Founded: 1990
Headquarters: London, UK
RIYL[]
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Chris Morris
- Blur
- Neu
- Velvet Underground
Includes Members of[]
- McCarthy
- The Chills
- Th' Faith Healers
- Moose
- Modern English
- The High Llamas
- Tortoise
- Monade
Band Biography[]
Stereolab are primarily a duo of core members Tim Gane & Lætitia Sadier, although they've been joined by many other musicians throughout their career. Perhaps the most famous of these other musicians is the late Mary Hansen who provided a lot of vocals during her tenure with the group, along with other instrumentation. Their sound is a french-pop inspired space-age/retro-futuristic type of music with lots of influences. Their lyrics are often political, but subtly so. Vocals play a subversive role in Stereolab, often sneaking under the radar; in "Jenny Ondoline", there's a line "I don't care if the fascists have to win", and the song "Nothing To Do With Me" from Sound-Dust features lyrics taken from Chris Morris' TV series Jam, featuring lyrics like "Could you please fix my baby/He hasn't moved for three weeks" and "Did you prescribe my daughter/A pound of heroin/I'm sorry/I can't see/I seem to have blinded myself".
Discography[]
Albums[]
Studio[]
- Peng!
- The Groop Played "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music"
- Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements
- Mars Audiac Quintet
- Emperor Tomato Ketchup
- Dots and Loops
- Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night
- Sound-Dust
- Margerine Eclipse
Compilations[]
- Switched On
- Refried Ectoplasm
- Aluminum Tunes
- ABC Music
- Oscillons from the Anti-Sun
- Fab Four Suture
EPs[]
- Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center (with Charles Long)
- The First of the Microbe Hunters
- Instant 0 In The Universe
- Kyberneticka Babicka
Singles[]
Appears On[]
Compilations[]
- Sampler 004
- Dimension Mix
- 10+3 Remixes
- The Free Design: The Now Sound Redefined
- Fabulous Shit
- The Record Shop - Thirty Years Of Rough Trade Shops
Soundtracks[]
Radio Shows[]
- Blue Jam Series 1 Episode 6
- Blue Jam Series 1 Episode 1
- Blue Jam Series 2 Episode 4
- Chris Morris Music Show Episode 11
- Chris Morris Music Show Episode 10: This week, Peter Baynham flies Germaine Greer to Dartmouth
- Chris Morris Music Show Episode 6: The programme that hits the air like a 7-litre Ford Capri driven by a speedfreak mandrill
- Chris Morris Music Show Episode 19: With some unsuspecting interviewees and more dangerously anarchic comedy
- Chris Morris Music Show Episode 18