Stereolab announce the fifth in their ‘Switched On’ series of compilation albums, ‘Pulse Of The Early Brain [Switched On Volume 5]’ with the track ‘Robot Riot’.

‘Robot Riot was originally written for a sculpture made by Charles Long - an artist that Stereolab had previously collaborated with on 1995s ‘Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center’ project.

Track info:
Simple Headphone Mind’ b/w ‘Trippin’ With The Birds’ was the second collaboration between Nurse With Wound and Stereolab.
A 12” disk released on yellow vinyl [1000 copies] and black vinyl [4996 copies] The sleeve was made from a 'Mylar style’, aluminium coloured, material that was glued and sealed – each purchaser had to open the sleeve to discover which colour vinyl they had bought.
The CDs were also released in a sealed sleeve.
Originally released 28th April 1997 via Duophonic Super 45s. Catalogue numbers DS33-11 / DS45CD-11.

The ‘Low Fi’ EP - ‘Low Fi’, ‘[Varoom!]’, ‘Laisser-Faire’ and ‘Elektro [he held the world in his iron grip]’ was originally released as a limited edition clear vinyl 10” [approx 500 copies], black vinyl 10” and CD.
Released 28th September 1992 by Too Pure. Catalogue numbers Pure 14 / Pure CD14.

‘Robot Riot’ and ‘Unity Purity Occasional’ were both written for sculptures made by Charles Long - an artist that we had previously collaborated with on the ‘Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center’ project. ‘Unity Purity Occasional’ was used in 2000 for Charles' sculpture of the same name -
"Unity Purity Occasional is a sculpture with six hand-blown, tear-shaped glass cups filled with antibacterial hand gel that the visitor can pump out and disinfect their hands with. The song is channeled through three tubes that simultaneously blow the visitors’ hands dry with warm jets of air." [Text by Niki Kralli Anell].
‘Robot Riot’ is previously unreleased.

‘Spool of Collusion’ and ‘Forensic Itch’ were originally released on August 18th 2008 as a black vinyl 7” that was given away with the initial pressing [5000 copies] of the ‘Chemical Chords’ LP. Released via Duophonic UHF Disks / 4AD. Catalogue number AD2820.
‘Spool of Collusion’ was also added, as a bonus track, to the Japanese CD release of ‘Chemical Chords’.

‘Symbolic Logic Of Now!’ was one side of a split 7” with Soi-Disant. 100 copies on blue vinyl and 2000 copies on black vinyl.
Originally released in 1998 by Luke Warm Music. Catalogue number LWM001.

‘Ronco Symphony’ [Demo] – a demo version of the track from 1993’s 'The Groop Played "Space Age Batchelor Pad Music"’ album. Previously unreleased.

A cover of the track ‘ABC’ by The Multitude from The Godz album ‘The Third Testament’. The track was originally recorded for a Godz tribute album called ‘Godz Is Not A Put On’ and released in an edition of 500 copies by Lissy’s Records in 1996.
The track was later released as one side of a yellow glitter 7” that was part of an exclusive Japanese box set edition of ‘Aluminum Tunes [Switched On Volume 3]’.
Yellow glitter 7” – approximately 3000 copies. Catalogue number D-UHF-D21.

‘Magne-Music’ and ‘The Nth Degrees’ were added as bonus tracks to the UK limited edition CD of ‘Chemical Chords’ released 18th August 2008 via Duophonic UHF Disks / 4AD. Catalogue number CADD2815CD.
Both tracks also appear on the Japanese edition of ‘Chemical Chords’.

‘Blaue Milch’ was recorded for a Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra compilation album – each artist on the album was sent a Peter Thomas audio track and was asked to build it into a new track.
Originally released in 1998 by the Bungalow record label. Catalogue number Bung 048.2.

The original recording of ‘Plastic Mile’. The re-recording was released as a 7” b/w ‘I Was A Sunny Rainphase’ and subsequently compiled onto Stereolab’s ‘Fab Four Suture’ album.
Previously unreleased.

‘Yes Sir! I Can Moogie’ was originally released in 1995 as part of a single sided 3 track 7” flexi-disk via Wurlitzer Jukebox. Catalogue number WJ03 - 1000 copies were pressed.

‘Refractions In The Plastic Pulse’, a track from the ‘Dots And Loops’ album remixed by Autechre.
A 12” disk released on 20th April 1998 via Duophonic UHF Disks. Catalogue number D-UHF-D19. 500 copies pressed on translucent yellow vinyl and 2972 copies on black vinyl.

