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ALBUMLittle Pieces of Stereolab (A Switched on Sampler)Stereolab
Albums by Stereolab
ALBUMNot MusicStereolab
ALBUMChemical Chords (Itunes Edition)Stereolab
ALBUMFab Four SutureStereolab
ALBUMMargerine Eclipse (Expanded Edition)Stereolab
ALBUMABC MusicStereolab
ALBUMSound-Dust (Expanded Edition)Stereolab
ALBUMCobra and Phases Group Play Voltage In the Milky NightStereolab
ALBUMCobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in The Milky Night (Expanded Edition)Stereolab
ALBUMAluminum Tunes (Switched On, Vol. 3)Stereolab
ALBUMDots and Loops (Expanded Edition)Stereolab
Stereolab's Popular Music Videos
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Artist Playlists
Stereolab Essentials
The return of space-age bachelor pad music.
Inspired by Stereolab
Retro sounds meet modern ideas.
Stereolab: Influences
A musical backstory that runs from krautrock to lounge and beyond.
Stereolab: Deep Cuts
Hidden passageways between easy and uneasy listening.
Artist Biography
Blending electronic experiments with simmering grooves, philosophical lyrics, and the occasional guitar freak-out, Stereolab have been among the most influential avant-pop acts since the early ’90s. Guitarist and songwriter Tim Gane formed Stereolab with vocalist Lætitia Sadier in 1990 after the breakup of Gane's leftist indie-pop outfit McCarthy. The group’s debut EP, Super 45, was issued on the band’s label, Duophonic, in 1991, and a few singles and EPs came out before Peng!, their first album and inaugural release on the then-nascent British indie Too Pure, arrived in 1992. After firming up their lineup with drummer Andy Ramsay and keyboardist/vocalist Mary Hansen, Stereolab’s 1993 EP Space Age Bachelor Pad Music brought lite-jazz sounds inspired by the likes of Esquivel into their sonic mix. Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements followed later that year. Anchored by the churning, motorik-powered epic “Jenny Ondioline,” Bursts was a hit on college radio and in the press, as were their subsequent albums, Mars Audiac Quintet and Emperor Tomato Ketchup. Dots and Loops veered further into the easy-listening sounds Stereolab had dabbled in earlier. In 2002, Hansen was killed in a bicycle accident; the 2004 album Margerine Eclipse included “Feel and Triple,” a tribute to her. Stereolab released two more albums that decade, then went on hiatus in 2009; they regrouped in 2019 for festivals and headlining tours.
Hometown
London, England
Genre
Alternative