The future of Stereolab

(just picked it up at my local store, it's a real treat to hear SHM in full sound quality)

heh, I've had it since release

I couldn't find it at the time, which was very annoying to me as a huge NWW fan! Then every time I saw it after that I balked at the price rise, now of course it goes for way more

this remastered Low Fi sounds absolutely fabulous btw

oh great, I bought the digital version of vol 5 because shipping insanity, which doesn't include the Low Fi tracks for some rights-related issue (also omits the Ronco Symphony demo)

There's not a single music shop in my city that stocks new CDs anymore, so had to buy the CD via Bandcamp, then felt ethically OK with dowbloading someone's CD rip while I wait, in order to get all the tracks.

lol I own like four copies of Low-Fi now, I am having trouble feeling bad about downloading FLACs from slsk of it

same, and the remaster is frankly incredible

almost as if the original was ... never mind

Lol

There's not a single music shop in my city that stocks new CDs anymore, so had to buy the CD via Bandcamp, then felt ethically OK with dowbloading someone's CD rip while I wait, in order to get all the tracks.

you do, but sometimes the download doesn't match what's on the CD... in this case, Low-Fi tracks aren't available for download for licensing reasons. sometimes you get more though!

Yeah I niticed thatthre LoFi tracks aren't on streaming either.

But they are - available for streaming and download, that is (in UK at least). You just have to look for them separately, as Too Pure owns the rights. And obv you have to pay extra if you want to download these. I grabbed the Low Fi 2022 remaster from iTunes.

Spotify:
Low Fi - https://open.spotify.com/album/1lbjk75NdneaLDToYhwNT1?si=zhXy3WTbR4-XRX82uvK7kw

Ronco Symphony (demo) - https://open.spotify.com/track/6hj4txJ2xpzw7mtolzq2yx?si=939bebecf03d478b

the Godz cover on here ("ABC") absolutely slays, never heard it before

Yeah that was a cool tribute comp.

Lovely set here in SF tonight; a good complement to the 2019 reunion show. When your set ends with “Pack Yr Romantic Mind” and “Super Electric”…

'Mountain' was a highlight, too. wow!

so many songs I thought I'd never hear them play

2019 felt like a greatest hits tour, I'm very glad this was something different. All those oldies like Lo-Fi, Mountain, and Harmonium were just incredible.

Here was our setlist

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/stereolab/2022/the-fillmore-san-francisco-ca-3b0016f.html

fairly similar to Austin

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/stereolab/2022/acl-live-at-the-moody-theater-austin-tx-43b0cb9b.html

“Mountain”! Damn.

all the early tracks they revived sounded so good

I think “Mountain” was my first favorite Groop track (Refried Ectoplasm was where my fandom started, when a friend loaned it to me).

Holy fuck they’re doing Refractions In the Plastic Pulse?? For those who have seen them, are they playing the whole thing or just particular section(s)?

the whole thing

they seem to have developed a new way of approaching some of these songs with a light touch then suddenly revving them up into overdrive, very interesting way of playing with dynamics

there's a good quality video of the Dallas show up on youtube

Yep, all the way through. Hell of a treat!

they seem to have developed a new way of approaching some of these songs with a light touch then suddenly revving them up into overdrive, very interesting way of playing with dynamics

along these lines, Blue Milk was the highlight of the 2019 show i saw + Andy Ramsay is the MVP

he's always been such a key part of their sound, and yet it seems like he's stepping it up, playing more with dynamics, throwing all kinds of sequences and triggers into the mix along with the drums, just a total champ

Absolutely. So long as he's there with Tim and Laetitia, it is Stereolab and I will always happily support them and see them.

Amen!

Yeah, I love the ‘overdrive’ moments. I remember even ‘Ping Pong’ went absolutely haywire live in 2019.

So way upthread Gerald posted this:

Given this, there's still this out there. Most of these are alt versions of released tracks so not that crucial:
1. Super Falling Star (Moog mix) - from Volume 4 compilation
2. High Expectations (demo)
3. The Seeming And The Meaning (demo) - these 2 from the Spacewatch flexi
4. I'm Going Out Of My Way (WHFS session) - from "Inside Dave's Garage" split single
5. The Extension Trip (radio session)
6. The Eclipse
7. Jenny Ondioline (live) - Upsapalooza comp
8. Cadriopo (full version)- from Fugu split single
9. Persolator (live) - Phoenix: The Album comp
10. Endless Summer (as Microlab) - from "Microstonia - Reprovisers" compilation
11. St. Elmo's Fire (radio)
12. Less Time
13. St. Elmo's Fire (Red Corona)
14. St. Elmo's Fire (Spatio-Dynamic)
15. Impulse Rah!
16. St. Elmo's Fire (Snow) - these 6 as Uilab from "St. Elmo's Fire" collaboration with Ui
17. Miss Modular (Automator mix)
18. Contranatura (Prelude To The Autumn Of A Faun mix by Kid Loco) - these 3 from "Miss Modular Remixes" EP
19. Rainbo Conversation (Russel Simins mix) - from the "Miss Modular" US promo
20. Chinese Whispers (Stereolab mix) - from "Chinese Whispers" compilation
21. Untitled / 008 - from Thurston Moore's "Root" compilation
22. Cache Cache (Monade) - from collaboration with Brigitte Fontaine
23. Ticker Tape Of The Unconscious (Thievery Corporation remix) - from Thievery Corporation's "Abductions & Reconstructions" compilation
24. Brain Drain - from "Collaborations 2: Constant Friction" compilation
25. Négatités - from "Yeti 1" compilation
26. Alternative 1 (with Hairy Butter)
27. Alternative 2 (with Hairy Butter)
28. Alternative 3 (with Hairy Butter)
29. Mudra (V/A - Dimension Mix)
30. Valley Hi! (live) - FBI: The Live Feed comp
31. Neon Beanbag (Atlas Sound Southern Baptist remix) - Not Music JP bonus track

