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(idm) Info on new Stereolab (fwd)

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1997-08-08 17:10Erkki Rautio (idm) Info on new Stereolab (fwd)
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1997-08-08 17:10Erkki RautioSnatched from the Net: > ------ > > [from gon*dola@deltanet.com] > > > I nabbed a copy of
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Erkki Rautio
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Fri, 8 Aug 1997 17:10:04 +0300 (EET DST)
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(idm) Info on new Stereolab (fwd)
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quoted 27 lines ------> ------ > > [from gon*dola@deltanet.com] > > > I nabbed a copy of Stereolab's new album "Dots and Loops" > yesterday...another wonderful disc. Ten songs, 65 minutes...one track is 17 > minutes long! > > Again, the band is making forward steps. There is very little of the > group's trademark groove-rock sound on this one. It's much more based in > medium tempos and melody -- heavily steeped in that French-bubblegum > tradition. This is probably their most "French-sounding" album ever, I > would say. There's also a noticeable jungle influence creeping in. Members > of Tortoise and Mouse on Mars add significant input, and the production is > wonderfully clean but crunchy. Tortoise's John McEntire contributes some > neat marimba licks, and there's also more horns found than on any other > Stereolab album. > > Song titles: Brakhage, Miss Modular, The Flower Called Nowhere, Diagonals, > Prisoner of Mars, Rainbo Conversation, Refractions in the Plastic Pulse > (that's the 17-minute one), Parsec, Ticker Tape of the Unconscious, > Contronatura. > > ----- > > Release date Oct. 6th in the UK (most likely October 7th in the US).
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