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Stereolab: Sound-Dust

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On August 28, 2001, “Elektra” and “Duophonic” labels released “Sound-Dust”, the seventh Stereolab studio album. It was recorded October 2000 – February 2001, at “Soma” in Chicago, Illinois, and was produced by John McEntire and Jim O’Rourke.

Personnel:

  • Tim Gane – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, electronics, tape echo and delay, mixing
  • Simon Johns – six-string bass, mixing
  • Andy Ramsay – drums, mixing
  • Lætitia Sadier – vocals, percussion, whistling, sound effects, mixing
  • Mary Hansen – vocals, percussion, whistling, sound effects, mixing
  • Sean O’Hagan – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, brass and flute arrangements
  • Jim O’Rourke – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, electronics, tape echo and delay, engineer, mixing
  • John McEntire – piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, electronics, tape echo and delay, percussion, whistling, sound effects, engineer, mixing
  • Tim Barnes – bongo drum
  • Dave Max Crawford – trumpet
  • Jeb Bishop – trombone
  • Mikael Jorgensen – electric harpsichord, Rhodes piano
  • Glenn Kotche – crotales, marimba 
  • Rob Mazurek – cornet
  • Rob Mazurek – cornet
  • Paul Mertens – flute, bass harmonica
  • Chad Taylor – cymbals, drums
  • Tim Barnes – bongo drum
  • Dave Max Crawford – trumpet
  • Jeb Bishop – trombone
  • Andy Robinson – brass and flute arrangements
  • Mikael Jorgensen – electric harpsichord, Rhodes piano
  • Glenn Kotche – crotales, marimba
  • Mike Jorgensen – computer assistance
  • Steve Rooke – mastering
  • Jeremy Lemos – additional engineering
  • House – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except where noted.

  1. Black Ants in Sound Dust
  2. Space Moth
  3. Captain Easychord
  4. Baby Kuku
  5. The Black Arts
  6. Hallucinex
  7. Double Rocker
  8. Gus the Mynah Bird
  9. Naught More Terrific Than Man
  10. Nothing to Do with Me – Tim Gane, Lætitia Sadier, Chris Morris
  11. Suggestion Diabolique
  12. Les Bons Bons des Raisons

Atlas Sound: Logos

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On October 19, 2009, “4AD” label released “Logos”, the second Atlas Sound studio album. It was recorded in 2009, at “Park Avenue Studio”, “Notown Sound” and “Press Play Studios” in London, and “Soma Electronic Music Studios” in Chicago, and was produced by Bradford Cox.

Personnel:

  • Bradford Cox – vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, bass guitar, drums, percussion, additional photography
  • Noah Lennox – vocals
  • Laetitia Sadier – vocals
  • Benjamin Balcom – piano, engineer
  • Sasha Vine – violin
  • Andy Ramsay – recording
  • Chris Koltay – mixing
  • Christian Wright – mastering
  • Craig McCaffrey – layout assistant
  • Edith Cox – cover photography
  • Ashley Harwood – back cover photography

Track listing:

All music by Branford Cox, all lyrics by Branford Cox, except where noted.

  1. The Light That Failed
  2. An Orchid
  3. Walkabout – Noah Lennox
  4. Criminals
  5. Attic Lights
  6. Shelia
  7. Quick Canal – lyrics by Laetitia Sadier
  8. My Halo
  9. Kid Klimax
  10. Washington School
  11. Logos

Stereolab: Peng!

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On May 26, 1992, “Too Pure” label released “Peng!”, the debut Stereolab studio album. It was recorded in April 1992, and was produced by Robbs, Lætitia Sadier, Tim Gane, Joe Dilworth and Martin Kean.

Personnel:

  • Lætitia Sadier– vocals, Moog synthesiser, mixing
  • Tim Gane– guitar, Farfisa organ, Moog synthesiser, mixing
  • Joe Dilworth – drums, mixing
  • Martin Kean – bass, mixing
  • Roger Askew – engineer
  • Robbs – engineer, mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except where noted.

  1. Super Falling Star
  2. Orgiastic
  3. Peng! 33
  4. K-Stars
  5. Perversion
  6. You Little Shits
  7. The Seeming and the Meaning
  8. Mellotron
  9. Enivrez-vous – Charles Baudelaire
  10. Stomach Worm
  11. Surrealchemist

Luna: Penthouse

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On August 8, 1995, “Elektra” label released “Penthouse”, the third Luna album. It was recorded in 1995, at “Sorcerer Studios” in New York, and was produced by Mario Salvati, Sean Eden, Justin Harwood, Pat McCarthy, Stanley Demeski, and Dean Wareham.

