they're touring Australia next year so they're not stopping just yet
― ufo, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 02:39 (four years ago) link
Does Bleep always take forever to ship stuff?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 03:22 (four years ago) link
the farfisa and wurlitzer, those two were kind of central to the sound of so many of their records and shows.
The Yamaha YC Joe Watson has on stage has a very good Farfisa sound library in it and won't break, go out of tune, and weights about 1/20th as much.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 19:42 (four years ago) link
I mean, I get why they do this, I understand modern keyboard gear, so don't need to be told multiple times that there are newer, more reliable keyboards that do a reasonable simulation while being easier to cart around. Still does not sound the same.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 19:58 (four years ago) link
If I can be nerdy down that path I thought the Yamaha reface was fine for the combo organ and a smart call, my complaint was using a Kong minilogue in place of the minimoog…and I own and love the minilogue but it’s a thinner sound and doesn’t do the bubbly moog they need...and there are newer dependable moons that could’ve filled that role.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 01:06 (four years ago) link
I've finally given a spin to the new Dots & Loops reissue and wanted to join in saying it's stellar. Nice, clean pressing and just all-around great sounding. I've not listened to the album in a long while so I don't pick up any tweaks they may have made, but the care and emphasis on producing a great sounding record is evident.
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 23 October 2019 03:30 (four years ago) link
Saw the DC show and I wished Sadier’s vocals were higher in the mix.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 20:12 (four years ago) link
L.A. setlist:
AnamorphosePing PongInfinity GirlDouble RockerCrestNeed to BeLo Boob OscillatorThe Extension TripBrakhageMiss ModularPercolatorMetronomic UndergroundFrench Disko
Encore:
The Stars Our DestinationBlue MilkContronaturaCome and Play in the Milky Night
― omar little, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 22:40 (four years ago) link
demo version of Motoroller Scalatron is soooo lovely, really all these demos are such great snapshots
― Book Doula (sleeve), Saturday, 2 November 2019 22:24 (four years ago) link
Just picked up the new reissues of Sound-Dust and Margerine Eclipse...
Wow, some seriously different beginnings/endings (and maybe mixes? Unsure as of now) on some tracks... much more extreme than on the other reissues thus far.
Also curiously/disappointingly brief liner notes on Sound-Dust and a moving, sad essay in lieu of individual song notes in Margerine.
Both sound and look incredible, of course.
― Davey D, Sunday, 1 December 2019 00:48 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I'm hearing different mixes on the Margerine tracks, as well about 5 or 6 major re-edits. Sound-Dust doesn't seem to differ much from the o.g. vinyl edition, but I dare say the remastering has had a more subtle impact.
― Jeff W, Sunday, 1 December 2019 18:15 (four years ago) link
I ti sinteresting to hear the demos vs. the polished product. I used to have a live bootleg of dots and loops live performances taht were neat. I think the tape broke
― | (Latham Green), Monday, 2 December 2019 00:29 (four years ago) link
I may be able to help with that...
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 2 December 2019 01:54 (four years ago) link
Extended version of "Gus The Mynah Bird" is nice. What a cool song.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 4 December 2019 04:50 (four years ago) link
On the FLACs from them, Margerine Eclipse is now 57:17 rather than 53:35. Biggest change: "Hillbilly Motorbike" goes from 2:23 to 4:52.
― with hidden noise, Thursday, 5 December 2019 07:32 (four years ago) link
and Sound Dust goes from 1:03:32 to 1:06:23. "Gus the Mynah Bird" has gone from 6:11 to 9:05 and most of the other tracks look like they've been slightly shortened?
― with hidden noise, Thursday, 5 December 2019 07:38 (four years ago) link
The new ending of "Vonal Declosion" is tripping me up every time I hear it!
― Davey D, Thursday, 5 December 2019 07:57 (four years ago) link
Picked them up today -- nice that that basic run is complete of 'the Elektra years.'
