Mars Audiac Quintet

by Stereolab

Mars Audiac Quintet cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 August 1994
  • Label: Duophonic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:07:03
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 9 ratings

Artists on this release: Andy Ramsay, Vera Daucher, Lindsay Low, Andy Robinson, L忙titia Sadier, Duncan Brown, Alan Carter, Katharine Gifford, Tim Gane, Jean-Baptiste Garnero

Album Notes & Community Reviews

On 'Mars Audiac Quintet', Stereolab fully integrates their hypnotic krautrock motorik rhythms with incredibly lush, 60s-inspired indie pop melodies. The album is a warm and rhythmic triumph of art pop, delivering subtle political philosophy through futuristic, repetitive synthesizers and lounge-inflected harmonies.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, political, rhythmic, progressive, motorik

Tracklist

  1. Three-Dee Melodie (5:02)
  2. Wow And Flutter (3:08)
  3. Transona Five (5:32)
  4. Des Etoiles Electroniques (3:19)
  5. Ping Pong (3:02)
  6. Anamorphose (7:33)
  7. Three Longers Later (3:28)
  8. Nihilist Assault Group (6:54)
  9. International Colouring Contest (3:47)
  10. The Stars Our Destination (2:58)
  11. Transporte Sans Bouger (4:20)
  12. L'Enfer Des Formes (3:53)
  13. Outer Accelerator (5:21)
  14. New Orthophony (4:34)
  15. Fiery Yellow (4:04)

Credits

  • Stereolab - primary artist, mixed by, mix
  • Sean O'Hagan - arranged by [brass], marimba, slide guitar, guitar [twang], guitar [tremolo], percussion, written-by, marimba slide guitar, brassarranger
  • Duncan Brown - bass
  • Andy Ramsay - drums, percussion [persuasive], membranophone percussion
  • Paul Tipler - engineer, mixed by, mix
  • Tim Gane - guitar, organ [vox, farfisa], synthesizer [moog], bass, written-by, composer, bass guitar organ synthesizer
  • Trouble - layout
  • Martin Pike - management
  • Sheri Hood - management
  • Nick Webb - mastered by, mastering
  • Steve Rooke - mastered by, mastering
  • Katharine Gifford - organ [vox, farfisa], synthesizer [moog], backing vocals, organ synthesizer
  • Peter Morris - photography by, photography
  • Alan Carter - tenor saxophone, flute, flute guest tenor saxophone
  • Andy Robinson - trombone, guest trombone
  • Lindsay Low - trumpet, guest trumpet
  • Vera Daucher - violin, guest violin
  • Mary Hansen - vocals [second], guitar, tambourine, shaker [eggs], guitar percussion tambourine, additional vocal
  • L忙titia Sadier - vocals, tambourine, organ [vox, mint's organ], guitar, written-by, guitar organ tambourine, vocal
  • Jean-Baptiste Garnero - backing vocals

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