Personnel:

  • Dean Wareham– vocals, guitars
  • Sean Eden – guitar
  • Justin Harwood– bass guitar, theremin, mellotron, string arrangements
  • Stanley Demeski – drums, percussion, vibes
  • Lætitia Sadier– vocals
  • Jane Scarpantoni– cello, string arrangements
  • Tom Verlaine– electric 12-string  and electric guitar
  • Matt Buzzell – backing vocals
  • Lou Sciancalepore, Dave Voigt, Susanne Dyer – engineer assistant
  • Greg Calbi – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Sean Eden, Justin Harwood, Stanley Demeski and Dean Wareham.

  1. Chinatown
  2. Sideshow by the Seashore
  3. Moon Palace
  4. Double Feature
  5. 23 Minutes in Brussels
  6. Lost in Space
  7. Rhythm King
  8. Kalamazoo
  9. Hedgehog
  10. Freakin’ and Peakin’

Stereolab: Not Music

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On November 16, 2010, “Duophonic / Drag City” label released “Not Music”, the tenth Stereolab studio album. The album is a collection of unreleased materials which were recorded at the same time as the band’s previous album “Chemical Chords”.

Personnel:

  • Lætitia Sadier– vocals
  • Tim Gane– guitar
  • Joe Watson – synthesizer, organ, engineer, mixing
  • Simon Johns– bass
  • Andy Ramsay– drums, synthesizer
  • Joe Walters – French horn
  • Bo – mastering
  • Vee – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier.

  1. Everybody’s Weird Except Me
  2. Supah Jaianto
  3. So Is Cardboard Clouds
  4. Equivalences
  5. Leleklato Sugar
  6. Silver Sands (Emperor Machine Mix)
  7. Two Finger Symphony
  8. Delugeoisie
  9. Laserblast
  10. Sun Demon
  11. Aelita
  12. Pop Molecules (Molecular Pop 2)
  13. Neon Beanbag (Atlas SoundMix)

Stereolab: Dots and Loops

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On September 23, 1997, “Elektra” label released “Dots and Loops”, the fifth Stereolab studio album. It was recorded March 1997 – April 1997, and was produced by Andi Toma, Laetitia Sadier, Tin Gane, Mary Hansen, Richard Harrison, Morgane Lhote, Andy Ramsay and Sean O’Hagan.

Personnel:

  • Laetitia Sadier– vocals
  • Tim Gane– guitar
  • Mary Hansen– guitar
  • Morgane Lhote – keyboards
  • Sean O’Hagan– piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Farfisa organ
  • Richard Harrison – bass
  • Andy Ramsay – drums
  • Rebecca McFaul – strings
  • Shelley Weiss – strings
  • Poppy Branders – strings
  • Maureen Loughnane – strings
  • Paul Mertens – brass
  • Dave Max Crawford – brass
  • Jeb Bishop – brass
  • Ross Reed – brass
  • Xavier “Fischfinger” Fischer – piano
  • John McEntire– synthesizer, percussion, vibraphone, marimba
  • Douglas McCombs – acoustic bass
  • Andi Toma – electronic percussion, sound effects
  • Jan St. Werner – sound effects, insect horns

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, except where noted.

  1. Brakhage
  2. Miss Modular
  3. The Flower Called Nowhere
  4. Diagonals
  5. Prisoner of Mars
  6. Rainbo Conversation
  7. Refractions in the Plastic Pulse – Tim Gane, Andy Ramsay, Laetitia Sadier
  8. Parsec
  9. Ticker-Tape of the Unconscious
  10. Contronatura

Stereolab: Mars Audiac Quintet

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On August 9, 1994, “Elektra” Label released “Mars Audiac Quintet”, third Stereolab studio album. It was released as CD with bonus two-track disk, the double vinyl album with a 7″. “Pitchfork Media”  ranked the album at number 78 on its list of the “Best Albums of the 1990s”.

Personnel:

  • Laetitia Sadier– vocals, guitar, Vox organ, Moog synthesizer, tambourine
  • Tim Gane– guitar, Vox organ, Moog synthesizer, percussion
  • Sean O’Hagan– guitar, Vox & Farfisa organs
  • Andy Ramsay– drums, percussion
  • Mary Hansen– vocals, guitar, tambourine
  • Duncan Brown – guitar, bass, background vocals
  • Katharine Gifford – keyboards
  • Peter Morris – trumpet
  • Andy Robinson – trombone
  • Alan Carter – tenor saxophone, flute
  • Lindsay Low – trumpet
  • Vera Daucher – violin
  • Paul Tipler – engineer, mixing
  • Stereolab – mixing
  • Steve Rooke – mastering
  • Nick Webb – mastering
  • Sean O’Hagan – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, except where noted.

  1. Three-Dee Melodie
  2. Wow and Flute
  3. Transona Five
  4. Des étoiles électroniques
  5. Ping Pong
  6. Anamorphose
  7. Three Longers Later
  8. Nihilist Assault Group
  9. International Colouring Contest
  10. The Stars Our Destination
  11. Transporté sans bouger
  12. L’enfer des formes
  13. Outer Accelerator
  14. New Orthophony
  15. Fiery Yellow – Tim Gane, Sean O’Hagan