Srereolab: Oscillons From The Anti-Sun (3 CD Box) 2005

 

Stereolab are an Anglo-French avant-pop band formed in London in 1990. Led by the songwriting team of Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier, the group's music combines influences from krautrock, lounge and 1960s pop music, often incorporating a repetitive motorik beat with heavy use of vintage electronic

keyboards and female vocals sung in English and French. Their lyrics have political and philosophical themes influenced by the Surrealist and Situationist movements. On stage, they play in a more feedback-driven and guitar-oriented style. The band also draw from funk, jazz and Brazilian music, and were one of the first artists to be dubbed "post-rock". They are regarded among the most innovative and influential groups of the 1990s.
                                               

Stereolab were formed by Gane (guitar and keyboards) and Sadier (vocals, keyboards and guitar) after

the break-up of McCarthy. The two were romantically involved for fourteen years and are the group's only consistent members. Other longtime members include 1992 addition Mary Hansen (backing vocals, keyboards and guitar), who died in 2002, and 1993 addition Andy Ramsay (drums). The High Llamas' leader Sean O'Hagan (guitar and keyboards) was a member from 1993 to 1994 and continued appearing on later records for occasional guest appearances.
                                    

Although Stereolab found success in the underground music scene and were influential enough to spark

a renewed interest in older analogue instruments, they have never had a significant commercial impact. The band were released from their recording contract with Elektra Records due to poor record sales, and their self-owned label Duophonic signed a distribution deal with Too Pure and later Warp Records. After a ten-year hiatus, the band reunited for live performances in 2019.
                                      

With their hypnotic rhythms and mesmerizing singsong vocals, Stereolab was one of the most influential and distinctive bands to emerge in the '90s. Led by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, the group celebrated forms of music that were on the fringe of rock and brought attention to strands of pop music,

bossa nova, lounge-pop, movie soundtracks, that were traditionally banished from the rock lineage. On early singles and albums such as 1993's Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements, Stereolab combined '60s pop melodies with an art rock aesthetic borrowed from Krautrock bands like Faust and Neu!, but by the time of 1996's Emperor Tomato Ketchup, their sound incorporated jazz, hip-hop, and dance.
                                      

Later, their collaborations with John McEntire and Jim O'Rourke on 1997's Dots and Loops and 2001's Sound-Dust reflected an increasingly intricate, experimental approach. Following the tragic 2002 death

of member Mary Hansen, the band returned to a poppier style for albums like 2008's Chemical Chords. Stereolab's unmistakable sound had a lasting impact: During the '90s, indie contemporaries like Pavement and Blur aped their style, while hip-hop artists such as J Dilla and Tyler the Creator sampled the band's music or collaborated with its members in the 2000s and 2010s.
                                       

Oscillons from the Anti-Sun, released in April 2005, is a three-CD, one-DVD box-set collection of

Stereolab tracks culled from eight of the group's EPs (Jenny Ondioline, Ping Pong, Wow and Flutter, Fluorescences, Cybele's Reverie, Miss Modular, The Free Design and Captain Easychord) and singles. It includes both released and unreleased tracks, which are not presented in chronological order.
                                          

Stereolab – Oscillons From The Anti-Sun
Label: Too Pure – Pure 160CD, Too Pure – PURE 160CD
Format:    3 x CD, DVD, DVD-Video
Box Set, Compilation
Country: UK
Released: Apr 25, 2005
Genre: Rock
Style: Space-Age, Post Rock, Avantgarde, Indie Rock

                                                         

TRACKS

CD1.

                                                         

01. Fluorescences    3:23
02. Allures    3:29
03. Fruition    3:51
04. Wow And Flutter    3:07
05. With Friends Like These    5:50
06. Pinball    3:13
07. Spinal Column    2:54
08. Ping Pong (Unreleased LP Version)    3:02
09. Golden Ball    6:26
10. Cybele's Reverie    2:56
11. Nihilist Assault Group [Parts 3,4,5]    7:13
12. Off On    5:26

MP3 @ 320 Size: 121 MB
Flac  Size: 330 MB

CD2.

                                                   

01. Jenny Ondioline    3:53
02. Young Lungs    6:34
03. Escape Pod [From The World Of Medical Observations]    3:57
04. Moodles    7:23
05. You Used To Call Me Sadness    5:11
06. Captain Easychord    2:54
07. Les Aimies Des Mêmes    3:55
08. French Disco    4:27
09. Transona Five [Live]    5:42
10. Moogie Wonderland    3:34
11. Canned Candies    4:14
12. Narco Martenot    4:23

MP3 @ 320 Size: 133 MB
Flac  Size: 373 MB

CD3.

                                           

01. The Noise Of Carpet (US Single)    3:07
02. The Free Design    3:46
03. Les Yper Yper Sound    5:18
04. Pain Et Spectacles    3:31
05. Ping Pong    3:03
06. Long Life Love    7:06
07. Jenny Ondioline (Alternate Version)    6:08
08. Heavy Denim    2:50
09. Brigitte    5:47
10. Miss Modular    4:13
11. Soop Groove #1    13:07

MP3 @ 320 Size: 137 MB
Flac  Size: 391 MB