Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Rock, Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Ambient Pop, Indie Pop, Indie Electronic Active: 90's, 2000's Formed: 1991 in London, England
Henry Mancini, Faust, Burt Bacharach, Martin Denny, Esquivel, The Velvet Underground, Kraftwerk, The Rockets, Perrey-Kingsley, Neu!, Silver Apples, Can, Brian Eno, Bruce Haack, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Françoise Hardy, Nurse with Wound, The Free Design, Chrome The High Llamas, Laika, Saint Etienne, Komeda, Moonshake, Add N to (X), Ui, Air, Beth Orton, Mouse on Mars, Tortoise, Broadcast, The Melody Unit, Kid Loco, Solex, The Mosquitos, Delta V, Aluminum Group, Sweet Apple Pie Le Futur Pompiste, Au Revoir Simone, Cinnamon, Lali Puna, Saloon, Modular, Brasilia, Dominique Leone, The Incredible Moses Leroy, ISAN, H.A.B., La Nube, The American Analog Set, Los Fresones Rebeldes, Cake on Cake, Soundpool, Rubies, Hotels, Lotus Plaza |  |
Combining an inclination for melodic '60s pop with an art rock aesthetic borrowed from Krautrock bands like Faust and Neu!, Stereolab were one of the most influential alternative bands of the '90s. Led by Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, Stereolab either legitimized forms of music that were on the fringe of rock, or brought attention to strands of pop music -- bossa nova, lounge-pop, movie soundtracks -- that were traditionally banished from the rock lineage. The group's trademark sound -- a droning, hypnotic rhythm track overlaid with melodic, mesmerizing singsong vocals, often sung in French and often promoting revolutionary, Marxist politics -- was deceptively simple, providing the basis for a wide array of stylistic experiments over the course of their prolific career.
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Release: November 16, 2010
Label: Drag City
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Release: 2008
Label: 4AD
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