Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night

by Stereolab

Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 September 1999
  • Label: Duophonic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:00:18
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Mary Hansen, Simon Johns, Andy Ramsay, Morgane Lhote, Tim Gane, Bill Hawkes, Andy Robinson, Sophie Harris, Mark Bassey, L忙titia Sadier, Brian Wright, Jacqueline Norrie, Steve Waterman, Rob Mazurek, Colin Crawley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On 'Cobra and Phases Group', Stereolab continues to synthesize retro-futuristic lounge pop with highly repetitive krautrock rhythms. The album is incredibly lush and eclectic, providing a soothing, warm, and distinctly avant-garde psychedelic listening experience.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, atmospheric, avant-garde, motorik, droning

Tracklist

  1. Fuses (4:00)
  2. People Do It All The Time (3:42)
  3. The Free Design (3:47)
  4. Blips Drips And Strips (4:53)
  5. Italian Shoes Continuum (4:35)
  6. Infinity Girl (3:57)
  7. The Spiracles (3:40)
  8. Op Hop Detonation (3:32)
  9. Puncture In The Radax Permutation (5:48)
  10. Velvet Water (4:24)
  11. Blue Milk (16:57)
  12. Caleidoscopic Gaze (8:09)
  13. Strobo Acceleration (3:55)
  14. The Emergency Kisses (5:54)
  15. Come And Play In The Milky Night (4:38)
  16. Galaxidion (3:17)
  17. With Friends Like These Pt. 2 (2:53)
  18. Backwards Shug (3:58)
  19. Continuum (Unreleased Original Version) (2:05)
  20. Continuum Vocodered (Unreleased) (1:13)
  21. People Do It All The Time (Demo) (1:54)
  22. Op Hop Detonation (Demo) (0:59)
  23. The Spiracles (Demo) (1:41)
  24. Latin Cobra Coda (Demo) (0:47)
  25. Infinity Girl (Demo) (2:35)
  26. Blips, Drips & Strips (Demo) (2:35)
  27. Blue Milk (Demo) (3:38)
  28. Italian Shoes Continuum (Demo) (2:17)
  29. Come And Play In The Milky Night (Demo) (2:01)
  30. Strobo Acceleration (Demo) (2:21)
  31. Caleidoscopic Gaze (Demo) (2:07)
  32. Galaxidion (Demo) (1:47)

Credits

  • Stereolab - primary artist
  • Sean O'Hagan - arranged by [brass arrangements], organ [organs], electric harpsichord, clavinet, bass, acoustic guitar [occasional], piano [tack piano], harpsichord, organ, acoustic guitar, tack piano, brassarranger
  • Jim O鈥橰ourke - arranged by [string arrangements], bass [occasional], guitar [occasional], keyboards [occasional], percussion [some percussion], recorded by, mixed by, producer [produced by], percussion, guitar, keyboard, bass, stringsarranger
  • Simon Johns - bass
  • Andy Robinson - brass
  • Colin Crawley - brass
  • Mark Bassey - brass
  • Steve Waterman - brass
  • Steve Rooke - mastered by
  • The Groop - producer [produced by]
  • Fulton Dingley - recorded by, mixed by, producer
  • John McEntire - recorded by, mixed by, producer [produced by], vibraphone [vibes], keyboards [occasional keyboards], drums, membranophone, vibraphone, keyboard
  • Julian House - sleeve
  • Bill Hawkes - strings
  • Brian Wright - strings
  • Jacqueline Norrie - strings
  • Sophie Harris - strings
  • Andy Ramsay - vocals, guitar [guitars], organ [organs], electronics, drums, percussion, bass [occasional bass], electric harpsichord, clavinet, electric piano [wurlitzer], piano [tack piano], membranophone, electronics instrument, harpsichord, organ, guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, bass, tack piano, vocal
  • Mary Hansen - vocals, guitar [guitars], organ [organs], electronics, drums, percussion, bass [occasional bass], electric harpsichord, clavinet, electric piano [wurlitzer], piano [tack piano], membranophone, electronics instrument, harpsichord, organ, guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, bass, tack piano, vocal
  • Morgane Lhote - vocals, guitar [guitars], organ [organs], electronics, drums, percussion, bass [occasional bass], electric harpsichord, clavinet, electric piano [wurlitzer], piano [tack piano], membranophone, electronics instrument, harpsichord, organ, guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, bass, tack piano, vocal
  • Tim Gane - vocals, guitar [guitars], organ [organs], electronics, drums, percussion, bass [occasional bass], electric harpsichord, clavinet, electric piano [wurlitzer], piano [tack piano], written-by, membranophone, electronics instrument, harpsichord, organ, guitar, Wurlitzer electric piano, bass, tack piano, vocal
  • L忙titia Sadier - vocals, guitar, organ, electronics, drums, percussion, bass [occasional], electric harpsichord, clavinet, electric piano [wurlitzer], piano [tack], written-by, membranophone, electronics instrument, harpsichord, Wurlitzer electric piano, bass, tack piano, vocal
  • Rob Mazurek - cornet
  • Dominic Murcott - vibraphone [vibes], marimba [marimbas]
  • Kev Hopper - saw [musical saw]

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