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TR 440CD
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Stereo Total -- Ah! Quel Cinéma! An album title with not one, but two exclamation marks, meaning something akin to "what a palaver" as it primes the listener for songs like "Cinemascope". Themes such as personal injuries ("Ich Bin Cool"), betrayal ("Mes Copines"), personality deficiencies brought on by drug abuse ("Methedrine"), rage ("Hass-Satellit"), inflated opinions of oneself ("Brezel Says"), suicide ("Le Spleen"), grief ("Dancing With A Memory"), and souls in torment ("Elektroschocktherapie") are presented in widescreen format in and often in the most entertaining fashion. Stereo Total's penchant for wordplay is not in evidence in all of the lyrics on this record. Many tracks here echo the rather more somber, desperate songs she wrote for her first band Les Lolitas. Nevertheless, the anarchic humor which can be associated with Stereo Total resurfaces on compositions like "Keine Musik" and "Einfach". Musically, this Stereo Total disc, their twelfth, cannot be readily aligned with anything at all. If earlier albums resonated with influences from chanson, trash, or disco to punk, rock'n'roll and NDW (German New Wave), Stereo Total have now arrived in their very own musical universe which pays no heed to stylistic devices, reminiscent of "rien de tout". Brezel Göring draws on his favored array of instruments more likely to be found in the hands of children in households where a musical education is not on the agenda: plastic baby organ and dreadful mouse piano, accompanied by home-made guitars glued together by less than gifted artisans. Stereo Total continue to make electronic music with flea market Casio sounds which fly in the face of what is generally accepted to be electronic music. Each musical instrument could probably be translated into social coordinates and in this sense, the tools of Stereo Total's trade speak an unequivocal language. Stereo Total continue to play lo-fi garage rock music which makes a mockery of all the masculine clichés associated with guitars. When Françoise Cactus plays the drums, the rhythms of feminism, anti-professionalism and subversive dilettantism come to the fore. Any attempts to pigeonhole Stereo Total. The group began making music before the internet existed, before the Euro, before Germany reunited and before there were even bands or music. They will probably still be playing when all that has been consigned to the dustbin of history. When they began making music together, they made it their mission to disrupt rules, to destabilize ideas. They may not have thrown European harmonic structure or 4/4 time out of the window, but they have certainly asked questions of every other aspect of musical and lyrical techniques.
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TR 440LP
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LP version. Stereo Total -- Ah! Quel Cinéma! An album title with not one, but two exclamation marks, meaning something akin to "what a palaver" as it primes the listener for songs like "Cinemascope". Themes such as personal injuries ("Ich Bin Cool"), betrayal ("Mes Copines"), personality deficiencies brought on by drug abuse ("Methedrine"), rage ("Hass-Satellit"), inflated opinions of oneself ("Brezel Says"), suicide ("Le Spleen"), grief ("Dancing With A Memory"), and souls in torment ("Elektroschocktherapie") are presented in widescreen format in and often in the most entertaining fashion. Stereo Total's penchant for wordplay is not in evidence in all of the lyrics on this record. Many tracks here echo the rather more somber, desperate songs she wrote for her first band Les Lolitas. Nevertheless, the anarchic humor which can be associated with Stereo Total resurfaces on compositions like "Keine Musik" and "Einfach". Musically, this Stereo Total disc, their twelfth, cannot be readily aligned with anything at all. If earlier albums resonated with influences from chanson, trash, or disco to punk, rock'n'roll and NDW (German New Wave), Stereo Total have now arrived in their very own musical universe which pays no heed to stylistic devices, reminiscent of "rien de tout". Brezel Göring draws on his favored array of instruments more likely to be found in the hands of children in households where a musical education is not on the agenda: plastic baby organ and dreadful mouse piano, accompanied by home-made guitars glued together by less than gifted artisans. Stereo Total continue to make electronic music with flea market Casio sounds which fly in the face of what is generally accepted to be electronic music. Each musical instrument could probably be translated into social coordinates and in this sense, the tools of Stereo Total's trade speak an unequivocal language. Stereo Total continue to play lo-fi garage rock music which makes a mockery of all the masculine clichés associated with guitars. When Françoise Cactus plays the drums, the rhythms of feminism, anti-professionalism and subversive dilettantism come to the fore. Any attempts to pigeonhole Stereo Total. The group began making music before the internet existed, before the Euro, before Germany reunited and before there were even bands or music. They will probably still be playing when all that has been consigned to the dustbin of history. When they began making music together, they made it their mission to disrupt rules, to destabilize ideas. They may not have thrown European harmonic structure or 4/4 time out of the window, but they have certainly asked questions of every other aspect of musical and lyrical techniques.
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AKT 762LP
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The unique score of the 2012 Filipino short film Ruined Heart emerged through the collaboration of a diverse group of musicians. While Stereo Total, the Berlin-based band known for its playful and eclectic style (a mix of synthpop, new wave, pop, and electronica), contributed tracks that give the film its psychedelic punk-pop-opera-esque quality, the subtle, beautiful melody of singer-songwriter Scott Matthew's tracks "Carnival" and "Mural" creates a quiet, sentimental undertone. Other contributors include Bing Austria and his band The Flippin' Soul Stompers, who also perform in the film, as well as The Mabuhay Singers. Double LP limited to 1000 copies worldwide; includes DIN A4 booklet and MP3 download code. Also includes tracks by Lee Soledad, John Holt, Graunzone, Conching Rosal, Khavn, Buddy Emmons, and Hasil Adkins.
