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.
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.
Stereolab was born when English guitarist Tim Gane met and fell in love with French singer/multi-instrumentalist Lætitia Sadier. He proceeded to make music and start a record label after the breakup of his previous band in 1990.
Adding guitarist/singer Mary Hansen in 1992, the band’s core trio became Stereolab’s constant artistic forces until Hansen’s tragic death in a cycling accident in 2002.
Stereolab’s music is self-described as “space-age bachelor pad music,” which is as good a label as any to describe the band’s radically eclectic sound. Aside from backgrounds in English and French music, Stereolab draws influence extensively from jazz, Brazillian bossa nova, German krautrock, minimalist composers such as Phillip Glass and Steve Reich, as well as the abrasive aesthetic of The Velvet Underground and the ear-pleasing melodies of Burt Bacharach.
Run through a barrage of analogue synthesizers as well as Sadier’s signature English and French vocals, these influences have come to define the Stereolab sound.
Despite the band’s seemingly daunting style and sprawling discography, the easiest entry point for most people into the world of Stereolab is the 1993 single “French Disco” – the closest thing the band ever had to a runaway hit.
Showcasing Sadier and Hansen’s interweaving trance-inducing harmonies against a charged, powerful, punk-like instrumental, “French Disco” is immediate and enthralling.
‘Emperor Tomato Ketchup’ and ‘Dots & Loops’
Stereolab’s two most acclaimed records were released practically back-to-back:
In 1996, “Emperor Tomato Ketchup” found the band focusing its diverse set of influences through a set of calming, hypnotic songs that incorporated strings, exotic percussion and samples for the first time in the band’s career.
“Dots & Loops” in 1997 featured more sophisticated arrangements, intricate textures and became the band’s first album to enter the Billboard 200 chart in America, reaching 111 (coincidentally the street number of Lowbrow Palace).
These records are now widely considered to be two of the best albums of the 1990s and are credited with planting the seeds for the genre now referred to as “post rock.”
-- French Disko
-- Crest
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Today at 8am and 8pm we will be watching Gentlemen of Fortune 1971 :USSR: a Soviet Crime Comedy film about kindergarten teacher (Troshkin) who looks exactly like hardened criminal Beliy and gets recruited by police to infiltrate his old gang in prison (while Beliy himself is doing time in another prison) to find previously stolen helmet of Alexander the Great. Only on the Hexbear cytube :hexbear-retro:
early mega cuz im going outside to buy bread :breadpill:
One winner yesterday and that was comrade @context so :rat-salute:. Earlier mega so maybe more will come in but at least the second part will be similiar.
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The first one is comrade context's solution and the second one is what the book offered. Both seemed to work from my knowledge.
:sicko-hexbear: The return of the hex:sicko-hexbear:
Enter integers from 1 through 19 in the spots of the hexagon so that each row of three (on the rim, and out ward from the center adds to 23 now. Here's the hex
Now that an example is shown maybe more can try it out. Anyway have fun :soviet-heart: and remember to dm @Wmill the answer.
Also Today Is the Birthday of Smedley Darlington Butler :smedly-exhausted:
born on this day in 1881, was a senior United States Marine Corps officer who fought in both the Mexican Revolution and World War I. Butler was, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, in Central America and the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and France in World War I.
Today, Butler is most remembered for his book " War is a Racket " and associated speeches, where he vigorously condemned U.S. military actions as imperialist. Of his service, he wrote the following:
"I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps...And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle-man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism."
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Today is weigh day. Despite going on vacation last weekend, it looks like I lost a pound, bringing the total weight loss to 36.5 pounds! :meow-bounce:
Some of the more terminally online posters may have noticed, but I stopped doing my daily calorie counts on here about a week ago. I originally posted them so that I'd be held accountable if I gained weight or ate something non-vegan, but even during vacation I was watching out for that kind of stuff and keeping a food diary up to date. So I guess if anyone wants a 'lil advice on transitioning to veganism or losing weight I'm here for you, feel free to DM me. Just know you'll be getting messages from a newbie. Going vegan is totally doable for most people, even people that eat their feelings like I used to. ;w;
Pedro Castillo apointed an ex-guerrilla fighter as his minister of foreign affairs :sicko-beaming:
also the women's minister is a feminist & LGBT advocate :sicko-blur:
cool things happening in peru nerds :castillo-cowboy:
I think we're a few years away from an HBO documentary on the dirtbag left.
Can't wait to interview in a pitch black room with a voice changer on.
"I was like, damn, capitalism is gay as hell yeo" - Stavros Halkias
Brace doing a fake cowboy accent to throw people off but the silhouette is obviously him
Fuck so that's why they're all moving to LA. :ooooooooooooooh:
Fellxs,
I might be short and poor, but I have really good hair. Blow dried it and threw in some pomade.
:stalin-cig:
Fucking pigs busted up the mutual aid table my friends have been running every week for months now. Won't fucking say what ordinance they were violating, just got pissed. God bless the homeless homies who helped pack all the free food, clothing, and toiletries out when the pigs started getting mad. I'm fucking furious.
I have a chud/fashy cousin I’d like to punch on the nose.
I hope he shits his fucking pants today.
shaved.
everything.
off.
i mean except my head hair i save that for god
It is absolutely wild to me to be on covid lockdown at work. Negative pressure rooms, full gear and protocal, multiple deaths. Then just seeing people just chillin at a denny's without a care in the world.
Apparently my posting turned someone into a socialist. Dont let anybody tell you that posting doesnt work. :cat-com: :cat-com: :cat-com: