Stereolab / Mars Audiac Quintet
Artist Stereolab
Album Title: Mars Audiac Quintet
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Primary Genre Alternative & Punk: Indie
Format Vinyl (2)
Released 08/02/1994
Reissue Date 05/15/2012
Label 1972
Catalog No IF08
Bar Code No 8 52545 00308 0
Packaging LP Sleeve (Double)
Tracks
Mars Audiac Quintet (Disc 1)
A1. Three-Dee Melodie (5:03)
A2. Wow And Flutter (3:09)
A3. Transona Five (5:32)
A4. Des Étoiles Électroniques (3:20)
B1. Ping Pong (3:03)
B2. Anamorphose (7:33)
B3. Three Longers Later (3:29)
Mars Audiac Quintet (Disc 2)
A1. Nihilist Assault Group (6:55)
A2. International Colouring Contest (3:48)
A3. The Stars Our Destination (2:59)
A4. Transporté Sans Bouger (4:20)
B1. L'Enfer Des Formes (3:53)
B2. Outer Accelerator (5:21)
B3. New Orthophony (4:35)
B4. Fiery Yellow (4:14)
Date Acquired 06/10/2013
Personal Rating
Acquired from Electric Fetus - Minneapolis
Purchase Price 22.39

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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 Arrangements], Marimba [Marimbas], Slide Guitar – Sean O'Hagan
Bass – Duncan Brown
Drums, Percussion [Persuasive Percussion] – Andy Ramsay
Engineer – Paul Tipler
Guitar, Organ [Vox Organ, Farfisa], Synthesizer [Moog], Bass – Tim Gane
Management [Affectionately Managed By] – Martin Pike, Sheri Hood
Mastered By – Nick Webb, Steve Rooke
Mixed By – Paul Tipler, The Groop
Organ [Farfisa, Vox Organs], Synthesizer [Moog] – Katharine Gifford
Photography By – Peter Morris
Tenor Saxophone, Flute – Alan Carter
Trombone – Andy Robinson
Trumpet – Lindsay Low
Violin – Vera Daucher
Vocals [Second Vocal], Guitar, Tambourine, Performer [Eggs] – Mary Hansen
Vocals, Tambourine, Organ [Vox Organs, Mint's Organ], Guitar – Lætitia Sadier
Written-By – Sadier (tracks: A1 to D3), O'Hagan (tracks: D4), Gane

Companies, etc.:
Copyright © – Elektra Entertainment Group
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Elektra Entertainment Group
Licensed From – Elektra Entertainment Group
Manufactured By – Rhino Entertainment Company
Marketed By – International Feel LLC
Recorded At – Blackwing Studios
Mastered At – Abbey Road Studios
Published By – Complete Music Ltd.
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-77919
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-77920
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-77921
Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-77922

Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode: 8 52545 00308 0
Matrix / Runout (Side A run out, etched): IF-08 A₁ S-77919
Matrix / Runout (Side B run out, etched): IF-08 B₁ S-77920
Matrix / Runout (Side C run out, etched): IF-08 C₁ S-77921
Matrix / Runout (Side D run out, etched): IF-08 D₁ S-77922

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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