Stereolab / Mars Audiac Quintet
Artist Stereolab
Album Title: Mars Audiac Quintet
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Indie
Format CD
Released 08/02/1994
Label Elektra Entertainment/Warner Communications Inc.
Catalog No 61669-2
Bar Code No 0 7559-61669-2 8
Packaging Jewelcase
Tracks
1. Three-Dee Melodie (5:02)
2. Wow And Flutter (3:08)
3. Transona Five (5:32)
4. Des Etoiles Electroniques (3:19)
5. Ping Pong (3:02)
6. Anamorphose (7:33)
7. Three Longers Later (3:28)
8. Nihilist Assault Group (6:55)
9. International Colouring Contest (3:47)
10. The Stars Our Destination (2:58)
11. Transporte Sans Bouger (4:20)
12. L'Enfer Des Formes (3:53)
13. Outer Accelerator (5:21)
14. New Orthophony (4:34)
15. Fiery Yellow (4:04)
Date Acquired 10/10/1994
Personal Rating
Acquired from Roadrunner Records
Purchase Price 15.00

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Notes

Notes:
The Groop
Duncan Brown: Bass.
Tim Gane: Guitar, Vox Organ, Farfisa, Moog Bass.
Katherine Gifford: Farfisa, Vox Organs, Moog, Backing vocals on"T.S.B."
Mary Hansen: Second Vocal, Guitar, Tambourine, Eggs.
Andy Ramsay: Drums & Persuasive Percussion.
Lætitia Sadier: Vocals, Tambourine, Vox Organs & Mint's Organ, Guitar.

Featuring
Sean o'Hagan: Brass Arrangements, Marimbas, Slide Guitar, Percussion on "Fiery Yellow", Twang Guitar on "Ping Pong", Tremelo Guitar on "International Colouring Contest".

And
Vera Daucher: Violin.
Jean-Baptiste Garnero: Backing Vocals on "T.S.B".

The Brass Section
Andy Robinson: Trombone.
Alan Carter: TenorSax, Flute.
Lindsay Low: Trumpet.

Recorded Spring 94 at Blockwing Studios, London
"Somert's gotta be loud 'ain't it."
Mixed by Paul Tipler&the Groop.
Engineered by Paul Tipler.
Mastered at Abbey Raod with thanks to Nick Webb and Steve Kooke.
Photography by Peter Morris.  Layout byTrouble.
Affectionately managed by Martin Pike & Sheri Hood.
All songswritten by  Gane/Sadier,
published by Complete Music.
except "Fiery Yellow" written by Gane/o'Hagan,
published by Complete Music/Copyright Control.

"International Colouring Contest" contains a sample of "Into Outer Space with Lucia Pamela" written by Lucia Pamela, licensed by permission of Arf Arf Records.

"International Colouring Contest" is dedicated to Lucia Pamela.
Thanks to Irwin Chusid for all his help.

Thankyou
Sean, Ken, Fully, Neil, Marco, Kelsey, Hoople, Dan Holliday, Simon Holliday, Andy Martin, Terry Tolkin and all at Elektra, Brian & Sue, Russel Warby, Ellen Stewart, Labradford, Brian Long, Dave Callahan, Pavement.

ForStereolab information, T-Shirts and Disks send an S.A.E. to:
Martin c/oDuophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks
P.O. Box 3787 London SE22 9DZ United Kingdom

Credits:
Arranged By [Brass], Marimba, Slide Guitar – Sean O'Hagan
Bass – Duncan Brown
Drums, Percussion – Andy Ramsay
Engineer – Paul Tipler
Guitar, Organ [Vox, Farfisa], Synthesizer [Moog], Bass – Tim Gane
Layout – Trouble
Management – Martin Pike, Sheri Hood
Mastered By – Nick Webb, Steve Rooke
Mixed By – Paul Tipler, Stereolab
Organ [Vox, Farfisa], Synthesizer [Moog] – Katharine Gifford
Photography By – Peter Morris
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Alan Carter
Trombone – Andy Robinson
Trumpet – Lindsay Low
Violin – Vera Daucher
Vocals [Second], Guitar, Tambourine, Percussion [Eggs] – Mary Hansen
Vocals, Tambourine, Organ [Vox, Mint's Organ], Guitar – Laetitia Sadier
Written-By – Laetitia Sadier (tracks: 1 to 14), Tim Gane (tracks: 1 to 14)

