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
you don't need to see them at Big Sur (though I'll bet that'll be awesome), you can do the Warfield.
― akm, Sunday, 26 January 2020 15:18 (four years ago) link
Ever closer pic.twitter.com/hPprwmQ521— Stereolab (@stereolabgroop) February 17, 2020
― Jeff W, Monday, 17 February 2020 22:55 (four years ago) link
yessss so psyched
― sleeve, Monday, 17 February 2020 22:57 (four years ago) link
It’s a 7”. In a card sleeve with the winner’s name on it. Six previously unreleased demos.
https://www.discogs.com/Stereolab-Fluorescences-Demo/release/15286600
A few have been mailed out and are starting to land.
― Jeff W, Monday, 11 May 2020 23:58 (three years ago) link
nice, I had forgotten I won this!
― sleeve, Tuesday, 12 May 2020 00:23 (three years ago) link
This was a great lineup:https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBv9MoCttA/
(that whole IG account is gold if you were a music fan in the 90s)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 6 June 2020 01:54 (three years ago) link