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DB 167EP
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RSD 2013 release. Stereo Total, the French-German couple from Berlin -- oscillating between essential punk rock, disco, electro garage chanson, and genius dilettantism -- cover two essential jewels in music history. David Bowie's everlasting "Heroes" and Can's catchy "Mary, Mary, So Contrary," first sung by Françoise Cactus, the other by Brezel Göring; they let the originals retain their unique magic and garnish them with Stereo Total's no-one-sounds-like-this bittersweet charm.
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AKTSIE 039EP
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Staatsakt presents exclusive disco-trash versions of Stereo Total's "We Don't Wanna Dance" and the glorious flip-side "Pixelize Me." Comes in a beautiful neon cover drawn by Françoise Cactus. Limited to 500 copies worldwide.
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AKT 732CD
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The 11th studio album by Stereo Total features no less than '60s-beat, electro-punk feminism, a tricky reflection on Pop Art, B-movie soundtracks, a tune for Alice Schwarzer, strong women and weak men, music for your local disco-basement and a song for vegetarians. To cut it short: Cactus Versus Brezel is a hit- and hook-laden record for the metrosexual bumchuck in everybody, regardless where you are living and were brought up. You need proof? You may want to ask adjacent stars like The Beastie Boys or The Strokes, fans that have invited Stereo Total to join them on bygone world tours: if there's any band transmitting from Berlin, Alexanderplatz that is -- for two decades now -- warmly welcomed anywhere in the world, it is Stereo Total. Production-wise, this time Stereo Total headed to Los Angeles to record their new album at legendary Stonehenge Studios with a couple of befriended musicians and producer Gus Seyffert live on tape. Seyffert is known to the pop-connaisseur for his bass work with The Black Keys.
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AKTSIE 031EP
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Brand new Stereo Total single out on Staatsakt. New songs "Die Frau In Der Musik" (trans. "Woman In Music") with B-side "Das Monstrum" (trans. "The Monster") in extra garage-pop versions recorded for this very special collector's item, limited to 500 copies worldwide. P.S., this version of "Das Monstrum" was recorded with Captain Blauschimmel, the fastest boogie-woogie pianist in Berlin.
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DB 157LP
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Special edition soundtrack -- numbered edition of 500 copies. Franco-German synth-pop duo Stereo Total score the soundtrack music to Underwater Love: A Pink Musical, a film by legendary Japanese pink-film director, screenwriter and actor Shinji Imaoka. Bouncy pop with Japanese lyrics. From Germany's Rapid Eye Movies and Japan's Kokuei Company comes a whimsical pink film musical about a woman and a sea creature. Directed by pink-film veteran Shinji Imaoka (Lunch Box, Frog Song), shot by Christopher Doyle -- the famed cinematographer behind Hero and countless films by Wong Kar Wai -- and with music by Germany's Stereo Total, Underwater Love: A Pink Musical promises to be unlike anything you've ever seen. Underwater Love: A Pink Musical was shot in 5 ½ days, one take only.
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DB 134EP
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"This four track 12" of one of Europe's premiere Ye-Ye-Pop-Elektro Punk Duo Stereo Total sees three tracks of their album Do The Bambi touched by the hands of Germany's finest producers. Former Whirlpool Productions member Justus Koehnke unfolds a dreamscape of the Je t'aime-esque 'Das erste Mal'. Thieves Like Us from Berlin give Donna-Summer-like Moog-Disco interpretation to the Velvet Underground classic; likewise Munk dig deeper into Disco-Funk. Vredus aka Ladomat's boy-girl-group Commercial Breakup end the parade and plug in EuroDisco we haven't heard that convincing for a long time."
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DB 139CD
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Franco-German duo Stereo Total (Françoise Cactus and Brezel Göring) release their seventh album that is totally devoted to the discotheque. These tracks won't feel entirely unfamiliar, as this is a super compilation of rare tracks, new songs and remixes from albums past and previous collaborations, all mashed up for your disco pleasure. Known for their quaint electropunk, kitsch and speed, Stereo Total provide a new perspective to their old sounds and on hitting the dancefloor. Discotheque features new versions of some tracks from their last album Do the Bambi, reworked rave-ups of "Europa Neurotisch" and "Babystrich" and rare songs from side-projects and remixes from acquainted bands Motor Mark (UK) and Jacno (France). Remixer Echokrank, a crazy Berliner transvestite outfit on Klangkrieg Produktionen reworks "Everybody In The Discotheque (I Hate)" in true Rocktendo form. "Bad News From The Stars" is a reggae-touched freaker from Brezel Göring's last solo record with Barom One, now available on CD for the first time. The CD version will also include the "Das Erste Mal" dub-inspired versions mixed by Munk and Justus Köhncke and the Do the Bambi remixes, originally only available in limited vinyl pressings on Disko B records. Also includes new versions of the inspired re-takes of Nico's "Chelsea Girls" and The Rolling Stones' "Mother's Little Helper." Discotheque is a pleasure to listen and dance to, and is truly in keeping with Stereo Total's long-standing reputation and live-party-set-up.
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