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Artist:	STEREOLAB
Title:	Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Volume 2)
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	2LP
Price:	$20.00
Catalog #:	DC 082LP

2009 repress on black vinyl, originally released in 1995. Housed in a foldout cardboard sleeve with chipboard insert. Includes "Exploding Head Movie 'Animal Or Vegetable (A Wonderful Wooden Reason...)'," a cut from their essential collaboration with Nurse With Wound, Crumb Duck. "Refried Ectoplasm, which compiles compilation cuts, outtakes and single tracks of the post-Switched On period, is a terrific get-acquainted visit with the band's ever-changing moods. In addition to self-explanatory mood pieces like 'Harmonium' and 'Farfisa,' the thirteen-song set contains a previously unreleased 'country' (the band's designation, not necessarily a factual description) reworking of the airy 'Tone Burst.'" -- Trouser Press

Artist:	STEREOLAB
Title:	Aluminum Tunes
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	2CD
Price:	$22.00
Catalog #:	DC 159CD

"This is Stereolab's third 'Odds and Sods' compilation. Comparing this to Switched On from some five years back, it's a very different listening experience, though certainly no less enjoyable. Plus, they keep growing in size -- Refried Extoplasm was twice as long as Switched On, and Aluminum Tunes is three times as huge. Recorded between 1994 and 1997, Aluminum Tunes is the companion piece to Stereolab's two most popular records, Mars Audiac Quartet and Emperor Tomato Ketchup. The tunes were gathered from over twenty diverse releases, ranging from split 7" singles, tour singles, compilation tracks, a 12" remix, a bonus CD, and the entirety of the acclaimed EP, Music For the Amorphous Body Study Center. The reference points are the same as ever, yet more perfectly integrated -- mood music, muzak and bubblegum pop, soundtrack sounds and orchestral jazz, all layered with analogue synth sounds and an understanding of minimalist that betrays the influence of Kraut-rock bands."

Artist:	STEREOLAB
Title:	Not Music
Label:	DRAG CITY
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.50
Catalog #:	DC 430CD

"Not Music is the first album from Stereolab since they announced their hiatus in Spring 2009. The twelfth album in an infamous career, Not Music is part of Tim Gane's 2007 science experiment involving improvised chord sequences played on piano or vibraphone, over top of which were placed little drum loops. This was a new way of writing and it yielded a bumper crop of 'compositions,' nearly seventy of which were boiled down into thirty-two new songs, fourteen of which were cherry-picked to form Chemical Chords. Not Music features eleven more songs cut from this same futuristic material. Beyond their genesis, the albums have a shared focus: 'Pop Molecules,' and 'Two Finger Symphony' have at least titular antecedents on Chemical Chords and both 'Silver Sands' and 'Neon Beanbag' appear in remixed versions (courtesy of Emperor Machine and Atlas Sound, respectively). While still tautly played and tightly focused, Not Music is more varied than Chemical Chords, brimming with drums, classic O'Hagan pop-brass and string arrangements and a diversity of strong lead and background performances from Laetitia Sadier. A plethora of fresh sounds abound. Not Music represents a perfect microcosm for Stereolab. Their hiatus is a sort of limbo, locating them truly somewhere between the past and the future. Where is it? It's not now, but it is Not Music."

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