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***"Stereolab"*** are an English-French avant-pop band formed in London in 1990. Led by the songwriting team of ***[Tim Gane](https://cutt.ly/BmFnRwl)*** (guitar and keyboards) and ***[Lætitia Sadie](https://cutt.ly/dmFnYuG)r***(vocals, keyboards and guitar), the group's music combines influences from *krautrock*, *lounge* and *1960s pop music*, often incorporating a repetitive motorik beat with heavy use of vintage electronic keyboards and female vocals sung in English and French. Their lyrics have political and philosophical themes influenced by the ***[Surrealist](https://cutt.ly/imFnOlx)*** and ***[Situationist](https://cutt.ly/ymFnAt5)*** movements. 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"*. On the band’s fourth album, named after the 1971 experimental film ***"[Emperor Tomato Ketchup](https://cutt.ly/umHy9uD)"*** by Japanese author and director ***[Shūji Terayama](https://cutt.ly/ymHy398)***, ***”Stereolab”*** forgoing their earlier lo-fi drone dock aesthetic and experimented with composing songs around looped sounds with a heavy hip-hop, jazz, and dance influence instead of traditional riffs. The group certainly hasn't backed away from pop melodies, but just as their hooks are becoming catchier, they bring in more avant-garde and experimental influences, as well. Consequently, the album is ***”Stereolab”*** most complex, multi-layered record. It lacks the raw, amateurish textures of their early singles, but the music is far more ambitious, melding electronic drones and singsong melodies with string sections, slight hip-hop and dub influences, and scores of interweaving counter melodies. Because of all its textures, the album isn't as immediately accessible as ***"[Mars Audiac Quintet](https://cutt.ly/xm9iRfJ)"***, but it is a rich, rewarding listen, defining examples of ***"Stereolab"*** rewardingly oxymoronic tendencies. ***”Emperor Tomato Ketchup”*** is the ninth song on the band’s fourth studio album ***”[Emperor Tomato Ketchup](https://cutt.ly/um9iOXY)”***, released on 18 March 1996 and was issued by ***"[Duophonic Records](https://cutt.ly/nmFZnnE)"*** and ***"[Elektra Records](https://cutt.ly/nmFZnnE)"***. *** ***"Stereolab"*** info: **[Official](https://cutt.ly/8mQOGE4)** **/** **[Wikipedia](https://cutt.ly/VmQOIoI)** **/** **[Unofficial](https://cutt.ly/tmQSJuL)** **/** **[Allmusic](https://cutt.ly/jmQPueG)** **/** **[Pitchfork](https://cutt.ly/omQPKqT)** **/** **[Last.fm](https://cutt.ly/JmQPVA8)** **/** **[Rateyourmusic](https://cutt.ly/emQAw1X)** **/** **[Discogs](https://cutt.ly/8mQPpky)** **/** **[Bandcamp](https://cutt.ly/YmQAuvN)** **/** **[YouTube](https://cutt.ly/cmQPhgK)** **/** **[Facebook](https://cutt.ly/mmQOB4B)** **/** **[Spotify](https://cutt.ly/WmQPONT)** **/** **[Instagram](https://cutt.ly/TmQO1ZR)** **/** **[Twitter](https://cutt.ly/7mQOMKr)** **/** **[Lyrics](https://cutt.ly/FmQS9fK)** **/** **[Photos](https://cutt.ly/rmQDumG)** *** More ***"Stereolab"*** **Organism Star** candy: **"Stereolab"** / ***[Peng!](https://cutt.ly/Qm9iuZM)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Switched On](https://cutt.ly/3m9ifx0)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[The Groop Played Space Age Batchelor Pad Music](https://cutt.ly/Jm9ilaA)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements](https://cutt.ly/Em9ib6b)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Mars Audiac Quintet](https://cutt.ly/xm9iRfJ)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Volume 2)](https://cutt.ly/Zm31L2T)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Dots And Loops](https://cutt.ly/Mm9iHCw)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Aluminum Tunes](https://cutt.ly/am9iV6c)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night](https://cutt.ly/bm9i2Wp)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[The First Of The Microbe Hunters](https://cutt.ly/Zm9i4DW)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Sound-Dust](https://cutt.ly/Bm9oray)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Margerine Eclipse](https://cutt.ly/7m9op14)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Oscillons From The Anti-Sun](https://cutt.ly/om9ofEs)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Fab Four Suture](https://cutt.ly/Ym9olIL)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Chemical Chords](https://cutt.ly/Lm9obcI)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Not Music ](https://cutt.ly/hm9oT4m)*** **"Stereolab"** / ***[Electrically Possessed (Switched On Volume 4) ](https://cutt.ly/Xm305mY)*** *** > **[Organism Star Official](https://organismstar.wordpress.com/)** / Complete *Organism Star* LBRY Archive!

