 15:09 (one year ago) Permalink
got a flexidisc of "famous instrumentals" recently that had "One Note Samba" on it
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 18:10 (one year ago) Permalink
Metronomic Underground/Revolution Will Not Be Televised similarity is already noted upthread.
The Yoko Ono song in question is Mind Train, from "Fly"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK-k0kCSJcM
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 18:23 (one year ago) Permalink
thank you!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 18:25 (one year ago) Permalink
that track is so siqq
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 18:54 (one year ago) Permalink
That Yoko track sounds like Can with yoko instead of damo.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Tuesday, 26 September 2017 19:03 (one year ago) Permalink
I've often wondered how Ono & Lennon connected to krautrock - like, who actually gave them those records and what were they listening to - cuz its impact is really obvious on those first few Yoko records
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 19:07 (one year ago) Permalink
Probably Klaus, right?
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 19:08 (one year ago) Permalink
that's my guess, but I've never seen it specifically discussed anywhere
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 19:09 (one year ago) Permalink
CAN seems like the most obvious thing they must have heard, maybe Faust (they initially made something of a splash in the UK press), maybe Schnitzler and Roedelius too idk
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 26 September 2017 19:13 (one year ago) Permalink
they were jacked into the German experimental art scene from the beginning
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 27 September 2017 14:44 (one year ago) Permalink
So that Hilma af Klimt exhibit... anyone else reminded of the cover of a certain Stereolab album?
https://goo.gl/images/9jynXK
― Milton Parker, Monday, 29 October 2018 19:03 (two weeks ago) Permalink
(Less direct of a reference than usual, but this is so precisely up their alley)
― Milton Parker, Monday, 29 October 2018 19:04 (two weeks ago) Permalink
Perhaps a reach but I want to believe
Thought I typed Klint on first post, apologies for error
― Milton Parker, Monday, 29 October 2018 19:40 (two weeks ago) Permalink