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
Switched On vol 4, "Electrically Possessed," up for pre-order:
1 Outer Bongolia 9:29 2 Intervals 4:38 3 Barock-Plastic 3:17 4 Nomus Et Phusis 4:23 5 I Feel The Air {Of Another Planet} 8:12 6 Household Names 3:43 7 Retrograde Mirror Form 6:45 8 Solar Throw-Away [Original version] 3:06 9 Pandora's Box Of Worms 2:16 10 L'exotisme Interieur 3:23 11 The Super It 3:51 12 Jump Drive Shut-Out 2:43 13 Explosante Fixe 4:25 14 Fried Monkey Eggs [Instrumental version] 2:08 15 Monkey Jelly 1:54 16 B.U.A 4:51 17 Free Witch and No Bra Queen 4:44 18 Heavy Denim Loop Pt 2 2:54 19 Variation One 4:01 20 Monkey Jelly [Beats] 1:53 21 Dimension M2 4:03 22 Solar Throw-Away 3:59 23 Calimero 6:25 24 Fried Monkey Eggs [Vocal] 2:08 25 Speck Voice 5:01
Gerald McBoing-Boing predicted 6 out of 39 correctly eleven years ago :)
― shivers me timber (sic), Monday, 18 January 2021 08:45 (three years ago) link
The entirety of ...Microbe Hunters!? Is that hopelessly out of print now or something?
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 18 January 2021 10:06 (three years ago) link
i think calimero is the only thing on there that i have (having pretty much given up after dots and loops). so this feels like useful compilation.
― koogs, Monday, 18 January 2021 10:24 (three years ago) link
They do list the exact quantities pressed 21 years ago tbf Nag!
― shivers me timber (sic), Monday, 18 January 2021 10:29 (three years ago) link
So they do! :) (I didn't click through earlier.) The whole of ...Amorphous Body Study Centre was on Vol 3, I guess, but that was properly 'rare' by design and barely half as long. Not sure I need invest in a physical copy of this volume!
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Monday, 18 January 2021 10:44 (three years ago) link
Not so hot on including the entire "Microbe Hunters", unclear why they chose to do that - it's not like it's rare on the 2nd hand market unlike the "Amorphous Body Center" when they put it on "Aluminum Tunes".
My original list posted above covered their output until 2001, then I later realized the error of my judgement and expanded my personal Switched On compilation to cover their entire career.
They've been adding rarities onto their reissues, 6 tracks from my original lists are on recent bonus discs, but of that list I posted in 2010, almost all of it is still uncompiled. "Electrically Possessed" will take off another 13 rarities.
Here's what's still out there: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. XXXOOO7. High Expectations (demo)8. Ronco Symphony (demo)9. The Seeming And The Meaning (demo) - these 2 from the Spacewatch flexi10. I'm Going Out Of My Way (WHFS session) - from "Inside Dave's Garage" split single11. The Extension Trip (radio session) - Reading Present 1995 comp12. The Eclipse13. Yes Sir! I Can Moogie - these 2 from "The Cat's Miaow" split single14. ABC (The Multitude) - from "Godz Is Not A Put On" compilation15. Jenny Ondioline (live) - Upsapalooza comp16. Cadriopo (full version)- from Fugu split single17. Simple Headphone Mind18. Trippin' With The Birds - from "Simple Headphone Mind" collaboration with Nurse With Wound19. Persolator (live) - Phoenix: The Album comp20. Endless Summer (as Microlab) - from "Microstonia - Reprovisers" compilation21. St. Elmo's Fire (radio)22. Less Time23. St. Elmo's Fire (Red Corona)24. St. Elmo's Fire (Spatio-Dynamic)25. Impulse Rah!26. St. Elmo's Fire (Snow) - these 6 as Uilab from "St. Elmo's Fire" collaboration with Ui27. Miss Modular (Automator mix)28. Refractions In The Plastic Pulse (Feebate mix by Autechre)29. Contranatura (Prelude To The Autumn Of A Faun mix by Kid Loco) - these 3 from "Miss Modular Remixes" EP30. Rainbo Conversation (Russel Simins mix) - from the "Miss Modular" US promo31. Symbolic Logic Of Now! - from "Soi-Distant" split single32. Chinese Whispers (Stereolab mix) - from "Chinese Whispers" compilation33. Untitled / 008 - from Thurston Moore's "Root" compilation34. Blaue Milch - from Peter-Thomas-Sound-Orchester's "Warp Back To Earth 66/99" compilation35. Ticker Tape Of The Unconscious (Thievery Corporation remix) - from Thievery Corporation's "Abductions & Reconstructions" compilation36. Brain Drain - from "Collaborations 2: Constant Friction" compilation37. Négatités - from "Yeti 1" compilation38. Alternative 1 (with Hairy Butter)39. Alternative 2 (with Hairy Butter)40. Alternative 3 (with Hairy Butter) - these 3 from "Alternative 3" soundtrack41. Mudra (V/A - Dimension Mix)42. Spool Of Collusion (Chemical Chords bonus single)43. Forensic Itch (Chemical Chords bonus single)44. The Nth Degree (Chemical Chords JP bonus track)45. Magne-Music (Chemical Chords JP bonus track)46. Valley Hi! (live) - FBI: The Live Feed comp47. Neon Beanbag (Atlas Sound Southern Baptist remix) - Not Music JP bonus track
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
Feel like maybe it would've been better to expand Microbe Hunters into a full LP, then put out a separate Switched On 4.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 21:11 (three years ago) link
Microbe Hunters was a full LP tho?and the vinyl is expensive now, so reissuing it all on vinyl seems to make sense at leastsold mine a few years ago tho for a decent price, maybe I'll like it more this time round
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:33 (three years ago) link
Microbe Hunters was marketed as an EP/mini album but at 39 minutes is one of those weird "in '90s electronica terms EPs." The CD was priced below the premium (in the US, anyway) and it felt kind of like a stopgap.