Speaking of which -- idly checking Stereolab's Discogs page just now led me to discover that back this July, Terry Tolkin posted this huge entry on that page in comments about being their A&R guy in the early 1990s. Needless to say it's a treat. Just scroll down past the album entries, it's the first thing you'll see.
https://www.discogs.com/artist/388-Stereolab
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 15 December 2019 03:30 (four years ago) link
Wow, what an amazing little story tucked away there! Particularly liked this detail:
One thing he didn't like was when we wanted to use old Elektra Records logos from 1960's and 70's."What, Terry? Why? Do you know that I spent 250,000 fukin dollars on our new logo?"
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Sunday, 15 December 2019 03:44 (four years ago) link
Yeah I loved that.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 15 December 2019 03:53 (four years ago) link
h/t Raymond Cumming, how many of us had heard of this? not me!
https://www.discogs.com/Mary-Hansen-Hybird/release/2300268?fbclid=IwAR3glfVHxQ6mrUCTdG3ttiOdzYH7uvnPRx80leCuCNdeVBT4Fc6kdGjHnY0
― sleeve, Sunday, 15 December 2019 04:28 (four years ago) link
Not heard that.
The other release on that label also appears to involve her.
― koogs, Sunday, 15 December 2019 08:19 (four years ago) link
more US tourdates!
https://mailchi.mp/b978b55fc506/stereolab-the-lab-report-22-01-20?e=6d464d9535
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 19:05 (four years ago) link
PS - Keep an eye / ear out for news of Switched On volume 4 and Switched On volume 5 in 2020.
!!
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Wednesday, 22 January 2020 19:09 (four years ago) link
Okay, THAT is key.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 19:16 (four years ago) link
ooh, glad they are coming back to my neck of the woods — was out of town for their show out here last year.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 20:35 (four years ago) link
Okay, now THAT'S the sort of reissue I can get behind. (re SO#4/#5)
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 22 January 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
What'll be on 'Switched On' 4 & 5?
― Soundslike, Thursday, 23 January 2020 00:56 (four years ago) link
A cover of When the Levee Breaks?
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Thursday, 23 January 2020 01:01 (four years ago) link
Don't tease me like that.
― If the thing is pressed I think that Leee will surrender (Leee), Thursday, 23 January 2020 01:07 (four years ago) link
My post from 2010 itt lists what may show up on Volume 4 and the potential Volume 5 tracklist can be found in the Stereolab Albums poll.
It's all really good, too.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 23 January 2020 01:36 (four years ago) link
tickets for their show at Big Sur start at $300... that's utterly criminal.
Glad I saw them a few months ago...
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 24 January 2020 17:38 (four years ago) link
$300 for two tickets, which is the minimum you can buy... looks like it's at some remote location, since the tickets include a shuttle to the venue.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 24 January 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
yeah I misread the fine print... anyway sounds fun but over twice what I paid for the fillmore 2 months ago. The venue location is very beautiful....
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 24 January 2020 17:53 (four years ago) link
― the public eating of beans (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 24 January 2020 17:54 (four years ago) link
whoops
Here's what I've put together. I skipped some demos, remixes, radio sessions and live versions and stopped at the end of 2001:1. Super Falling Star (Moog mix) - from Volume 4 compilation2. Low-Fi3. (Varoom!)4. Laisser-Faire5. Elektro (He Held The World In His Iron Grip) - these 4 from "Low-Fi" EP6. Ronco Symphony (demo)7. The Seeming And The Meaning (demo) - these 2 from the Spacewatch flexi8. I'm Going Out Of My Way (WHFS session) - from "Inside Dave's Garage" split single9. The Eclipse10. Yes Sir! I Can Moogie - these 2 from "The Cat's Miaow" split single11. ABC (The Multitude) - from "Godz Is Not A Put On" compilation12. Simple Headphone Mind13. Trippin' With The Birds - from "Simple Headphone Mind" collaboration with Nurse With Wound14. Endless Summer (as Microlab) - from "Microstonia - Reprovisers" compilation15. St. Elmo's Fire (radio)16. Less Time17. St. Elmo's