So I have a slew of these but not all -- here's what I'm missing:

5. The Extension Trip (radio session)
7. Jenny Ondioline (live) - Upsapalooza comp
8. Cadriopo (full version)- from Fugu split single
9. Persolator (live) - Phoenix: The Album comp
19. Rainbo Conversation (Russel Simins mix) - from the "Miss Modular" US promo
26. Alternative 1 (with Hairy Butter)
27. Alternative 2 (with Hairy Butter)
28. Alternative 3 (with Hairy Butter)
29. Mudra (V/A - Dimension Mix)
30. Valley Hi! (live) - FBI: The Live Feed comp
31. Neon Beanbag (Atlas Sound Southern Baptist remix) - Not Music JP bonus track

Gerald or anyone, any way to share these out? I'm essentially creating a 'Switched On Vol. 6' for myself and kinda interestingly it would all fit on two CDs so maybe one day... (Thinking about how Sonic Youth finally cleared out all those random B-sides and live cuts on singles from the 80s via a Bandcamp comp.)

here's the Upsapalooza "Jenny Ondioline"

https://www.mediafire.com/file/x6qziqmrnuqqixm/1-01_Stereolab_-_Jenny_Ondioline.flac/file

I know I’ve got that Miss Modular promo somewhere, I’ll see if I can rip a nice version of that track

Absolutely. So long as he's there with Tim and Laetitia, it is Stereolab and I will always happily support them and see them.

If it's Tim, Laetitia, Andy Ramsay and your gran' on the Grodeck Whipperjenny, it's Stereolab.

Thanks Sleeve! All help appreciated!

Anyone who wants these can email me at geraldmcbb (at) hotmail (d0t) com

Anyone want to buy two tickets for the 9:30 Club show in DC Saturday?

Would like them to round out the expanded editions with a Chemical Chords/Not Music 2-disc set, mainly because I never bought them in the first place

Posted this on the wrong thread ... but saw them at Roadrunner in Boston last night, which is a terrific venue. Enjoyable but the absolutely terrible sound (their live sound person's fault as the opener had great sound and a very similar lineup) made the experience a lot less pleasant than it should've been. Current band is pretty tight tho and the song selection was very good.

Defer to Gerald McBoing-Boing for his review as he was also there and much closer to the stage.

The show in Minneapolis had absolutely atrocious sound as well which I considered posting in this thread like 5 times but figured there would be no one to commiserate.

OK gang

what in the holy hell is going on with side 4 of the Dots and Loops 3LP reissue (tracks 8, 9, and 10 on the original CD)?

what is labeled as "Parsec"... is not, and it's 4:35 instead of 5:34 long

then the version of "Ticker-Tape Of The Unconscious" is a full minute shorter, and "Contronature" is maybe 20 seconds shorter

what the heck is going on here, and what is in place of "Parsec"? nothing about this on the Discogs page, which has had helpful breakdowns on some differences w/previous reissues

I'm going to have to go back and listen but they messed around with track lengths throughout the deluxe edition, mostly adding bits of new material here and there

yeah but it's a totally different song!! I am so confused, any insight is most appreciated

I bought that deluxe ed digitally from Bleep and the track listing is
1 Brakhage 5:31
2 Miss Modular 4:29
3 The Flower Called Nowhere 5:15
4 Diagonals 5:15
5 Prisoner of Mars 4:22
6 Rainbo Conversation 4:46
7 Refractions in the Plastic Pulse 17:32
8 Parsec 5:35
9 Ticker-Tape of the Unconscious 4:46
10 Contronatura 9:04
(plus 11 more tracks)
so exactly the same at the original release, more or less - the vinyl must differ?

The show in Minneapolis had absolutely atrocious sound as well which I considered posting in this thread like 5 times but figured there would be no one to commiserate.

Sounds like something technical went way off the rails. If it's a digital board, could it be that they had levels saved from soundcheck that failed to load correctly?

Everything sounded completely normal and clear at the show I went to.

I didn't notice any sound issues standing up front in Boston. Frankly, I was just closing my eyes and losing myself in the music. Observations:

Tim & Laetitia stood as far apart as possible. I forget if that's any different than the old days.

The bassist fellow took over Mary's backing vocals and did very well!

The drumming was OK but not as powerful as the material needed.

Favorite tracks were "UHF", "Mountain", a way too short "Jenny O" and the amazing encore surprise of "Simple Headphone Mind".

Not a great deal of stage presence, L's simple dance moves were really endearing though.