‘XXXOOO’ was originally released in 1992 as part of a single sided 3 track 7” flexi-disk via the Encore! label. The flexi-disk was given away with edition #6 of the 'Tea Time' fanzine. Catalogue number Encore 001.

A live version of the ‘Emperor Tomato Ketchup’ album track ‘Cybele's Reverie’. Recorded 26th September 2004 when Stereolab supported Air at The Hollywood Bowl, CA. USA.
Previously unreleased.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Tracklisting:
A1. Stereolab / Nurse With Wound - Simple Headphone Mind
B1. Stereolab / Nurse With Wound - Trippin' With The Birds
C1. Low Fi
C2. [Varoom!]
C3. Laisser-Faire
D1 - Elektro [he Held The World In His Iron Grip]
D2 - Robot Riot
D3 - Spool Of Collusion
D4 - Symbolic Logic Of Now!
D5 - Forensic Itch
D6 - Ronco Symphony [Demo]
E1. ABC
E2. Magne-Music
E3. Blaue Milch
E4. Yes Sir! I Can Moogie
E5. Plastic Mile [Original Version]
F1. Refractions In The Plastic Pulse [Feebate Mix] - Autechre Remix
F2. Unity Purity Occasional
F3. The Nth Degrees
F4. XXXOOO
F5. Cybele’s Reverie [Live At The Hollywood Bowl]

CD Tracklisting:
Disc 1
01. Stereolab / Nurse With Wound - Simple Headphone Mind
02. Stereolab / Nurse With Wound - Trippin' With The Birds
03. Low Fi
04. [Varoom!]
05. Laisser-Faire
06. Elektro [he Held The World In His Iron Grip]
Disc 2
01. Robot Riot
02. Spool Of Collusion
03. Symbolic Logic Of Now!
04. Forensic Itch
05. Ronco Symphony [Demo]
06. ABC
07. Magne-Music
08. Blaue Milch
09. Yes Sir! I Can Moogie
10. Plastic Mile [Original Version]
11. Refractions In The Plastic Pulse [Feebate Mix] - Autechre Remix
12. Unity Purity Occasional
13. The Nth Degrees
14. XXXOOO
15. Cybele’s Reverie [Live At The Hollywood Bowl]

The fourth in the Switched On series that compiles non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the groop. Following on from the first volume released in 1992, 1995's Refried Ectoplasm, and 1998's Aluminum Tunes, the long-awaited fourth installment spans 1999 - 2008 in the Stereolab story and collates 3 LPs worth of material, all remastered from the original tapes and overseen by the band. It features all the tracks from out-of-print and sought after mini-album The First Of The Microbe Hunters, one-off and impossible to find tour 7"s, compilation tracks, art installation work and a couple of unreleased outtakes from the Mars Audiac Quintet and Dots and Loops recording sessions

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: There are few bands more revered in electronic circles than Stereolab and this collection of brilliantly eccentric but unmistakeably deep 'rarities' compilations (I hate that term, but you know the sort), the FOURTH collection in fact being every bit as amazing as the first makes me wonder how many more there are, and when I can buy them.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Tracklist
A1 - Outer Bongolia*
A2 - Intervals*
B1 - Barock-Plastic*
B2 - Nomus Et Phusis*
B3 - I Feel The Air {Of Another Planet}*
C1 - Household Names*
C2 - Retrograde Mirror Form*
C3 - Solar Throw-Away [Original Version] +
C4 - Pandora's Box Of Worms =
C5 - L'exotisme Interieur ^
D1 - The Super-It @
D2 - Jump Drive Shut-Out +
D3 - Explosante Fixe ^
D4 - Fried Monkey Eggs [Instrumental Version]@
D5 - Monkey Jelly @
D6 - B.U.A **
E1 - Free Witch And No Bra Queen ^^
E2 - Heavy Denim Loop Pt 2 =
E3 - Variation One %
E4 - Monkey Jelly [Beats]@
E5 - Dimension M2 ***
F1 - Solar Throw-Away +
F2 - Calimero ++
F3 - Fried Monkey Eggs [Vocal] @
F4 - Speck Voice ^

