Stereolab

''“Never been entirely sure whether Stereolab counted as Britpop. I suspect that they probably don't: they just count as good in my book.”'' (John Peel, 29 December 1996)

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Stereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane (guitar/keyboards) and Lætitia Sadier (vocals/keyboards/guitar), both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes. Other long-time members include Mary Hansen (backing vocals/keyboards/guitar), who played with the group from 1992 until her accidental death in 2002, and Andy Ramsay (drums), who joined in 1993, and who is still in the official line-up … (read more at Wikipedia)

Links To Peel
Stereolab were a staple of the Peel show from the time of their first release in 1991, with the DJ choosing 'Ping Pong' as a Peelenium 1996 track and listeners voting 'French Disko' into the All-Time 2000 Festive Fifty. The band recorded seven sessions for the show.

Festive Fifty Entries
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 * 1993 Festive Fifty: French Disko #5
 * 1993 Festive Fifty: Jenny Ondioline #39


 * 1994 Festive Fifty: Ping Pong #9


 * 1995 Festive Fifty: Pop Quiz #33


 * 1996 Festive Fifty: Cybele's Reverie #11
 * 1996 Festive Fifty: Fluorescences #20
 * 1996 Festive Fifty: Les Yper Yper Sound #50


 * 1997 Festive Fifty (with Nurse With Wound): Simple Headphone Mind #14
 * 1997 Festive Fifty: Fluorescences #20
 * 1997 Festive Fifty: Miss Modular #26


 * 1999 Festive Fifty: The Free Design #46


 * 2000 Festive Fifty: French Disko ATFF#36
 * 2001 Festive Fifty: Captain Easychord #45

Peelenium

 * Peelenium 1994: Ping Pong

Sessions
Six sessions. All except #5 were released on ABC Music - Radio 1 Sessions (CD, Strange Fruit, 2002). Laetitia Sadier and Mary Hansen from the band also guested on the second Mouse On Mars session (broadcast 18 June 1997/11 September 1997).

1. Recorded 1991-07-30. First broadcast 08 September 1991. Repeated 30 November 1991
 * Super Electric / Changer / Doubt / Difficult Fourth Title

2. Recorded 1992-06-28. First broadcast 11 July 1992. Repeated 04 September 1992.
 * Laisser Faire / Revox / Peng / John Cage Bubble Gum

3. Recorded 1993-09-28. First broadcast 30 October 1993. Repeated 03 September 1994, 19 August 1995.
 * Wow & Flutter / Anemie / Moogie Wonderland / Heavy Denim

4. Recorded 1996-02-15. First broadcast 24 February 1996. Repeated ?
 * Metronomic Underground / Brigitte / Spinal Column / Tomorrow Is Already Here

5 Recorded 1997-09-24, live from Maida Vale. First broadcast 24 September 1997.
 * Brakhage / Flower Called Nowhere / The Light / Refractions In The Plastic Pulse / Miss Modular / Metromonic Underground / John Cage Bubblegum

6. Recorded 2001-08-16 First broadcast 18 September 2001. Repeated ?
 * Nothing To Do With Me / Dolly Rocker / Baby Lulu / Naught More Terrific Than Man

Live

 * 03 June 1999: live set from Queen Elizabeth Hall
 * 1) Miss Modullar
 * 2) Escape Pod
 * 3) The Free Designs
 * 4) Analogue Rock
 * 5) Op Hop Detonation
 * 6) The Spiracles
 * 7) Percolator
 * 8) Strobo Acceleration
 * 9) Rainbo Conversation
 * 10) People Do It All The Time
 * 11) Metronomic Underground
 * 12) Seeming And The Meaning


 * 28 October 1999: live from the Royal Court at Sound City Liverpool
 * 1) Escape Pod [From the World of Medical Observations]
 * 2) The Free Design
 * 3) Metronomic Underground
 * 4) Op Hop Detonation
 * 5) Analogue Rock

Other Shows Played

 * 1991
 * 05 May 1991: The Light That Will Cease To Fail (EP) Duophonic Super 45s (JP reads introductory letter from new label Duophonic Super 45s introducing themselves and the band)
 * 25 May 1991: The Light That Will Cease To Fail (EP) Duophonic Super 45s
 * 24 November 1991: Doubt (7”) Duophonic
 * 26 December 1991 (Radio Mafia): Doubt (7" - Stunning Debut Album) Duophonic Super 45's
 * 28 December 1991: Unknown (Super 45s)


 * 1992
 * 24 April 1992: Doubt (Various Artists 10 inch – Too Pure - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
 * 25 April 1992: Super-Electric (Various Artists 10 inch - Too Pure - The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
 * 04 May 1992 (Ö3): Super Electric (10"-Too Pure: The Peel Sessions) Strange Fruit
 * 09 May 1992: Peng! 33 (LP-Peng) Too Pure
 * 15 May 1992: The Seeming And The Meaning (LP-Peng!) Too Pure
 * 17 May 1992 (BFBS): Peng 33 (LP - Peng) Too Pure
 * 23 May 1992: Enivrez-vous (LP - Peng!) Too Pure
 * 30 May 1992: Peng ! 33 (Album - Peng) Too Pure
 * 17 July 1992: Harmonium (7 inch) Duophonic
 * 25 July 1992: Harmonium (7 inch) Duophonic
 * 03 August 1992 (BFBS): Farfisa (7" - Harmonium) Duophonic
 * 04 August 1992 (Ö3): Harmonium (7") Duophonic
 * 06 August 1992 (Radio Mafia): Harmonium (7") Duophonic


