Thirty years old this month, Stereolab's 1996 breakthrough record Emperor Tomato Ketchup was equal parts transitional and revolutionary. Upon three decades of reflection, the retrofuturism bridgegap keenly foreshadowed the self-coined groop's prolific trajectory, spanning all the way through last year's comeback album Instant Holograms on Metal Film. From borrowing basslines from Gil Scott-Heron to meditative three-word mantras, ETK represented a singular pop/experimental nexus virtually unheard of in its mid-nineties timing, casting a kaleidoscopic umbrella in its influence over endless genres and eras . . .
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