March 30, 1993. Paris, France. Following the release of their studio debut, Peng, and eight months before the release of the, now classic, Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements, Stereolab touched down in the 16th arrondissement to record a Black Session at La Maison de la Radio. Sublime Silver Apples cover, naturally.
Category: Stereolab
Transmissions :: Laetitia Sadier
This week on the show: a conversation with Laetitia Sadier. As the main vocalist of Stereolab, her spacey voice shines as the human core in that project’s motorik and dense avant-pop, a blend of electronic music, krautrock, space age lounge sounds, and much more. Her latest is called Rooting for Love, and she joins us to discuss the collective and the individual, and the radical potentiality of love.
Stereolab: Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements/Mars Audiac Quintet
Stereolab’s catalog stretches over two decades of constant experimentation and subtle reinvention that began in 1990 when Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier (the only two constant members) first formed the group. Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements (1993) and Mars Audiac Quintet (1994) are their second and third “proper” albums, following in the wake of numerous DIY singles and EPs, and the full-length debut, Peng! (1992). The two albums, which have just been reissued with several extra tracks and demos, mark a period of transition for the band, one during which they became more conscious of sound and space on their recordings while also bringing their myriad influences and ideas into tighter focus.