sorry man, I'm gonna have to ask you to hand in your Clif badge until we review this incident
― sleeve, Friday, 26 June 2020 18:59 (three years ago) link
I had a good run
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 26 June 2020 19:13 (three years ago) link
I would venture to say after looking at Koly and David's credits on discogs that Duncan Brown left Stereolab after ETK recording sessions and that David replaced him for the European tour that took place in the second half of 1995. There are 2 live performances on youtube from this tour as well as a radio session that show Dave in the band during this stretch.
But he was super busy in the first half of 1995, he performed on both The For Carnation & King Kong records as well as launched his solo career (as "M"). His 2nd release in early 1996 was a split with Monade (Laetitia's solo project) and he also played on her side of the split.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 26 June 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
Give Al the badge, sleeve
― Jeff W, Friday, 26 June 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
Meantime I'm just waiting on those two new Switched On volumes...
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 26 June 2020 20:02 (three years ago) link
Pretty sure Duncan was kicked out because he couldn't play the more fiddly ETK stuff.
― Position Position, Friday, 26 June 2020 20:04 (three years ago) link
xxp sorry, not my call, it has to go to ILX committee decision
― sleeve, Friday, 26 June 2020 20:06 (three years ago) link
I sometimes think 'Three Dee Melodie' is my favorite opening song to any album. It's got Mary singing, Laetitia singing, Tim's incredible guitar sound, a fantastic organ drone. It sets up the world of MAQ so perfectly.
― Position Position, Saturday, 15 August 2020 00:04 (three years ago) link
otmfm
― sleeve, Saturday, 15 August 2020 00:38 (three years ago) link
And yet Tone Burst, Metronomic Underground, and Brakhage are also amazing opening songs in their own ways.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 15 August 2020 00:41 (three years ago) link
Yep. They do good openings. Super Falling Star, too.
― Position Position, Saturday, 15 August 2020 10:44 (three years ago) link
bursting through our buh-rears
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 19 August 2020 23:27 (three years ago) link
vonal declosion, esp on headphones
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 20 August 2020 00:53 (three years ago) link
Fuses, Harmonium and Outer Bongolia are also brilliant openers.
― everything, Thursday, 20 August 2020 02:34 (three years ago) link
@stereolabgroop release Electrically Possessed - Switched On Vol. 4 on February 26th 2021 via Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp. Pre-order now https://t.co/mAUHbe9Eqe and also take a look out our new items of merchandise. pic.twitter.com/5UBVut7IwC— Stereolab (@stereolabgroop) January 14, 2021
Looks like it is First of the Microbe Hunters plus tour singles and various odds and ends.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 14 January 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link
Great news, finally!
― J. Sam, Thursday, 14 January 2021 15:24 (three years ago) link
Ooh, nice. First of the Microbe Hunters disappeared from Spotify a couple of years ago--I wonder if this had anything to do with it.
― jaymc, Thursday, 14 January 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link
WHERE IS "LO FI" GOD DAMN IT
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Thursday, 14 January 2021 15:47 (three years ago) link
(great news, obv)
Pre-ordered!
Nice to see a couple of unreleased tunes on there as well as previously unavailable alternate versions. Wasn’t expecting that.
Also good to see a few format options. But if you want the multicoloured vinyl edition (which does look amazing) with your name on it, it’s via the Duophonic ochre store only I think.
― Jeff W, Thursday, 14 January 2021 17:07 (three years ago) link
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Thursday, 14 January 2021 17:45 (three years ago) link
I gotta wonder. Supposedly there was a vol. 5 in the works as well. Maybe one last everything-and-the-kitchen-sink comp to go?
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 14 January 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
Still quite a bit missing from the Switched On series across all eras, so hopefully Volume 5!
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Thursday, 14 January 2021 18:06 (three years ago) link
Yeah I think Simple Headphone Mind / Trippin With the Birds remain uncompiled too. Is it sad that I kind of regret unsealing my CD?
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 14 January 2021 18:44 (three years ago) link
oh also this is the Lab's worst cover art by a *huge* margin
Since I'm assuming the Mirri board version (that means it's shiny, right?) will end up in brick and mortar indie retailers, I think I'll skip the preorder this time around.