CD Tracklist
DISK 1
01 - Outer Bongolia*
02 - Intervals*
03 - Barock-Plastic*
04 - Nomus Et Phusis*
05 - I Feel The Air {Of Another Planet}*
06 - Household Names*
07 - Retrograde Mirror Form*
08 - Solar Throw-Away [Original Version] +
09 - Pandora's Box Of Worms =
10 - L'exotisme Interieur ^
DISK 2
01 - The Super-It @
02 - Jump Drive Shut-Out +
03 - Explosante Fixe ^
04 - Fried Monkey Eggs [Instrumental Version]@
05 - Monkey Jelly @
06 - B.U.A **
07 - Free Witch And No Bra Queen ^^
08 - Heavy Denim Loop Pt 2 =
09 - Variation One %
10 - Monkey Jelly [Beats]@
11 - Dimension M2 ***
12 - Solar Throw-Away +
13 - Calimero ++
14 - Fried Monkey Eggs [Vocal] @
15 - Speck Voice ^^

Track Source Guide:
* Tracks
Originally Released As The First Of The Microbe Hunters 29th May 2000 On Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks, Catalogue
Number D-UHF-D25 As Double Vinyl [6500 Copies Pressed] And CD [12,000 Copies Pressed] Editions.
+ Tracks
Jump Drive Shut-Out And Solar Throwaway Were Originally Released 10th April 2006 As A 7" Tour Single Via Duophonic Super 45s.
Catalogue Number DS-4538. 3600 Copies Were Pressed.
Solar Throw-Away (Original Version) Was Unreleased At The Time.
^ Tracks
Explosante Fixe And L'exotisme Interieur Were Originally Released September 2008 As A 7" Tour Single Via Duophonic Super 45s.
Catalogue Number DS45-43. 2000 Copies Were Pressed.
@ Tracks
The Underground Is Coming 7" EP Included The Super -It, Fried Monkey Eggs [Instrumental], Fried Monkey Eggs [Vocal] And
Monkey Jelly, It Was Originally Released As A 7" Tour Single Via Duophonic UHF Disks And Cut At 33rpm. Catalogue Number
D-UHF-D24.
Monkey Jelly [Beats] Was Unreleased At The Time.
** Track
B.U.A Was Written For A Further Collaboration With Charles Long [Stereolab Had Previously Worked With Him On Music For The
Amorphous Body Study Center In 1995].
The Artwork Is Called B.U.A [Burnt Umber Assembly] : An Entanglement Of Wholes [1998].
B.U.A Is Previously Unreleased.
^^ Tracks
Free Witch And No-Bra Queen And Speck-Voice Were Originally Released 31st August 2001 As A 7" Tour Single Via Duophonic Super
45s. Catalogue Number DS45-30. 2000 Copies Were Pressed.
% Track
Variation One Was Written For A Film Soundtrack And Compilation CD For "Moog", A Documentary About Robert Moog. Originally
Released 14th September 2004 Via Hollywood Records.
*** Track
Dimension M2 Was Written For The Disko Cabine CD Compilation, Released In June 2005.
++ Track
Calimero Was Originally Released July 1999 Via Duophonic Super 45s. Catalogue Number DS45-25. A Collaborative 7" Release
Between Brigitte Fontaine And Stereolab. The B Side Was Cache Cache By Monade.
A Total Of 4100 Vinyl Copies Were Pressed [1800 On White Vinyl And 2300 On Black Vinyl], There Was Also A CD Edition Of 7076 Copies.
= Track
Pandora's Box Of Worms - An Unreleased Outtake From The Dots And Loops Album Sessions.
Heavy Denim Loop Pt. 2 - Any Unreleased Outtake From The Mars Audiac Quintet Album Sessions.

While the two years between Dots and Loops and Cobra resulted in stagnation, the two years separating Cobra and Sound-Dust find Stereolab deliberately recharging their creative juices, delving deeper into avant-garde composition and '60s swing pop in equal measures. As the album opens with the minimal "Black Ants in Sound-Dust," it's evident that the group has restructured and pushed forward, even if it means that they're adhering to their time-honored tradition of expanding their trademark sound with new arrangements and influences.

