Indie exclusive limited edition clear numbered vinyl in bespoke gatefold sleeve inside a clear heavyweight PVC wallet
· Bonus disk of unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes
· 24” fold-out poster insert with lyrics and sleeve notes from Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane
The music that Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane made on Sound-Dust continued to further Stereolab’s case as an avant-pop group par excellence. This album finds them working across a typically broad array of styles, with bossa nova, krautrock and 60s style chansons all touched upon here. Certain tracks find more joy in the cerebral library pop sound that they had been perfecting for more than a decade by the time this record was released – the midsection run between Baby Lulu and Double Rocker features some particularly fine songs in this vein.
Having worked with Sonic Youth’s Jim O’Rourke and Tortoise’s John McEntire on 1999’s Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night, Stereolab decided to get the pair involved again two years later to produce Sound-Dust.
Track Listing:
SIDE A:
Black Ants In Sound-Dust
Space Moth
Captain Easychord
Baby Lulu
The Black Arts
Hallucinex
Double Rocker
Gus The Mynah Bird
Naught More Terrific Than Man
Nothing To Do With Me
Suggestion Diabolique
Des Bons Bons Des Raisons
SIDE B:
Black Ants Demo
Spacemoth Intro Demo
Spacemoth Demo
Baby Lulu Demo
Hallucinex pt 1 Demo
Hallucinex pt 2 Demo
Long Live Love Demo
Les Bon Bons Des Raisons Demo
