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Just months after the release of their 1992 debut full-length,
Peng!, Stereolab were already collecting odds and ends, collecting early 7-inches and EPs for their
Switched On compilation. Over the next six years, the eclectic avant-pop band would put out two more highly-regarded and beloved additions to their
Switched On series, proving that they were utterly incapable of putting out bad music during the 90s.
Electrically Possessed [Switched On Volume 4], picks up from where 1998 s
Aluminum Tunes [Switched On Volume 3] left off. Covering Stereolab s least-celebrated era, the 25-track, 104-minute compilation spans the years between 1999 s
Chemical Chords. The first 40 minutes dedicated to
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Possessed will be released on vinyl as the fourth installment of the group’s
Switched Onreissuecampaign. The new compilation will arrive February 26 via Warp and Duophonic. Today, Stereolab have shared a remastered version of their 2005 track “Dimension M2.” Hear that below.
“After the making of
Dots and Loops in which we really loved recording with the computer we wanted to build up our own small home recording studio,” Stereolab’s Tim Gane said in a press release. He continued:
We bought an Apple desktop computer, a MOTU sound card and Logic 2 software and started to record very simple tracks mainly using samples as inspiration and overlaying them with some guitar, keyboards, and more often than not, Laetitia and Mary would add often wordless vocals. Personally it was the cutting and chopping up of sounds and rhythms that I liked, trying to make little pulse-y songs that were much smaller and simpler than the main Stereolab recordings. Most of these tracks ended u
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