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Review: After an extended hiatus of 15 years, Britain's foremost purveyors of Motorik-influenced avant-pop are back with a surprise new album. With leading members (and songwriters) Tim Gane and Laetitia Saddler at the helm and a vast array of former bandmembers and guest performers swinging by the studio to make their presence felt, Instant Holograms on Metal Films - here presented in Japanese edition form complete with obi-strip and an instrumental bonus cut - sounds and feels like classic Stereolab. For proof, wrap your ears around the nostalgic, jaunty and analogue-rich opener 'Mystical Pleasures', the warming shuffle of 'Melodie is a Wound', the slipped Gainsbourg flex of 'Le Coeur Et la Force', the jazzy joy of 'Transmuted Matter' and the heady nostalgia of 'Colour Television'.