Limited Mirri Board edition.
The fourth in the Switched On series that compiles non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the groop.
Following on from the first volume released in 1992, 1995’s Refried Ectoplasm , and 1998’s Aluminum Tunes , the long-awaited fourth installment spans 1999 – 2008 in the Stereolab story and collates 3 LPs worth of material, all remastered from the original tapes and overseen by the band. It features all the tracks from out-of-print and sought after mini-album The First Of The Microbe Hunters , one-off and impossible to find tour 7″s, compilation tracks, art installation work and a couple of unreleased outtakes from the Mars Audiac Quintet and Dots and Loops recording sessions.
A1 – Outer Bongolia*
A2 – Intervals*
B1 – Barock-Plastic*
B2 – Nomus Et Phusis*
B3 – I Feel The Air {Of Another Planet}*
C1 – Household Names*
C2 – Retrograde Mirror Form*
C3 – Solar Throw-Away [Original version] +
C4 – Pandora’s Box Of Worms =
C5 – L’exotisme Interieur ^
D1 – The Super-It @
D2 – Jump Drive Shut-Out +
D3 – Explosante Fixe ^
D4 – Fried Monkey Eggs [Instrumental version]@
D5 – Monkey Jelly @
D6 – B.U.A **
E1 – Free Witch and No Bra Queen ^^
E2 – Heavy Denim Loop Pt 2 =
E3 – Variation One %
E4 – Monkey Jelly [Beats]@
E5 – Dimension M2 ***
F1 – Solar Throw-Away +
F2 – Calimero ++
F3 – Fried Monkey Eggs [Vocal] @
F4 – Speck Voice ^
Track source guide:
* tracks
Originally released as The First Of The Microbe Hunters 29th May 2000 on Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks, catalogue
number D-UHF-D25 as double vinyl [6500 copies pressed] and CD [12,000 copies pressed] editions.
+ tracks
Jump Drive Shut-Out and Solar Throwaway were originally released 10th April 2006 as a 7″ tour single via Duophonic Super 45s.
Catalogue number DS-4538. 3600 copies were pressed.
Solar Throw-Away (Original Version) was unreleased at the time.
^ tracks
Explosante Fixe and L’exotisme Interieur were originally released September 2008 as a 7″ tour single via Duophonic Super 45s.
Catalogue number DS45-43. 2000 copies were pressed.
@ tracks
The Underground Is Coming 7″ EP included The Super -It, Fried Monkey Eggs [Instrumental], Fried Monkey Eggs [Vocal] and
Monkey Jelly, it was originally released as a 7″ tour single via Duophonic UHF Disks and cut at 33rpm. Catalogue number
D-UHF-D24.
Monkey Jelly [Beats] was unreleased at the time.
** track
B.U.A was written for a further collaboration with Charles Long [Stereolab had previously worked with him on Music For The
Amorphous Body Study Center in 1995].
The artwork is called B.U.A [Burnt Umber Assembly] : An Entanglement of Wholes [1998].
B.U.A is previously unreleased.
^^ tracks
Free Witch And No-Bra Queen and Speck-Voice were originally released 31st August 2001 as a 7″ tour single via Duophonic Super
45s. Catalogue number DS45-30. 2000 copies were pressed.
% track
Variation One was written for a film soundtrack and compilation CD for “Moog”, a documentary about Robert Moog. Originally
released 14th September 2004 via Hollywood Records.
*** track
Dimension M2 was written for the Disko Cabine CD compilation, released in June 2005.
++ track
Calimero was originally released July 1999 via Duophonic Super 45s. Catalogue number DS45-25. A collaborative 7″ release
between Brigitte Fontaine and Stereolab. The B side was Cache Cache by Monade.
A total of 4100 vinyl copies were pressed [1800 on white vinyl and 2300 on black vinyl], there was also a CD edition of 7076 copies.
= track
Pandora’s Box of Worms – an unreleased outtake from the Dots and Loops album sessions.
Heavy Denim Loop Pt. 2 – any unreleased outtake from the Mars Audiac Quintet album sessions.