# ***Complete [Organizam Star](https://organizamstar.wordpress.com/ "The Sound Of Who We Are") Archive!*** *** # ***Sonic Youth Biography*** ***Sonic Youth*** was an American rock band based in *New York City*, formed in 1981. Founding members ***[Thurston Moore](https://cutt.ly/AOmudDl)*** (guitar, vocals), ***[Kim Gordon](https://cutt.ly/LOmujx4)*** (bass, vocals, guitar) and ***[Lee Ranaldo](https://cutt.ly/GOmuz5Y)*** (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while ***[Steve Shelley](https://cutt.ly/OOmubhc)*** (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, rounding out the core line-up. ***[Jim O'Rourke](https://cutt.ly/eOmuRjF)*** (bass, keyboards, guitar) was also a member of the band from 1999 to 2005, and ***[Mark Ibold](https://cutt.ly/bOmuPsq)*** (guitar, bass) was a member from 2006 to 2011. ***Sonic Youth*** emerged from the experimental *no wave* art and music scene in New York before evolving into a more conventional rock band. Their inventive use of alternate tunings, dissonance, and feedback, which they combined with the intensity of *hardcore punk* and the performance art aesthetic of New York's *avant-garde*, created a new sonic landscape with an impact that lasted for decades. > Unlike its predecessor ***[“Dirty”](https://cutt.ly/MO2KWsP)***, the band’s eighth studio album ***“Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star”*** features a more low-key approach and references the band's earlier work on the independent record label ***[SST Records](https://cutt.ly/3OJBA2A)***. > The album contains quieter and more relaxed songs that deal with personal and political topics. > > The group retained its quirky twist on pop/rock song structures, moving even closer to a consistent use of the verse-chorus-verse template. Of course, the disregard for mosh-friendly guitar riffs, lack of crowd-surfing intensity, and increasing traces of normalcy killed a large part of the group's momentous surge in popular acceptance, damning them once again to the status of often misunderstood artists. # ***The Song*** ***“Waist”*** is the tenth song on ***Sonic Youth*** eighth studio album ***[“Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star”](https://cutt.ly/4O2Ldy7)***, released on May 10, 1994 by ***[DGC Records](https://cutt.ly/bOGhjh7)***. It was produced by ***[Butch Vig](https://cutt.ly/KOGk7s2)*** and recorded at ***Sear Sound*** studio in *New York City*, the same studio where the band's 1987 album ***[“Sister”](https://cutt.ly/kO2JfRg)*** was recorded. # ***Sonic Youth info*** **[Wikipedia](https://cutt.ly/KOkm80z)** **/** **[Official](https://cutt.ly/4OkTMbR)** **/** **[Discogs](https://cutt.ly/bO9mHgw)** **/** **[Thurston Moore](https://cutt.ly/2OkEJJs)** **/** **[Kim Gordon](https://cutt.ly/POkEm6E)** **/** **[AllMusic](https://cutt.ly/LOkYe4H)** **/** **[Pitchfork](https://cutt.ly/TOkYdX7)** **/** **[Bandcamp](https://cutt.ly/HOkQkAT)** **/** **[YouTube](https://cutt.ly/ZOkY58b)** **/** **[Facebook](https://cutt.ly/LOkROQs)** **/** **[Instagram](https://cutt.ly/LOkROQs)** **/** **[Twitter](https://cutt.ly/mOkUll4)** **/** **[Spotify](https://cutt.ly/KOkWslb)** **/** **[Lyrics](https://cutt.ly/9OkRZAI)** **/** **[Merchandise](https://cutt.ly/YOkRE2c)** **/** **[Equipment](https://cutt.ly/tOkIO2o)** # ***More Sonic Youth Organizam Star candy*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["Confusion Is Sex + Kill Yr. Idols"](https://cutt.ly/dO2HfDO)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["Bad Moon Rising"](https://cutt.ly/NO2HHxP)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["Evol"](https://cutt.ly/yO2H94O)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["Sister"](https://cutt.ly/kO2JfRg)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["Daydream Nation"](https://cutt.ly/bO2JQVZ)*** - **Ciccone Youth** / ***["The Whitey Album"](https://cutt.ly/cO2JMKR)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["Goo"](https://cutt.ly/rO2KteQ)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["Dirty"](https://cutt.ly/MO2KWsP)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["Washing Machine"](https://cutt.ly/PO2Lvxm)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["A Thousand Leaves"](https://cutt.ly/BO2LR4Y)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["NYC Ghosts & Flowers"](https://cutt.ly/MO2LH1P)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["Murray Street"](https://cutt.ly/oO2LMrj)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["Sonic Nurse"](https://cutt.ly/qO2L82k)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["Rather Ripped"](https://cutt.ly/XO2ZtJF)*** - **Sonic Youth** / ***["The Eternal"](https://cutt.ly/DO2Zh5Q)*** # ***Organizam Star Recommendations*** - **Pixies** / ***["Bossanova"](https://cutt.ly/3nkm13V)*** - **Vivian Girls** / ***["Vivian Girls"](https://cutt.ly/znxohwm)*** - **Tricot** / ***["3"](https://cutt.ly/0QJHCp0)*** - **David Browne** / ***["Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth"](https://cutt.ly/gO1nyiM)*** - **DGC Records** / ***["Sonic Youth Corporate Ghost (The Videos: 1990-2002)"](https://cutt.ly/iIhVPg9)*** *** # ***Complete [Organizam Star](https://organizamstar.wordpress.com/ "The Sound Of Who We Are") Archive!***