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Zara Hedderman , February 25th, 2021 09:17 The fourth volume of Stereolab's Switched On series gathers together deep cuts from 1999 - 2008 revealing a band whose joyfulness and ingenuity persistently wrongfooted the critics, finds Zara Hedderman Photo by David Cowland The year is 1999. Teen pop stars Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera rule the airwaves with their respective debut releases, having re-emerged from the embers of the Mickey Mouse Club. Competing for chart positions and radio-play were artists with a toe dipped in the mainstream who continued to eschew conformity with their LPs...

Stereolab release the fourth volume of their Switched On series on February 26th. Stereolab have unveiled The Super It from their upcoming Electrically Possessed compilation, one containing various tracks and rarities spanning 1999-2008 after the previous volume came out in 1998. The Super It was first heard on The Underground Is Coming 7″ tour single – ‘a kind of lost song in a way’, according Tim Gane. “Written not for an LP but around the same time as the Brigitte Fontaine Calimero 7” (in which, I think, it shares a big similarity) and recorded at the same time as the tracks fo...

Stereolab Share 2000s Rarity "Household Names" The band's 'Electrically Possessed [Switched On Volume 4]' arrives this month Electrically Possessed compilation. You can hear "Household Names" below, which first appeared 2000's The First of the Microbe Hunters. Following his reflections on the previously shared "Dimension M2," the band's Tim Gane has shared more memories behind Stereolab's latest: During a two-week break in touring for the Cobra and Phases Group  LP we decided to go into Blackwing Studios to record a bunch of tracks "old style" — straight to tape for what would become t...

Stereolab announce fourth volume of Switched On series Stereolab announce fourth volume of Switched On series Stereolab by David Cowlard Stereolab will add to their to their Switched On series via Warp Records and Duophonic UHF Disks on February 26th. Stereolab have introduced Volume 4 of their Switched On compilation series with Dimension M2, originally from the 2005 Disko Cabine collection. “After the making of Dots & Loops in which we really loved recording with the computer we wanted to build up our own small home recording studio,” Tim Gane remembers. “We bought an Apple desktop co...

Possessed will be released on vinyl as the fourth installment of the group’s Switched Onreissuecampaign. The new compilation will arrive February 26 via Warp and Duophonic. Today, Stereolab have shared a remastered version of their 2005 track “Dimension M2.” Hear that below. “After the making of Dots and Loops in which we really loved recording with the computer we wanted to build up our own small home recording studio,” Stereolab’s Tim Gane said in a press release. He continued: We bought an Apple desktop computer, a MOTU sound card and Logic 2 software and started to record ve...