Dots and Loops
by Stereolab
- Type: Album
- Released: 22 September 1997
- Label: Duophonic, Elektra, Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:06:12
- Community rating: 4.27/5 from 20 ratings
Artists on this release: Tim Gane, Lætitia Sadier, Mary Hansen, Morgane Lhote, Andy Ramsay, Richard Harrison
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Dots and Loops', Stereolab pivoted from their signature krautrock drones towards a lush blend of bossa nova, 1960s pop, and jazz. [1] This was the band's first album recorded using a digital audio workstation, a technical shift with producers John McEntire and Andi Toma that enabled a new focus on looped compositions and meticulously layered arrangements. [1, 2] The resulting sound combines intricate horn and string arrangements with complex time signatures, underpinning Lætitia Sadier’s bilingual lyrics which offer critiques of consumerism and materialism. [1, 7]
Genres
Descriptors: motorik, lounge, leftfield, experimental, minimal
Tracklist
- Brakhage (05:30)
- Miss Modular (04:29)
- The Flower Called Nowhere (05:15)
- Diagonals (05:15)
- Prisoner of Mars (04:03)
- Rainbo Conversation (04:46)
- Refractions in the Plastic Pulse (17:32)
- Parsec (05:34)
- Ticker-tape of the Unconscious (04:45)
- Contronatura (09:03)
Credits
- Stereolab - producer, mixed by
- Tim Gane - performer, guitar, keyboards, vocals, farfisa organ, analogue synthesizers, electronic devices (for sound generating and filtering), rhodes piano, piano, clavinet, nylon string acoustic guitar, bass, drums, percussion, drum machines
- Lætitia Sadier - performer, vocals, keyboards, guitar, percussion, farfisa organ, analogue synthesizers, electronic devices (for sound generating and filtering), rhodes piano, piano, clavinet, nylon string acoustic guitar, bass, drums, drum machines
- Andy Ramsay - performer, drums, percussion, vocals, farfisa organ, analogue synthesizers, electronic devices (for sound generating and filtering), rhodes piano, piano, clavinet, electric guitar, nylon string acoustic guitar, bass, drum machines
- Mary Hansen - performer, vocals, farfisa organ, analogue synthesizers, electronic devices (for sound generating and filtering), rhodes piano, piano, clavinet, electric guitar, nylon string acoustic guitar, bass, drums, percussion, drum machines
- Morgane Lhote - performer, farfisa organ, analogue synthesizers, electronic devices (for sound generating and filtering), rhodes piano, piano, clavinet, electric guitar, nylon string acoustic guitar, bass, drums, percussion, drum machines
- Richard Harrison - performer, bass, farfisa organ, analogue synthesizers, electronic devices (for sound generating and filtering), rhodes piano, piano, clavinet, electric guitar, nylon string acoustic guitar, drums, percussion, drum machines
- John McEntire - co-producer, mixing, analogue synthesizer, electronics, percussion, vibraphone, marimba
- Andi Toma - co-producer, co-mixing, engineering, electronics, electronic percussion
- Max Stamm - additional engineering
- Jan St. Werner - additional engineering, electronics
- Julian House - graphic design
- Sean O'Hagan - brass arrangements, string arrangements, piano, electric piano [fender rhodes], organ [farfisa], instruments [additional instrumentation]
- Andy Robinson - brass arrangements
- Marcus Holdaway - string arrangements
- Dave Max Crawford - brass
- Jeb Bishop - brass
- Paul Mertens - brass
- Ross Reed - brass
- Bo Kondren - mastered by
- Douglas McCombs - acoustic bass
- Xavier "Fischfinger" Fischer - piano
- Poppy Branders - string section
- Maureen Loughnane - string section
- Rebecca McFaul - string section
- Shelly Weiss - string section
- Nick Abrahams - music video director, music video producer
- Mikey Tomkins - music video director, music video producer