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Stereolab

Switched On Volumes 1-5

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Released: 29th March 2024. An anthology boxset that compiles all five volumes of the Stereolab 'Switched On' series: 94 non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the group. Includes the original 'Switched On' compilation LP released in 1992, 1995's 'Refried Ectoplasm' ('Switched On Volume 2'), 1998's 'Aluminum Tunes' ['Switched On Volume 3'], 2021's 'Electrically Possessed' ['Switched On Volume 4'], and 2022's 'Pulse of the Early Brain' ['Switched On Volume 5']. All the tracks have been remastered from the original tapes in recent years, personally overseen by Tim Gane of the band at Calyx in Berlin.

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    • Details

      Released:
      29th March 2024
      Category:
      Rock & Pop
      Format:
      CD Box Set
      Barcode:
      5056614706727
    • Description

      An anthology boxset that compiles all five volumes of the Stereolab 'Switched On' series: 94 non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the group. Includes the original 'Switched On' compilation LP released in 1992, 1995's 'Refried Ectoplasm' ('Switched On Volume 2'), 1998's 'Aluminum Tunes' ['Switched On Volume 3'], 2021's 'Electrically Possessed' ['Switched On Volume 4'], and 2022's 'Pulse of the Early Brain' ['Switched On Volume 5']. All the tracks have been remastered from the original tapes in recent years, personally overseen by Tim Gane of the band at Calyx in Berlin.
    • Track listing

      Disc 1

      Track name
      Artist
      Length
      1.Super - Electric
      Stereolab
      5.22
      2.Doubt
      Stereolab
      3.26
      3.Au Grand Jour
      Stereolab
      3.27
      4.The Way Will Be Opening
      Stereolab
      4.07
      5.Brittle
      Stereolab
      3.47
      6.Contact
      Stereolab
      8.17
      7.Au Grand Jour
      Stereolab
      3.4
      8.High Expectation
      Stereolab
      3.32
      9.The Light That Will Cease to Fail
      Stereolab
      3.23
      10.Changer
      Stereolab
      4.53

      Disc 2

      Track name
      Artist
      Length
      1.Harmonium
      Stereolab
      5.56
      2.Lo Boob Oscillator
      Stereolab
      6.36
      3.Mountain
      Stereolab
      4.05
      4.Revox
      Stereolab
      4.13
      5.French Disko
      Stereolab
      3.35
      6.Exploding Head Movie
      Stereolab
      4.48
      7.Eloge D'eros
      Stereolab
      3.52
      8.Tone Burst (Country)
      Stereolab
      2.12
      9.Animal Or Vegetable (A Wonderful Wooden Reason...)
      Stereolab
      13.32
      10.John Cage Bubblegum
      Stereolab
      3.18
      11.Sadistic
      Stereolab
      2.36
      12.Farfisa
      Stereolab
      2.23
      13.Tempter
      Stereolab
      5.52

      Disc 3

      Track name
      Artist
      Length
      1.Pop Quiz
      Stereolab
      4.22
      2.The Extension Trip
      Stereolab
      3.43
      3.How to Play Your Internal Organs Overnight
      Stereolab
      3.58
      4.The Brush Descends the Length
      Stereolab
      3.08
      5.Melochord Seventy-five
      Stereolab
      3.39
      6.Space Moment
      Stereolab
      4.2
      7.Iron Man
      Stereolab
      5
      8.The Long Hair of Death
      Stereolab
      5.18
      9.You Used to Call Me Sadness
      Stereolab
      3.14
      10.New Orthophony
      Stereolab
      4.16
      11.Speedy Car
      Stereolab
      3.27
      12.Golden Atoms
      Stereolab
      4.48
      13.Ulan Bator
      Stereolab
      4
      14.One Small Step
      Stereolab
      6.26

      Disc 4

      Track name
      Artist
      Length
      1.One Note Samba/surfboard
      Stereolab
      9.1
      2.Cadriopo
      Stereolab
      3.09
      3.Klang Tone
      Stereolab
      5.36
      4.Get Carter
      Stereolab
      3.23
      5.1000 Miles an Hour
      Stereolab
      4.32
      6.Perculations
      Stereolab
      3.22
      7.Seeperbold
      Stereolab
      5.08
      8.Check and Double Check
      Stereolab
      4.03
      9.Munich Madness
      Stereolab
      3.48
      10.Metronomic Underground (Wagon Christ Mix)
      Stereolab
      7.51
      11.The Incredible He Woman
      Stereolab
      3.31

      Disc 5

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Outer Bongolia
      Stereolab
      2.Intervals
      Stereolab
      3.Barock-plastic
      Stereolab
      4.Nomus Et Phusis
      Stereolab
      5.I Feel the Air (Of Another Planet)
      Stereolab
      6.Household Names
      Stereolab
      7.Retrograde Mirror Form
      Stereolab
      8.Solar Throw-away
      Stereolab
      9.Pandora's Box of Worms
      Stereolab
      10.L'exotisme Interieur
      Stereolab

      Disc 6

      Track name
      Artist
      1.The Super-it
      Stereolab
      2.Jump Drive Shut-out
      Stereolab
      3.Explosante Fixe
      Stereolab
      4.Fried Monkey Eggs (Instrumental Version)
      Stereolab
      5.Monkey Jelly
      Stereolab
      6.B.U.A.
      Stereolab
      7.Free Witch and No Bra Queen
      Stereolab
      8.Heavy Denim Loop Pt. 2
      Stereolab
      9.Variation One
      Stereolab
      10.Monkey Jelly (Beats)
      Stereolab
      11.Dimension M2
      Stereolab
      12.Solar Throw-away
      Stereolab
      13.Calimero
      Stereolab
      14.Fried Monkey Eggs (Vocal)
      Stereolab
      15.Speck Voice
      Stereolab

      Disc 7

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Simple Headphone Mind
      Stereolab
      2.Trippin' With the Birds
      Stereolab
      3.Low-fi
      Stereolab
      4.(Varoom!)
      Stereolab
      5.Laisser-faire
      Stereolab
      6.Elektro (He Held the World in His Iron Grip)
      Stereolab

      Disc 8

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Robot Riot
      Stereolab
      2.Spool of Collusion
      Stereolab
      3.Symbolic Logic of Now!
      Stereolab
      4.Forensic Itch
      Stereolab
      5.Ronco Symphony
      Stereolab
      6.ABC
      Stereolab
      7.Magne-music
      Stereolab
      8.Blaue Milch
      Stereolab
      9.Yes Sir! I Can Moogie
      Stereolab
      10.Plastic Mile (Original Version)
      Stereolab
      11.Refractions in the Plastic Pulse (Feebate Mix) [Autechre Remix]
      Stereolab
      12.Unity Purity Occasional
      Stereolab
      13.The Nth Degrees
      Stereolab
      14.XXXOOO
      Stereolab
      15.15 Cybele's Reverie
      Stereolab
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