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IF 025LP
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2013 release. "Released in late 2001, Sound-Dust found Stereolab firmly in the midst of their second phase. After taking a two-year break, the band returned with a strong melodic focus and a highly evolved, sophisticated style of writing that further displayed their growing talents. Many fans and critics consider the album to be among the group's finest. Producers Jim O'Rourke (Sonic Youth, Gastr del Sol) and John McEntire (Tortoise, Sea and the Cake) returned to further Stereolab's continuing evolution. The group brings a lighter, almost orchestral touch to the set of songs with unpredictable shifts in tempo and melody; this new approach is especially apparent on the lead single 'Captain Easychord' and its warped, country-tinged feel. The avant-garde and lounge textures still remain, but are balanced by sun-kissed harmonies and breezy Tropicalia. Sound-Dust is another example of a pioneering band moving forward creatively. It's a full-color collage of sound bursting with catchy refrains and exuberant rhythms. Always a band to add new twists to their sound, this album returns Stereolab to its most playful and otherwordly."
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DC 430LP
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2LP version, housed in two separate sleeves and on blue-colored vinyl.
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CD
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DC 430CD
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"Not Music is the first album from Stereolab since they announced their hiatus in Spring 2009. The twelfth album in an infamous career, Not Music is part of Tim Gane's 2007 science experiment involving improvised chord sequences played on piano or vibraphone, over top of which were placed little drum loops. This was a new way of writing and it yielded a bumper crop of 'compositions,' nearly seventy of which were boiled down into thirty-two new songs, fourteen of which were cherry-picked to form Chemical Chords. Not Music features eleven more songs cut from this same futuristic material. Beyond their genesis, the albums have a shared focus: 'Pop Molecules,' and 'Two Finger Symphony' have at least titular antecedents on Chemical Chords and both 'Silver Sands' and 'Neon Beanbag' appear in remixed versions (courtesy of Emperor Machine and Atlas Sound, respectively). While still tautly played and tightly focused, Not Music is more varied than Chemical Chords, brimming with drums, classic O'Hagan pop-brass and string arrangements and a diversity of strong lead and background performances from Laetitia Sadier. A plethora of fresh sounds abound. Not Music represents a perfect microcosm for Stereolab. Their hiatus is a sort of limbo, locating them truly somewhere between the past and the future. Where is it? It's not now, but it is Not Music."
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7"
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DUHF 022EP
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1999 single. 7" version features 2 tracks: "Free Design" & "Escape Pod". Limited availabiltiy.
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DUHF D022CD
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1999 single, "Free Design" is from the album Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night, the other three tracks are exclusive to this single: "Escape Pod," "With Friends Like These," & "Les Aimeis Des Memes".
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DC 159CD
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"This is Stereolab's third 'Odds and Sods' compilation. Comparing this to Switched On from some five years back, it's a very different listening experience, though certainly no less enjoyable. Plus, they keep growing in size -- Refried Extoplasm was twice as long as Switched On, and Aluminum Tunes is three times as huge. Recorded between 1994 and 1997, Aluminum Tunes is the companion piece to Stereolab's two most popular records, Mars Audiac Quartet and Emperor Tomato Ketchup. The tunes were gathered from over twenty diverse releases, ranging from split 7" singles, tour singles, compilation tracks, a 12" remix, a bonus CD, and the entirety of the acclaimed EP, Music For the Amorphous Body Study Center. The reference points are the same as ever, yet more perfectly integrated -- mood music, muzak and bubblegum pop, soundtrack sounds and orchestral jazz, all layered with analogue synth sounds and an understanding of minimalist that betrays the influence of Kraut-rock bands."
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