Fire (Red Corona)18. St. Elmo's Fire (Spatio-Dynamic)19. Impulse Rah!20. St. Elmo's Fire (Snow) - these 6 as Uilab from "St. Elmo's Fire" collaboration with Ui21. Miss Modular (Automator mix)22. Refractions In The Plastic Pulse (Feebate mix by Autechre)23. Contranatura (Prelude To The Autumn Of A Faun mix by Kid Loco) - these 3 from "Miss Modular Remixes" EP24. Freestyle Dumping - from JP release of Aluminum Tunes25. Symbolic Logic Of Now! - from "Soi-Distant" split single26. Chinese Whispers (Stereolab mix) - from "Chinese Whispers" compilation27. Untitled / 008 - from Thurston Moore's "Root" compilation28. Blaue Milch - from Peter-Thomas-Sound-Orchester's "Warp Back To Earth 66/99" compilation29. Galaxidion - from "Social (Bodies)" compilation30. Caliméro31. Cache Cache - from collaboration with Brigitte Fontaine32. Ticker Tape Of The Unconscious (Thievery Corporation remix) - from Thievery Corporation's "Abductions & Reconstructions" compilation33. The Super-It34. Fried Monkey Eggs (vocal)35. Monkey Jelly - these 3 from "The Underground Is Coming" EP36. Brain Drain - from "Collaborations 2: Constant Friction" compilation37. Négatités - from "Yeti 1" compilation38. Free Witch And No-Bra Queen39. Speck-Voice - these 2 from "Free Witch And No-Bra Queen" EP
here's what gerald posted in 2010 for Switched On 4 potential tracks.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 24 January 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
Socialism or Barbarism $300
― Frozen Mug (Tom D.), Friday, 24 January 2020 18:12 (four years ago) link
#24 already on expanded ETK reissue but yes to all of this
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Friday, 24 January 2020 18:17 (four years ago) link
Got tickets to the Pappy & Harriet’s show!
― john shopkins (naus), Friday, 24 January 2020 18:18 (four years ago) link
Of the gerald / brotherlovesdub list, I think only 12, 13, 25, 30 and 33-39 are realistic candidates for SO4 & 5. Maybe some of the other collabs, but def not demos, session tracks or remixes. And I believe Beggars (who own Too Pure) still has the rights to Low-Fi.
29 was on the expanded Cobra reissue.
Plenty of other candidates though.
― Jeff W, Friday, 24 January 2020 21:09 (four years ago) link
This isn't going to just be a repackaging of Oscillons, is it?
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 24 January 2020 21:56 (four years ago) link
A box set of cd EPs. Plz
― Mark G, Friday, 24 January 2020 22:52 (four years ago) link
Hadn’t realised there was a rights issue for low-fi. That’s a pity.
I was lucky enough to get a scratch card with 5 cliffs. Has there been any word on what that will get me? I had it in my head it was going to be a record of some kind but that could be a faulty assumption on my part
― I am using your worlds, Saturday, 25 January 2020 13:16 (four years ago) link
Think it's a record, might be some other stuff also.
I have three failed scratchcards. Might send them in anyway
― Mark G, Saturday, 25 January 2020 15:13 (four years ago) link
don't be a dick, they actually asked people not to do that
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Saturday, 25 January 2020 16:23 (four years ago) link
The latest Lab Report mentioned above said there were manufacturing delays and it'd be 5-8 weeks before the free item is shipped.
I had four failed scratch cards.... I would've appreciated some announcement of how many golden (ball) tickets were out there, as it required some effort to actually get clear vinyl (let alone the obi strip versions).
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Saturday, 25 January 2020 17:36 (four years ago) link
god Dots and Loops is so good.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 25 January 2020 19:48 (four years ago) link
thrilled to nab a copy of Oscillons from the Anti-Sun at the used CD shop today for 9 bucks. it even still has all the stickers! Looking forward to spending the rest of the weekend blasting it
― warn me about a lurking rake (One Eye Open), Saturday, 25 January 2020 20:30 (four years ago) link
don't be a dick, they actually asked people not to do that― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Saturday, January 25, 2020 4:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
― The Squalls Of Hate (sleeve), Saturday, January 25, 2020 4:23 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink
Fair enough, was only semi joking..
Suppose they had leftovers and did a special thing, and I'd sent them in already and they gone?
― Mark G, Sunday, 26 January 2020 12:45 (four years ago) link