 * 1993
 * 27 August 1993: Jenny Ondioline (10 inch) Duophonic
 * 10 September 1993 (BFBS): French Disko (10" - Jenny Ondioline) Duophonic
 * 24 September 1993 (BFBS): I'm Going Out Of My Way (album - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements) Duophonic
 * 01 October 1993 (BFBS): Golden Ball (album - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements) Duophonic
 * 08 October 1993 (BFBS): Our Trinitone Blast (album - Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements) Duophonic
 * 25 December 1993: Jenny Ondioline (7" - French Disko (B-Side) (Tour Single) Duophonic #FF39
 * 25 December 1993: French Disko (7 inch) Duophonic #FF5


 * 1994
 * 14 May 1994 (BFBS): Mellotron (album - Peng!) Too Pure
 * 09 July 1994: Ping Pong (10 inch) Duophonic
 * 16 July 1994 (BFBS): Ping Pong (10" EP) Duophonic
 * 26 July 1994 (BBC World Service): Ping Pong (10") Duophonic
 * 30 July 1994 (BFBS): Ping Pong (10" EP) Duophonic
 * 01 August 1994 (Ö3): Ping Pong (10") Duophonic
 * 05 August 1994: Wow & Flutter (2xLP - Mars Audiac Quintet ) Duophonic
 * 06 August 1994: Three Longers Later (2xLP - Mars Audiac Quintet ) Duophonic
 * 13 August 1994 (BFBS): Wow And Flutter (album - Mars Audiac Quintet) Duophonic
 * 19 August 1994: 3 D Melody (LP: Mars Audiac Quintet) Duophonic
 * 26 August 1994: Nihilist Assault Group (2xLP - Mars Audiac Quintet) Duophonic
 * 16 September 1994: The Stars Our Destination (LP: Mars Audiac Quintet) Duophonic
 * 29 October 1994: New Orthophony (LP: Mars Audiac Quintet) Duophonic
 * 23 December 1994: Ping Pong (CD Maxi Single)' (Duophonic FF#9 (JP: “In a decently ordered world, that would have been a number one record in the charts, I think.”)


 * 1995
 * 24 March 1995: Pop Quiz (10 inch-Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center) Duophonic
 * 25 March 1995: Melochord Seventy Five (10 inch-Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center) Duophonic
 * 01 April 1995: The Brush Descends The Length (CD: Music For The Amorphous Body Study Centre) Duophonic
 * 18 August 1995: French Disko (CD single) Duophonic
 * 25 August 1995: Pop Quiz (cassette - Reading Present 1995) Melody Maker
 * 02 September 1995: Comb
 * 09 September 1995: Mountain (album: Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Volume 2)) Duophonic
 * 01 December 1995: One Thousand Miles An Hour (Compilation CD-104.9 (An XFM Compilation)) XFM Ltd
 * 29 December 1995: Pop Quiz (CD-Music For The Amorphous Body Study Center) Duophonic FF#33


 * 1996
 * 26 January 1996: Motoroller Scalatron (album - Emperor Tomato Ketchup) Duophonic
 * 28 January 1996 (BFBS): The Noise Of Carpet (CD-Emperor Tomato Ketchup) Duophonic
 * 02 February 1996: Slow Fast Hazel (CD: Emperor Tomato Ketchup) Duophonic
 * 03 November 1996: Flourescences (CD: Flourescences) Duophonic
 * 30 November 1996: Flourescences (CD: Flourescences) Duophonic
 * 21 December 1996: Les Yper-Yper Sound (10 inch-Cybele's Reverie) Duophonic FF#50
 * 28 December 1996: Flourescences (EP-Flourescences) Duophonic FF#20
 * 29 December 1996: Cybele's Reverie (Maxi CD-Cybele's Reverie) Duophonic FF#11


 * 1997
 * 22 May 1997 (BFBS) (& Nurse With Wound): 'Simple Headphone Mind (CDS) Duophonic
 * 29 July 1997: Miss Modular (CDS) Duophonic
 * 06 August 1997: Miss Modular (CDS) Duophonic
 * 12 August 1997: Miss Modular (CDS) Duophonic
 * 14 August 1997 (BFBS): Miss Modular (CDS) Duophonic
 * 19 August 1997: Allures (CDS - Miss Modular) Duophonic
 * 28 August 1997: Spinal Column (EP: Miss Modular) Duophonic
 * 09 September 1997: The Flower Called Nowhere (LP – Dots and Loops) Duophonic
 * 11 September 1997: Prisoner of Mars (LP – Dots and Loops) Duophonic
 * 18 September 1997: Rainbow Conversation (LP – Dots and Loops) Duophonic
 * 25 September 1997 (BFBS): Tickertape Of The Unconscious (CD-Dots And Loops) Duophonic
 * 02 October 1997: Iron Man (7”) Duophonic
 * 07 October 1997: The Incredible He Woman (7" Iron Man) Duophonic
 * 15 October 1997: Iron Man (7”) Duophonic
 * 23 December 1997: Miss Modular (CD single) Duophonic FF#26
 * 23 December 1997: Fluorescences (Maxi CD) Duophonic FF#20
 * 23 December 1997: (& Nurse With Wound): Simple Headphone Mind (12”) Duophonic FF#14