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 22:54 (three years ago) link
A bit like the "bachelor pad" one back in the day?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
I want everything to get scooped up in this reissue series because the CD sets are fantastic
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 23:01 (three years ago) link
xp GAHHH WHERE THE HELL IS THAT ONE ALSO?!?!
Forgot about that EP, "We're Not Adult Oriented" totally rules. I assume it has the same issues w/Too Pure as discussed re: Lo Fi above.
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 23:24 (three years ago) link
It was reissued (not remastered) a couple of years ago. Seems like Lo Fi has always been available.
― everything, Tuesday, 19 January 2021 23:35 (three years ago) link
the vinyl is getting pretty expensive:
https://www.discogs.com/Stereolab-Low-Fi/release/222171
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Tuesday, 19 January 2021 23:39 (three years ago) link
It's amazing that the Cat's Miaow split and that Nurse With Wound thingy are still lost in the wilderness. Things aren't inaccessible in quite the same way as they were before '90s volumes, but I've been naively waiting more than half a lifetime for hear those via a subsequent Switched On. The decision to make 40% of Vol 4 a reissue of their weakest album (an EP mainly "in '90s electronica terms", OTM) is mildly offensive in this context lol.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 01:42 (three years ago) link
yeah Simple Headphone Mind is so freakin good
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 01:44 (three years ago) link
lol I bought the Cat's Miaow split for the Cat's Miaow song at the time
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 02:51 (three years ago) link
Pretty sure that was the first time I heard of CW. They roolz innit. Their track from the 7" has been on a compilation for decades now, LOL
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 04:25 (three years ago) link
a reissue of their weakest album
― assert (MatthewK), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 05:00 (three years ago) link
Maybe they think it's too weak to reissue on its own.
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 05:14 (three years ago) link
SHM is downloadable from NWW's bandcamp, at around the price of one of these switched on CD comps.
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 11:38 (three years ago) link
Microb Hunters is possibly the Stereolab release I have listened to the most, I had it on repeat for a month or two, much of this is down to the time and place I was at though."I Feel the Air (of Another Planet)" would likely still go in my top 10 though.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 11:54 (three years ago) link
picturing a Viz strip called Micro Bunters rn, abt dozens of tiny, miniaturized, rotund schoolboys
― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 12:07 (three years ago) link
_a reissue of their weakest album_OTM
― brimstead, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 16:24 (three years ago) link
Microbe Hunters is a solid EP, and I'm glad that I can now own it on vinyl. I was initially unimpressed with the inclusion of Amorphous on Aluminum Tunes, but am similarly thankful for it these days.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
Lo-Fi isn't really very good, especially compared to the other stuff they recorded at that session
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
maybe I'm just mad I spent a lot for the 10" all those years ago and it was a mispressing with side A on both sides of the record
― thousand-yard spiral stairs (f. hazel), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:44 (three years ago) link
i like microbe hunters & dont mind having it in the set just on the basis of consolidating their discography onto affordable vinyl. id rather have it as part of this $30 set than if they excluded it and then charged $30 for it as a standalone reissue
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
I like the Lo-Fi challop ;-) I'm not all that familiar with it but have listened on YouTube while dithering over spending about a tenner on the CD (it's generally gone up since then) and not been sufficiently won over.
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:58 (three years ago) link
aw, I love it. probably my favorite EP of theirs
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 17:59 (three years ago) link
iirc Low Fi was Mary's debut which makes it notable. In retrospect I don't remember loving it as much as the pre-Mary singles at the time... though I'd need to revisit as this era was almost 30 years ago. How did Low Fi fare in the Stereolab poll?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
It's probably my favorite ep as well -- it's got all the sides of 92-era Lab on one slab (a VU ripoff, some political lyrics I didn't comprehend at age 19, noisy drone loop, etc). But if it were replaced with "mountain" and "john cage bubblegum" repeated on both sides I probably wouldn't complain.
― city worker, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
_a reissue of their weakest album_
Yep, I'd concur with that - Microbe Hunters was the final straw for me, I was convinced it was all over until Sound dust made everything okay again.
Now & again I give it a spin to see if I'd completely misjudged (the cobra & phases syndrome) and every time it sounds like an endless conveyor belt of bland jelly mould filler
― cw, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
last 2 mins of Elektro from Lo-Fi are so good, I wish that MBVish guitar that comes in the end went on for longerwould love a vinyl pressing of Oscillons but it's probably impractical, it would be what, 4 LPs? 5?
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 20 January 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
Love Microbe Hunters, and Outer Bongolia is a top three track of theirs imo. But no need to include it here when it's so ubiquitous as a second hand CD. A vinyl reissue would be nice.
― everything, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 19:19 (three years ago) link
Yeah I ended up with two CD copies myself, without trying.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
Lol I've bought at least 3 CD copies or maybe even 4, because it's always like $2.
― everything, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link