Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center

by Stereolab & Charles Long

Music for the Amorphous Body Study Center cover art
  • Type: EP
  • Released: 25 February 1995
  • Label: Duophonic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Community rating: 3.78/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Commissioned specifically as an interactive sound installation for an exhibition by sculptor Charles Long in New York, this EP showcases the band's most heavily arranged lounge-pop. Visitors originally listened to the tracks through headphones plugged directly into Long's abstract, amorphous sculptures. The resulting music is incredibly lush, utilizing string arrangements and bubbly analog synths to create a retro-futuristic museum ambiance.

Genres

Descriptors: leftfield, melodic, repetitive, motorik, minimal

Tracklist

  1. Pop Quiz
  2. The Extension Trip
  3. How To Play Your Internal Organs Overnight
  4. The Brush Descends The Length
  5. Melochord Seventy-Five
  6. Space Moment
  7. Untitled

Credits

  • Charles Long - primary artist, artwork
  • Sean O'Hagan - arranged by [string arrangements], written-by
  • Andy Ramsay - performer [the groop]
  • Duncan Brown - performer [the groop]
  • Laetitia Sadier - performer [the groop], written-by
  • Mary Hansen - performer [the groop]
  • Tim Gane - performer [the groop], written-by
  • Amanda Drummond - strings

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