Remastered from original tapes with bonus disc of out-of-print tracks from the album sessions. Co-released by band’s own label Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl
A1. Black Ants In Sound-Dust
A2. Space Moth
A3. Captain Easychord
B1. Baby Lulu
B2. The Black Arts
B3. Hallucinex
C1. Double Rocker
C2. Gus The Mynah Bird
C3. Naught More Terrific Than Man
D1. Nothing To Do With Me
D2. Suggestion Diabolique
D3. Les Bons Bons Des Raisons
E1. Black Ants Demo
E2. Spacemoth Intro Demo
E3. Spacemoth Demo
E4. Baby Lulu Demo
E5. Hallucinex Pt 1 Demo
E6. Hallucinex Pt 2 Demo
E7. Long Live Love Demo
E8. Les Bon Bons Des Raisons Demo

Side F Has Is Etched With The Album Artwork And Contains No Audio

CD
Disc 1
01. Black Ants In Sound-Dust
02. Space Moth
03. Captain Easychord
04. Baby Lulu
05. The Black Arts
06. Hallucinex
07. Double Rocker
08. Gus The Mynah Bird
09. Naught More Terrific Than Man
10. Nothing To Do With Me
11. Suggestion Diabolique
12. Les Bons Bons Des Raisons

Disc 2
01. Black Ants Demo
02. Spacemoth Intro Demo
03. Spacemoth Demo
04. Baby Lulu Demo
05. Hallucinex Pt 1 Demo
06. Hallucinex Pt 2 Demo
07. Long Live Love Demo
08. Les Bon Bons Des Raisons Demo

Stereolab's music is so consistent, and so consistently pretty, that it has become nearly criticism-proof; the band do what they do so completely that it's almost a matter of accepting or rejecting their music whole instead of analyzing it. But while Stereolab's mix of '50s and '60s lounge, vintage electronic music, and Krautrock may have crossed over into easy listening indie pop a few albums ago, they still can't be dismissed easily. Margerine Eclipse, the band's tenth full-length, can sound a bit like a collage of pieces from their nine other albums, but the overall effect is more retrospective than repetitive. It's arguably the most direct work Stereolab have done since Emperor Tomato Ketchup (and at just under 54 minutes, it's one of the shortest of their later albums) and it continues Sound-Dust's trend of gathering the sounds the band explored on their previous work and tweaking them slightly.

Remastered from original tapes with bonus disc of out-of-print tracks from the album sessions. Co-released by band’s own label Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl
A1. Vonal Declosion
A2. Need To Be
A3. Sudden Stars
B1. Cosmic Country Noir
B2. La Demeure
B3. Margerine Rock
C1. The Man With 100 Cells
C2. Margerine Melodie
C3. Hillbilly Motorbike
D1. Feel And Triple
D2. Bop Scotch
D3. Dear Marge
E1. Mass Riff
E2. Good Is Me
E3. Microclimate
E4. Mass Riff Instrumental
F1. Jaunty Monty And The Bubbles Of Silence
F2. Banana Monster Ne Répond Plus
F3. University Microfilms International
F4. Rose, My Rocket-Brain! (Rose, Le Cerveau Electronique De Ma Fusée!)

CD 
Disc 1
01. Vonal Declosion
02. Need To Be
03. Sudden Stars
04. Cosmic Country Noir
05. La Demeure
06. Margerine Rock
07. The Man With 100 Cells
08. Margerine Melodie
09. Hillbilly Motorbike
10. Feel And Triple
11. Bop Scotch
12. Dear Marge

Disc 2
01. Mass Riff
02. Good Is Me
03. Microclimate
04. Mass Riff Instrumental
05. Jaunty Monty And The Bubbles Of Silence
06. Banana Monster Ne Répond Plus
07. University Microfilms International
08. Rose, My Rocket-Brain! (Rose, Le Cerveau Electronique De Ma Fusée!)

Remastered from original tapes.

Bonus disk of unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes.

Co-released by band’s own label Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Tracklist
A1. Fuses
A2. People Do It All The Time
A3. The Free Design
A4. Blips Drips And Strips
A5. Italian Shoes Continuum
B1. Infinity Girl
B2. The Spiracles
B3. Op Hop Detonation
B4. Puncture In The Radax Permutation
B5. Velvet Water
C1. Blue Milk
D1. Caleidoscopic Gaze
D2. Strobo Acceleration
D3. The Emergency Kisses
D4. Come And Play In The Milky Night
E1. Galaxidion
E2. With Friends Like These Pt. 2
E3. Backwards Shug
E4. Continuum (Unreleased Original Version)
E5. Continuum Vocodered (Unreleased)
E6. People Do It All The Time (Demo)
E7. Op Hop Detonation (Demo)
E8. The Spiracles (Demo)
E9. Latin Cobra Coda (Demo)
F1. Infinity Girl (Demo)
F2. Blips, Drips & Strips (Demo)
F3. Blue Milk (Demo)
F4. Italian Shoes Continuum (Demo)
F5. Come And Play In The Milky Night (Demo)
F6. Strobo Acceleration (Demo)
F7. Caleidoscopic Gaze (Demo)
F8. Galaxidion (Demo)