The fourth in the Switched On series that compiles non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the groop.
Following on from the first volume released in 1992, 1995’s Refried Ectoplasm , and 1998’s Aluminum Tunes , the long-awaited fourth installment spans 1999 – 2008 in the Stereolab story and collates 3 LPs worth of material, all remastered from the original tapes and overseen by the band. It features all the tracks from out-of-print and sought after mini-album The First Of The Microbe Hunters , one-off and impossible to find tour 7″s, compilation tracks, art installation work and a couple of unreleased outtakes from the Mars Audiac Quintet and Dots and Loops recording sessions.
A1 – Outer Bongolia*
A2 – Intervals*
B1 – Barock-Plastic*
B2 – Nomus Et Phusis*
B3 – I Feel The Air {Of Another Planet}*
C1 – Household Names*
C2 – Retrograde Mirror Form*
C3 – Solar Throw-Away [Original version] +
C4 – Pandora’s Box Of Worms =
C5 – L’exotisme Interieur ^
D1 – The Super-It @
D2 – Jump Drive Shut-Out +
D3 – Explosante Fixe ^
D4 – Fried Monkey Eggs [Instrumental version]@
D5 – Monkey Jelly @
D6 – B.U.A **
E1 – Free Witch and No Bra Queen ^^
E2 – Heavy Denim Loop Pt 2 =
E3 – Variation One %
E4 – Monkey Jelly [Beats]@
E5 – Dimension M2 ***
F1 – Solar Throw-Away +
F2 – Calimero ++
F3 – Fried Monkey Eggs [Vocal] @
F4 – Speck Voice ^
Track source guide:
* tracks
Originally released as The First Of The Microbe Hunters 29th May 2000 on Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks, catalogue
number D-UHF-D25 as double vinyl [6500 copies pressed] and CD [12,000 copies pressed] editions.
+ tracks
Jump Drive Shut-Out and Solar Throwaway were originally released 10th April 2006 as a 7″ tour single via Duophonic Super 45s.
Catalogue number DS-4538. 3600 copies were pressed.
Solar Throw-Away (Original Version) was unreleased at the time.
^ tracks
Explosante Fixe and L’exotisme Interieur were originally released September 2008 as a 7″ tour single via Duophonic Super 45s.
Catalogue number DS45-43. 2000 copies were pressed.
@ tracks
The Underground Is Coming 7″ EP included The Super -It, Fried Monkey Eggs [Instrumental], Fried Monkey Eggs [Vocal] and
Monkey Jelly, it was originally released as a 7″ tour single via Duophonic UHF Disks and cut at 33rpm. Catalogue number
D-UHF-D24.
Monkey Jelly [Beats] was unreleased at the time.
** track
B.U.A was written for a further collaboration with Charles Long [Stereolab had previously worked with him on Music For The
Amorphous Body Study Center in 1995].
The artwork is called B.U.A [Burnt Umber Assembly] : An Entanglement of Wholes [1998].
B.U.A is previously unreleased.
^^ tracks
Free Witch And No-Bra Queen and Speck-Voice were originally released 31st August 2001 as a 7″ tour single via Duophonic Super
45s. Catalogue number DS45-30. 2000 copies were pressed.
% track
Variation One was written for a film soundtrack and compilation CD for “Moog”, a documentary about Robert Moog. Originally
released 14th September 2004 via Hollywood Records.
*** track
Dimension M2 was written for the Disko Cabine CD compilation, released in June 2005.
++ track
Calimero was originally released July 1999 via Duophonic Super 45s. Catalogue number DS45-25. A collaborative 7″ release
between Brigitte Fontaine and Stereolab. The B side was Cache Cache by Monade.
A total of 4100 vinyl copies were pressed [1800 on white vinyl and 2300 on black vinyl], there was also a CD edition of 7076 copies.
= track
Pandora’s Box of Worms – an unreleased outtake from the Dots and Loops album sessions.
Heavy Denim Loop Pt. 2 – any unreleased outtake from the Mars Audiac Quintet album sessions.