Review: Stereolab continue to trawl through their vast back catalogue on the fourth instalment of the Switched On compilation series. This edition, titled Electronically Processed, focuses primarily on rare and hard-to-find tracks (many tucked away on very limited seven-inch singles), with a handful of alternative versions, outtakes and previously unreleased cuts thrown in. Fans will find much to savour across the two-disc set, from Krautrock-tinged Chanson songs (see the rather fine 'Household Names' and Serge Gainsbourg-with-added-funk vibes of 'The Super It'), to more experimental instrumentals from soundtracks, and even the odd dancefloor-ready stomper ('Dimension M2'). In a word: essential.
Stereolab & Nurse With Wound - "Simple Headphone Mind" (10:35)
Stereolab & Nurse With Wound - "Trippin' With The Birds" (21:09)
Low Fi (5:16)
Varoom! (9:19)
Laisser-Faire (4:36)
Elektro (He Held The World In His Iron Grip) (7:56)
Robot Riot (2:56)
Spool Of Collusion (2:11)
Symbolic Logic Of Now! (4:05)
Forensic Itch (3:06)
Ronco Symphony (demo) (1:01)
ABC (5:13)
Magne-Music (3:49)
Blaue Milch (4:58)
Yes Sir! I Can Moogie (1:02)
Plastic Mile (6:34)
Refractions In The Plastic Pulse (Feebate mix - Autechre remix) (7:48)
Unity Purity Occasional (2:16)
The Nth Degrees (4:12)
XXXOOO (1:10)
Cybele's Reverie (live At The Hollywood Bowl) (5:46)
Review: Stereolab's superb Switched On series hits the fifth volume here with another essential collection of their rarest releases. Also included along the way are some unreleased tunes and despite this being the fifth volume it is still impeccably high in standard. Just check out Autechre's remix of 'Refractions in the Plastic Pulse' for evidence - it's as thrilling as they come while Stereolab's second collaboration with Nurse With Wound is another good one. It is 31 minutes of psychedelic kraut to really lose your mind to. Fans old and new are sure to lap up this one.
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