 * 1998
 * 09 September 1998 (with Sons Of Silence (Agent Double X Mix)) Chinese Whispers (LP - Chinese Whispers) Sprawl
 * 10 September 1998 (with Ultramarine): Chinese Whispers (LP - Chinese Whispers) Sprawl
 * 15 September 1998 ((remixed Mike Paradinus): Chinese Whispers (LP - Chinese Whispers) Sprawl
 * 16 September 1998 (remixed by Freeform): Chiny Biskers Mix (LP - Chinese Whispers) Sprawl
 * 16 September 1998: ? (LP - Aluminium Tunes: Switched On Vol 3) Duophonic
 * 17 September 1998: How To Play Your Internal Organs Overnight (LP - Aluminium Tunes: Switched On Vol 3) Duophonic
 * 22 September 1998 (with Slang): Chinese Whispers (The Slang Mix) (LP - Chinese Whispers) Sprawl
 * 22 September 1998: Iron Man (LP - Aluminium Tunes: Switched On Vol 3) Duophonic
 * 24 September 1998 (& Si Begg): Chinese Whispers (LP - Chinese Whispers) Sprawl
 * 24 September 1998: The Long Hair Of Death (LP - Aluminium Tunes: Switched On Vol 3) Duophonic
 * 29 September 1998 (& Subtropic): Chinese Whispers (LP - Chinese Whispers) Sprawl
 * 01 October 1998: Chinese Whispers (LP - Chinese Whispers) Sprawl
 * 21 October 1998: You Used to Call Me Sadness (CD: Aluminium Tunes (Switched On Vol 3)) Duophonic
 * 01 November 1998 (BFBS): How To Play Your Internal Organs Overnight (2xCD-Aluminum Tunes) Duophonic
 * 05 November 1998 (with Thurston Moore): Root (CD: Root)


 * 1999
 * 26 August 1999 (Radio Eins) (& Brigitte Fontaine): Caliméro (7") Duophonic
 * 06 October 1999: Come And Play In The Milky Night (Compilation CD-Bollox To Ibiza) New Musical Express
 * 10 October 1999 (BFBS): Come And Play In The Milky Night (2xLP-Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night) Duophonic
 * 31 October 1999 (BFBS): Italian Shoes Continuum (2xLP-Cobra And Phases Play Voltage In The Milky Night) Duophonic
 * 07 November 1999 (BFBS): Blips Drips And Strips (CD-Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night) Duophonic
 * 09 November 1999: (Boards Of Canada) Kid For Today (remixed by Stereolab (2xCD-Warp 10+3 Remixes) Warp
 * 24 November 1999: The Free Design (CD-Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In the Milky Night) Duophonic
 * 15 December 1999: Op Hop Detonation (CD-Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night) Duophonic
 * 23 December 1999: The Free Design (LP-Cobra & Faces Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night) Duophonic FF#46


 * 2000
 * 06 January 2000: Ping Pong (10 inch) Duophonic (Peelenium 1994)
 * 06 January 2000: French Disko (CD single) Duophonic ATFF#36
 * 23 May 2000: Barock-Plastik (mini-album - The First Of The Microbe Hunters) Duophonic
 * 05 July 2000: Barock-Plastic (EP: The First Of The Microbe Hunters) Duophonic


 * 2001
 * 07 June 2001: Captain Easychord (CD single) Duophonic
 * 20 June 2001: Captain Easychord (CD single) Duophonic
 * 12 July 2001: Captain Easychord (EP) Duophonic
 * 25 July 2001 (Radio Mafia): Captain Easychord (EP) Duophonic
 * 15 August 2001: Hallucinex (LP - Sound-Dust) Duophonic
 * 17 October 2001: Free Witch And No-Bra Queen (Sound Dust tour single) Duophonic
 * 25 December 2001: Captain Easychord (Maxi CD-Captain Easychord EP) Duophonics FF#45


 * 2002
 * 22 October 2002: Doubt (LP - The Complete BBC Sessions) Strange Fruit
 * 05 November 2002: Super Electric (LP - Abc Music) Strange Fruit
 * 28 November 2002: John Cage Bubble Gum (Lp - Abc Music) Strange Fruit


 * 2003
 * 18 November 2003: Jaunty Monty and the Bubbles of Silence (LP - Instant O in the Universe) Duophonic Ultra high Freqeuncy Disks


 * 2004
 * 14 January 2004: Vonal Declosion (LP - Margarine Eclipse) Duophonic


 * Other
 * Best Of 1991 Vol 7: Superelectric
 * Best Of 1992 Vol 5: Changer
 * Peel Summer 1993: French Disko (single) Duophonic