***"Stereolab"*** are an English-French avant-pop band formed in London in 1990.
Led by the songwriting team of ***[Tim Gane](
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Their lyrics have political and philosophical themes influenced by the ***[Surrealist](
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Although ***"Stereolab"*** found success in the underground music scene and were influential enough to spark a renewed interest in older analogue instruments, they have never had a significant commercial impact. Meaby the key is lost in the interview where ***Gane*** and ***Sadier*** have discussed their musical philosophy - *"to be unique for us was more important than to be good"*.
The ***"Electrically Possessed"*** collection's nine-year span covers nearly half of the band's career - by contrast, the original ***”[Switched On](
https://cutt.ly/3m9ifx0)”*** gathered just six months' worth of music - but like the other volumes in the series, it captures the flavor of its era just as completely as ***”Stereolab”*** full-lengths.
Much of the rest of ***”Switched On, Vol. 4”*** consists of limited-edition tour singles that the band recorded at ***Gane*** and ***Laetitia*** computer-based home studio, which they built after they fell in love with digital recording while making 1997's ***”[Dots and Loops](
https://cutt.ly/Mm9iHCw)”***.
While there might not be quite as many essential tracks here as on the other ***”Switched On”*** volumes, ***”Electrically Possessed”*** is a reminder that the band were releasing so much good music that it was easy to take it for granted at the time, and it's well worth a listen for fans who may have missed or glossed over these songs when they were first released.
***”Speck Voice”*** is the twenty-fifth song on the band's compilation album, ***”[Electrically Possessed (Switched On Volume 4](
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https://cutt.ly/ym2ckxS)"*** and ***"[Warp Records](
https://cutt.ly/fm2I5Tp)"***.
It collects the band's rarities spanning from 1999. to 2008., and is the fourth of their ***"Switched-On"*** compilation series.
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***"Stereolab"*** info:
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More ***"Stereolab"*** **Organism Star** candy:
***[Peng!](
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https://cutt.ly/3m9ifx0)*** **/** ***[The Groop Played Space Age Batchelor Pad Music](
https://cutt.ly/Jm9ilaA)*** **/** ***[Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements](
https://cutt.ly/Em9ib6b)***
**/** ***[Mars Audiac Quintet](
https://cutt.ly/xm9iRfJ)*** **/** ***[Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Volume 2)](
https://cutt.ly/Zm31L2T)*** **/** ***[Emperor Tomato Ketchup](
https://cutt.ly/um9iOXY)*** **/** ***[Dots And Loops](
https://cutt.ly/Mm9iHCw)*** **/** ***[Aluminum Tunes](
https://cutt.ly/am9iV6c)*** **/** ***[Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night](
https://cutt.ly/bm9i2Wp)*** **/** ***[The First Of The Microbe Hunters](
https://cutt.ly/Zm9i4DW)*** **/** ***[Sound-Dust](
https://cutt.ly/Bm9oray)*** **/** ***[Margerine Eclipse](
https://cutt.ly/7m9op14)*** **/** ***[Oscillons From The Anti-Sun](
https://cutt.ly/om9ofEs)*** **/** ***[Fab Four Suture](
https://cutt.ly/Ym9olIL)*** **/** ***[Chemical Chords](
https://cutt.ly/Lm9obcI)*** **/** ***[Not Music](
https://cutt.ly/hm9oT4m)***
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