Companies, etc.:
Made By – Specialty Records Corporation
Copyright © – Elektra Entertainment
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra Entertainment

Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Scanned): 075596166928
Barcode (Text): 0 7559-61669-2 8
Barcode (Matrix area, Code 39): 022473
Matrix / Runout: [Specialty 'S' Logo] 2 61669-2 SRC**01
Matrix / Runout (code in mirror band): M1S1

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DR         Peak         RMS      Filename          
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DR12   -0.05 dB   -12.80 dB  01 - Three-Dee Melodie.aif    
DR13   -0.05 dB   -13.58 dB  02 - Wow and Flutter.aif      
DR12   -0.05 dB   -13.06 dB  03 - Transona Five.aif    
DR10   -3.05 dB   -14.59 dB  04 - Des étoiles électroniques.aif
DR12   -0.05 dB   -13.73 dB  05 - Ping Pong.aif        
DR13   -0.05 dB   -14.04 dB  06 - Anamorphose.aif      
DR12   -0.05 dB   -15.10 dB  07 - Three Longers Later.aif  
DR12   -0.05 dB   -13.55 dB  08 - Nihilist Assault Group.aif
DR12   -1.43 dB   -15.54 dB  09 - International Colouring Contest.aif
DR10   -3.68 dB   -15.45 dB  10 - The Stars Our Destination.aif
DR12   -0.46 dB   -13.44 dB  11 - Transporté sans bouger.aif
DR13   -0.05 dB   -13.85 dB  12 - L'Enfer Des Formes.aif  
DR12   -0.05 dB   -13.37 dB  13 - Outer Accelerator.aif    
DR12   -0.12 dB   -14.84 dB  14 - New Orthophony.aif  
DR09   -4.86 dB   -18.06 dB  15 - Fiery Yellow.aif    
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Number of Files: 15
Official DR Value: DR12
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Reviews

All Music Guide Review by Heather Phares:


By the time of 1994's Mars Audiac Quintet, Stereolab had already highlighted the rock and experimental sides of its music; now the band concentrated on perfecting its space-age pop. Sweetly bouncy songs like "Ping Pong" and "L' Enfer des Formes" streamline the band's sound without sacrificing its essence; track for track, this may be the group's most accessible, tightly written album. The groove-driven "Outer Accelerator," "Wow and Flutter," and "Transona Five" (which sounds strangely like Canned Heat's "Goin' Up the Country") reaffirm Stereolab's Krautrock roots, but the band's sweet synth melodies and vocal arrangements give it a pop patina. Even extended pieces like "Anamorphose" and "Nihilist Assault Group" -- which could have appeared on Transient Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements if they had a rawer production -- are more sensual and voluptuous than edgy and challenging. It's equally apparent on layered, complex songs such as "New Orthophony" and "The Stars Our Destination," as well as spare, minimal tracks like "Des Etoiles Electroniques," that the members of Stereolab focused their experimental energies on production tricks, vocal interplay, and increasingly electronic-based arrangements. The charming final track "Fiery Yellow" takes the band's fondness for lounge pop and experimentation to the limit; a delicate, marimba-driven piece featuring the High Llamas' Sean O'Hagan, it sounds like the kind of music Esquivel or Martin Denny would be proud to make in the '90s. While it's not as overtly innovative as some of Stereolab's earlier albums, Mars Audiac Quintet is an enjoyable, accessible forerunner to the intricate, cerebral direction the group's music would take in the mid- and late '90s.


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