Stereolab – Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements [2LP] Ambient / New Age Both “AYOR” and “Backwards” had

Both “AYOR” and “Backwards” had by the time the album was first released already become favourites in COIL’s manic live performances

"The intimacy of Akiyama’s Thaumaturgy is immense

This new set of live-to-four-track recordings from January 2022 is the first album to be wholly recorded 'in the studio' since 1995's Towards a Soundtrack to the 'Anabase' of St-John Perse

the fourth side eventually ramps up into a frenetic finale of mad bass riffing

Essential listening for anyone interested in the Nurse With Wound list or the 80’s underground tape scene

Stereolab – Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements [2LP] Ambient / New Age Both “AYOR” and “Backwards” had"Getting into Stereolab can be a daunting prospect. While Laetitia Sadier, Tim Gane et al have a discography that would be the envy of any group, its sprawling size and fractured nature can make it difficult to know where to start. Indeed, even seasoned fans of Stereolab find it difficult to keep track of their myriad LPs, EPs, compilations and rarities sets. Fortunately the partnership of Duophonic and Warp have come through with souped up versions