Stereolab
 

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Emperor Tomato Ketchup & Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements are works of genius.

^ Im not familiar wit what you talking about... are those albums or songs?

anywho I think they're okay, I like Margerine Rock and Nought More Traffic Than Man.

Those were 2 of their earlier albums. They came out sometime between 93 & 96.

It has to be said after Emperor they kinda lost it a bit , but any of their early - mid 90s stuff is gold.

I haven't heard all their earlier stuff, I like them though, keep missing them in concert. On my must-see list

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Emperor Tomato Ketchup is amazing. Anyone heard their newest album? It's actually really good. I love the song "Interlock."

What good is all this knowledge we've acquired
In the face of deep nihilism...

just got the new album form the label and it's very good.. nearly back to form in their early days I'd say!

im just discovering them...i have been listening to emperor tomato ketchup. its pretty awesome and i had never heard of them before. found them from the pitchfork top 100 of 90s list...

The thing with Emperor is it feels like the first half is just going through the motions; building up to the second half. From The Noise of Carpet onwards its excellent.

I love Margerine Eclipse

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You're telling me "Metronomic Underground," "Cybele's Reverie" and "Spark Plug" are Stereolab going through the motions? My goodness if not the entire album, listen to those tracks again!

It just doesnt grab me like the second half does. It kind of dwindles along. I've listened to this album a lot, had it for a while, so its not an impulsive judgement. Metronomic Underground is good, but the album takes a lull for a few tracks before really picking up IMO

Stereolab just might be the most sexy music i've ever heard.

some of my friends were huge into stereolab and i have a few discs as well. while emperor tomato ketchup is good it's not the be all end all that some people try to make it appear to be.

i remember liking the aluminum tunes compilations far more.

I tried this band earlier this year and hated it; listened today to Mars Audiac Quintet and it was glorious. Fecking brilliance.

I've been really getting into Stereolab as of late, "Emperor Tomato Ketchup" and "Chemical Chords" are both great works. I've heard that they went on Hiatus just recently which I'm sort of Indifferent to mainly because I know I'd probably never see them live and I still have to flesh out their entire back catalog. Has anyone had the chance to check out Lætitia Sadier's side project Monade? I'm sort of Hoping they can tour a bit because of the hiatus with Stereolab.

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So I've really been getting into the earlier Groop albums that no one seems to really be mentioning. "Transient Noise Bursts With Random Announcements" is probably one of my favorite Lab records with "Mars Audiac Quintent" following closely in second. I just love the way they incorporate their krautrock influences with a smidge of French Chanson. It's just so fresh and different, yet it feels familiar and cool. I have yet to meet another fan of the Groop in real life, which depresses me greatly. They're just so wonderful!




The almost 18 minute version of "Jenny Ondioline" is simply just amazing.

I'm surprised people haven't mentioned them much myself...those two in particular are my favorite Stereolab albums! Emperor Tomato Ketchup and Dots and Loops follow closely. And Margarine Eclipse. I guess I like most of their albums.

I only have Dots and Loops and Emperor Tomato Ketchup at the moment, but I must go investigate them further. They've such an eclectic mix of sounds and influences that it's nearly impossible to categorise them, they just make music at their own free will. Any suggestions on what albums to move onto next?

Get the 3 Switched On compilations.

For all their good albums I think Stereolab are a better singles / E.P.s band and those 3 albums collect all of them.

Cheers, I'll go check those out.

Also, Get the "Switched On 2" compilation. It has gems like this.

I've been really enjoying this band! I've been listening to an assortment of their albums/eps/singles and so far I've only been impressed by what I've heard. Each piece of work is consistently beautiful and interesting. Seem pretty unique, too. At this rate I'd be counting them in my top artists of the 90s. My only real complaint is that their sound gets to be a bit samey over their career, but it hasn't bugged too much yet.

Besides the music I've been listening to, I know relatively little about the band though. I guess I should do some reading up on them.

I got around to listening to these. I agree that their early EPs and singles are awesome, they grab your attention that little bit more, particularly on the first Switched On comp.

I love these:




This song has an almost punk feel to it, a bit like early Siouxsie and The Banshees.

There's a song from a single that I have always loved and I think it's one of their ten best: 'Canned Candies'

8-bit version of Cybele's Reverie sounds like it's straight out of level 1 in a 2D Sonic game.