CD Tracklist 
Disk 1
01. Fuses
02. People Do It All The Time
03. The Free Design
04. Blips Drips And Strips
05. Italian Shoes Continuum
06. Infinity Girl
07. The Spiracles
08. Op Hop Detonation
09. Puncture In The Radax Permutation
10. Velvet Water
11. Blue Milk
12. Caleidoscopic Gaze
13. Strobo Acceleration
14. The Emergency Kisses
15. Come And Play In The Milky Night

Disk 2
01 Galaxidion
02. With Friends Like These Pt. 2
03. Backwards Shug
04. Continuum (Unreleased Original Version)
05. Continuum Vocodered (Unreleased)
06. People Do It All The Time (Demo)
07. Op Hop Detonation (Demo)
08. The Spiracles (Demo)
09. Latin Cobra Coda (Demo)
10. Infinity Girl (Demo)
11. Blips, Drips & Strips (Demo)
12. Blue Milk (Demo)
13. Italian Shoes Continuum (Demo)
14. Come And Play In The Milky Night (Demo)
15. Strobo Acceleration (Demo)
16. Caleidoscopic Gaze (Demo)
17. Galaxidion (Demo)

Remastered from original tapes.

Bonus disk of unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes.

Co-released by band’s own label Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records.

TRACK LISTING

Vinyl Tracklist
A1. Brakhage
A2. Miss Modular
A3. The Flower Called Nowhere
B1. Diagonals
B2. Prisoner Of Mars
B3. Rainbo Conversation
C1. Refractions In The Plastic Pulse
D1. Parsec
D2. Ticker-Tape Of The Unconscious
D3. Contronatura
E1. Diagonals Bode Drums
E2. Contranatura Pt. 2 Instrumental
E3. Brakhage Instrumental
E4. The Flower Called Nowhere Instrumental
E5. Bonus Beats
F1. Diagonals Instrumental
F2. Contranatura Demo
F3. Allures Demo
F4. Refractions In The Plastic Pulse Demo
F5. I Feel The Air Demo
F6. Off On Demo
F7. Incredible He Woman Demo
F8. Miss Modular Demo
F9. Untitled In Dusseldorf Demo

CD Tracklist
Disk 1
01. Brakhage
02. Miss Modular
03. The Flower Called Nowhere
04. Diagonals
05. Prisoner Of Mars
06. Rainbo Conversation
07. Refractions In The Plastic Pulse
08. Parsec
09. Ticker-Tape Of The Unconscious
10. Contronatura

Disk 2
01. Diagonals Bode Drums
02. Contranatura Pt. 2 Instrumental
03. Brakhage Instrumental
04. The Flower Called Nowhere Instrumental
05. Bonus Beats
06. Diagonals Instrumental
07. Contranatura Demo
08. Allures Demo
09. Refractions In The Plastic Pulse Demo
10. I Feel The Air Demo
11. Off On Demo
12. Incredible He Woman Demo
13. Miss Modular Demo
14. Untitled In Dusseldorf Demo 

‘Peng!’ is the band’s 1992 debut album. 

Often noted as being one of the most influential and original bands of the 90s, Stereolab were formed by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier in London in 1990 and released 13 studio albums, 15 EPs and numerous singles. Simon Reynolds commented in Rolling Stone that the group’s early records form “an endlessly seductive body of work that sounds always the same, always different.”

Theirs is a rich, overflowing palette, readily able to blur the gulf between Os Mutantes and the BBC Radiophonic Orchestra; merge Krzysztof Komeda with the Velvet Underground, Francoise Hardy with Neu! and Burt Bacharach with Esquivel. A deluxe blend, in other words, with ingredients plucked assiduously from pop’s coolest outposts: 50’s lounge, Rive Gauche chanson, Brazilian tropicalia, North American art rock, East European film music, Krautrock. hi-fi test recordings, mood music and more. Somehow they distil these apparently incongruent components into an ageless exotica that is all their own.

TRACK LISTING

Super Falling Star
Orgiastic
Peng! 33
K-stars
Perversion
You Little Shits
The Seeming And The Meaning
Mellotron
Enivrez-vous
Stomach Worm
Surrealchemist