| Artist |
Stereolab |
| Album Title: |
Electrically Possessed [Switched on Vol. 4] |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Alternative & Punk: Indie |
| Format |
Vinyl (3) |
| Released |
02/26/2021 |
| Label |
Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks |
| Catalog No |
D-UHF-D42 |
| Bar Code No |
5060384618227 |
| Packaging |
Gatefold LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| Electrically Possessed [Switched on Vol. 4] (Disc 1) |
| A1.
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Outer Bongolia (9:29)
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| A2.
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Intervals (4:38)
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| B1.
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Barock-Plastik (3:17)
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| B2.
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Nomus Et Phusis (4:23)
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| B3.
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I Feel the Air (Of Another Planet) (8:12)
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| Electrically Possessed [Switched on Vol. 4] (Disc 2) |
| A1.
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Household Names (3:43)
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| A2.
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Retrograde Mirror Form (6:45)
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| A3.
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Solar Throw-Away [Original Version] (3:06)
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| A4.
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Pandora's Box of Worms (2:16)
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| A5.
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L'exotisme Intérieur (3:23)
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| B1.
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The Super-It (3:51)
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| B2.
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Jump Drive Shout-Out (2:43)
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| B3.
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Explosante Fixe (4:25)
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| B4.
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Fried Monkey Eggs [Instrumental] (2:08)
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| B5.
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Monkey Jelly (1:54)
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| B6.
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B.U.A. (4:51)
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| Electrically Possessed [Switched on Vol. 4] (Disc 3) |
| A1.
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Free Witch and No Bra Queen (4:44)
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| A2.
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Heavy Denim Loop Pt 2 (2:54)
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| A3.
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Variation One (4:01)
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| A4.
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Monkey Jelly [Beats] (1:53)
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| A5.
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Dimension M2 (4:03)
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| B1.
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Solar Throw Away (3:59)
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| B2.
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Calimero (3:59)
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| B3.
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Fried Monkey Eggs [Vocal] (2:08)
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| B4.
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Speck Voice (5:01)
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| Date Acquired |
06/01/2022 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Electric Fetus - Minneapolis |
| Purchase Price |
32.99 |
Web Links |
All Music Guide Entry:
Discogs entry:
Wikipedia Entry: |
Notes |
Notes:
Outer Bongolia, Intervals, Barock-Plastic, Nomus Et Phusis, I Feel The Air (Of Another Planet), Household Name and Retrograde Mirror Form 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.
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.
Explosante Fixe and L'exotisme Interieur were originally released September 2008 as a 7" & CD tour single via Duophonic Super 45s. Catalogue number DS45-43. 2000 copies were pressed.
The Super-It, Fried Monkey Eggs [Instrumental], Fried Monkey Eggs [Vocal] and Monkey Jelly originally released as The Underground Is Coming 7" tour EP, released in 1999, via Duophonic UHF Disks and cut at 33rpm. Catalogue number D-UHF-D24. Monkey Jelly [Beats] was unreleased at the time.
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] and is previously unreleased. The artwork is called B.U.A [Burnt Umber Assembly] : An Entanglement of Wholes [1998].
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.
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.
Dimension M2 was written for the Disko Cabine CD compilation, released in June 2005.
Calimero was originally released July 1999 via Duophonic Super 45s. Catalogue number DS45-25. A collaborative 7" & CD 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.
Pandora's Box of Worms - an unreleased outtake from the Dots and Loops album sessions.
Heavy Denim Loop Pt. 2 - an unreleased outtake from the Mars Audiac Quintet album sessions.
Credits:
Lacquer Cut By – FMW
Management – Pikey
Remastered By, Lacquer Cut By – Bo
Sleeve – Vanina Schmitt
Written-By – Laetitia Sadier (tracks: A2 to C3, C5 to D1, D3 to E1, E3 to F1, F3, F4), Tim Gane
Companies, etc.:
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks
Copyright © – Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks
Licensed To – Warp Records
Published By – Domino Publishing Co. Ltd.
Published By – Copyright Control
Remastered At – Calyx Mastering
Lacquer Cut At – Calyx Mastering
Barcode and other Identifiers:
Barcode (Barcode on hype sticker scanned): 5060384618227
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched): D-VHF-D42 A 331/3 RPM FMW ▷ BO ▷ CALYX 2020
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched): D-VHF-D42 B 331/3 RPM FMW ▷ BO ▷ CALYX 2020
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, etched): D-VHF-D42 C 331/3 RPM FMW ▷ BO ▷ CALYX 2020
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, etched): D-VHF-D42 D 331/3 RPM FMW ▷ BO ▷ CALYX 2020
Matrix / Runout (Runout side E, etched): D-VHF-D42 E 331/3 RPM FMW ▷ BO ▷ CALYX 2020
Matrix / Runout (Runout side F, etched): D-VHF-D42 F 331/3 RPM FMW ▷ BO ▷ CALYX 2020
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Heather Phares:
Appearing just over a decade after Stereolab disbanded, Electrically Possessed: Switched On, Vol. 4 is a welcome refresher on the EPs, singles, and rarities they issued from 1999 to 2008. The collection's nine-year span covers nearly half of the band's career -- by contrast, the original Switched On gathered just six months' worth of music -- but like the other volumes in the series, it captures the flavor of its era just as completely as Stereolab's full-lengths. Electrically Possessed begins with The First of the Microbe Hunters, a mini-album that arrived soon after the group's heady 1999 effort Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night and provided a playful contrast to that release. While the nine-minute "Outer Bongolia" rivals Cobra's ambition with its extravaganza of wah-wah guitar, brass, and xylophone, the serenely spacey pop of "I Feel the Air (Of Another Planet)" and the strutting jazz-funk of "Barock-Plastic" could've appeared on Emperor Tomato Ketchup. Much of the rest of Switched On, Vol. 4 consists of limited-edition tour singles that the band recorded at Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier's computer-based home studio, which they built after they fell in love with digital recording while making 1997's Dots and Loops. Though many of these tracks ride a similar groove, there are several standouts. "L'exotisme Interieur" from 2008 is chiming, blissed-out pop; the 2001 A-side "Free Witch and No Bra Queen" pairs a sexy spy movie theme worthy of Lalo Schifrin with spooky vocal harmonies; and "Calimero," a 1999 collaboration with Brigitte Fontaine, is one of their clearest homages to French pop à la Serge Gainsbourg. Some of Electrically Possessed's other highlights were composed for various projects that fit Stereolab's aesthetic perfectly. The bustling collage of vocals, beats, and burbling synths that is "B.U.A." reunited them with visual artist Charles Long, for whom they composed Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center, while "Variation One"'s funky synth workout first appeared on the soundtrack to the documentary Moog, appropriately enough. The collection's previously unreleased material ranges from snippets like the spacious Dots and Loops outtake "Pandora's Box of Worms" that will likely appeal most to hardcore fans to buried treasures such as "Solar Throw-Away (Original Version)," a tart, brassy ballad that makes for one of the set's finest moments. While there might not be quite as many essential tracks here as on the other Switched On volumes, Electrically Possessed is a reminder that Stereolab were releasing so much good music that it was easy to take it for granted at the time, and it's well worth a listen for fans who may have missed or glossed over these songs when they were first released.
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