PRE-ORDER: Stereolab - Electrically Possessed (Switched On Volume 4)LOCAL & REGULAR CUSTOMERS - there is a very ltd ed of this with "mirrorboard sleeve". If you order this, we'll put names in a hat and a few lucky ones will get the ltd ed upgrade
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 14 January 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
Oscillons from the Anti-Sun still has a lot of stuff that's not collected here? Or does this round up all of that?
― Cow_Art, Thursday, 14 January 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
Yes I thought Oscillions was basically the stand in for SO volume 4
― Michael F Gill, Thursday, 14 January 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
Duophonic don't own Low Fi so they aren't in control of remastering/rereleasing/compiling it. Too Pure still owns it, and they did put remastered versions of Peng! and Space Age Batchelor Pad Music in the last few years so hopefully they'll put Low Fi out again. And Duophonic was somehow able to license the Super-Electric EP from Too Pure so they could put Switched On out again (at least on vinyl), so maybe they'll work together on something.
I love Low Fi and wish they'd actually put out that entire session as an LP. As best I can tell these were all recorded in one June 1992 session:Low Fi(Varoom!)Laisser-FaireElektroMountainRevoxJohn Cage BubblegumSadistic
― city worker, Thursday, 14 January 2021 21:59 (three years ago) link
I went to duophonic pretty much as soon as this was announced and the colored vinyl was already sold out.
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Thursday, 14 January 2021 22:38 (three years ago) link
xps amazing and very helpful info, yeah that might be my fave Lab session ever!
kind of a bummer about the Too Pure rights, though
― Überschadenfreude (sleeve), Friday, 15 January 2021 00:00 (three years ago) link
My sense was that the colored vinyl was super-limited (and only available from Duophonic) while the Mirri board version was less limited and available from indie retailers (similar proportions to the clear vinyl with tape obi vs. without tape obi last time).
― eatandoph (Neue Jesse Schule), Friday, 15 January 2021 02:58 (three years ago) link
Stereolab - Series en Direct (Live 1993-2019)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 February 2022 20:05 (two years ago) link
Pretty great. Happily downloading the FLACs as I type...
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 February 2022 20:44 (two years ago) link
insane, really looking forward to blasting that 2002-era 12+ minute version of John Cage Bubblegum as soon as I can
― bad milk blood robot (sleeve), Thursday, 24 February 2022 21:22 (two years ago) link
this is gonna make my weekend
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 24 February 2022 21:26 (two years ago) link
this is exciting!
― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 24 February 2022 21:30 (two years ago) link
there are also more collections at the bottom of that archive dot org page (!)
― mookieproof, Thursday, 24 February 2022 21:45 (two years ago) link
September/October tour dates for US and Canada announced
― willem, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 17:14 (two years ago) link
I've had the "Dots and Loops" CD in my car for three months straight, AMA.
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 00:02 (one year ago) link
do you prefer the cover with the green background and the blue foreground or vice versa
although i guess there are other choices now
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 00:05 (one year ago) link
Blue? I see it as two different shades of green (or maybe blue-green and yellow-green)
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 00:13 (one year ago) link
maybe their most sparkly album
― brimstead, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 00:56 (one year ago) link
My favorite album of theirs along with Transient Random…
― Antifa Sandwich Artist (Boring, Maryland), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 01:15 (one year ago) link
― mookieproof
i have no idea what color the cover of my copy of "dots and loops" is, the cd is in the car, not the cover. i guess in my mind it's green as the background and blue as the foreground but god knows if i'm remembering that right.
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 04:41 (one year ago) link
Peng! and Dots and Loops are constantly being played around here.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 12:51 (one year ago) link
Ok ask a question, then… mm rate the songs from best to worst:
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 12:53 (one year ago) link
I find the original Swtiched On Stereolab to be one of the most perfect collections I know.
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
I keep seeing the vinyl reissues at the local shop and I'm considering getting them. the material they're made out of is pretty neat at least
― frogbs, Wednesday, 15 June 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
they are very well done reissues, fwiw
― thinkmanship (sleeve), Wednesday, 15 June 2022 14:39 (one year ago) link