Stereolab @ Danforth Music Hall, Monday

Stereolab guitarist Tim Gane is all about the Mosrites on the Instant Holograms tour which runs through Toronto tonight at 7 pm

Stereolab previews new album with surreal "Aerial Troubles" video

"Aerial Troubles" is off the new Stereolab album "Instant Holograms on Metal Film" out May 23. Watch the video below.

Here's the scoop...

The song "Aerial Troubles" is taken from the new Stereolab album Instant Holograms On Metal Film, out May 23rd  on Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records. 

Pre-save/pre-order: https://warp.net/stereolab-instant-holograms-on-metal-film. Check out the snazzy sleeve art and track listing below. 

The video for "Aerial Troubles" was conceptualized and directed by the digital artist Laurent Askienazy.

Stereolab's Tim Gane first became aware of Laurent’s photographs over twenty years ago and has remained a fan as Laurent became an early adopter of using computer generated imagery to produce his art. 

Laurent made the video for Aerial Troubles using AI as a tool - creating images, looking for ways to animate and manipulate them, finally assembling them and generating sequences.

This process includes slow motion, repetition and overall rhythm, just like a traditional editing process.

Watch the video for "Aerial Troubles" below. 

Happy Birthday Laetitia Sadier!

Celebrating Laetitia Sadier's birthday with enchanting solo performances at Club Dada in Dallas and Songbyrd in DC.

Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier lights up The Garrison, Friday

Laetitia Sadier will be playing songs from her new album Rooting For Love. Check out a recent performance and a few songs.  

90s Nostalgia: Stereolab on The Word

Here's Stereolab, featuring vocalists Mary Hansen and Laetitia Sadier, performing "French Disko" on The Word way back in 1993. 

Happy Birthday Laetitia Sadier!

Celebrating Laetitia's birthday with one of her stellar 2-hour mixes for Worldwide FM which you can check below. 

You can hear Laetitia's mix feat. Alice Coltrane, Mdou Moctar, Buzzcocks and more right here.

Tracklist

Om Supreme. - Alice Coltrane

Running - Helado Negro

The conservation of energy - Vanishing Twin

Something Big -Burt Bacharach

Time out of mind - Lou Hayter

Dernier réveil - Ventre De biche

I just want you to stay. - Fennez, Jim O’Rourke

Portrait of Mahalia Jackson. - Duke Elington

Kouna Kountou - Jil Jilala

Yamina. - Nass El Ghiwane

Day like this rework - Eska, Tony Allen, Theo Parrish

Solid Wall of sound. - A Tribe Called Quest

Movements. - Mild Minds

Back From the Dead - The Adverts

Everybody’s Happy - Buzzcocks

Sombre Detune. - Röyksopp

Take the Box. - Amy Winehouse

Opening Night. - Jessica Pratt

Amame y No pienses - Farah Maria

Bayadjourou. - Sorry Samba

Collage - Lady Blackbird

Ya Habibti - Mdou Moctar

Together - Misha Panfilnov Sound Collective

Money don’t Matter 2night - Prince

Metatron - DARKSIDE

Wrong Hand. - Jessica Pratt

I can’t let it happen to you - The Walker Brothers

A Fleur Tamgak. - Mdou Moctar

Macumba de Marea. - Quantic feat. Nidia Gongora

Midweek Mixdown: Laetitia Sadier

Check out a swell selection of music put together by Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab fame for Worldwide FM right here. 

Midweek Mixdown: Laetitia Sadier

Listen to Laetitia Sadier's eclectic selection for Worldwide FM right here. Check the track list below. 

Track list: 
Om Supreme - Alice Coltrane
Running - Helado Negro
The conservation of energy - Vanishing Twin
Something Big - Burt Bacharach
Time Out of Mind - Lou Hayter
Dernier réveil - Ventre De biche
I Just Want You To Stay - Fennez, Jim O’Rourke
Portrait of Mahalia Jackson - Duke Elington
Kouna Kountou - Jil Jilala
Yamina - Nass El Ghiwane
Day like this rework - Eska, Tony Allen, Theo Parrish
Solid Wall of Sound - A Tribe Called Quest
Movements - Mild Minds
Back From the Dead - The Adverts
Everybody’s Happy - Buzzcocks
Sombre Detune - Röyksopp
Take the Box. - Amy Winehouse
Opening Night. - Jessica Pratt
Amame y No pienses - Farah Maria
Bayadjourou. - Sorry Samba
Collage - Lady Blackbird
Ya Habibti - Mdou Moctar
Together - Misha Panfilnov Sound Collective
Money Don’t Matter 2night - Prince
Metatron - DARKSIDE
Wrong Hand - Jessica Pratt
I Can’t Let It Happen To You - The Walker Brothers
A Fleur Tamgak - Mdou Moctar
Macumba de Marea - Quantic with Nidia Gongora

Nature plays starring role in Laetitia Sadier's video for "New Moon"

Laetitia Sadier directed the video for "New Moon" in collaboration with Tanya Small. Check it out below. 

Writes Laetitia...

Hello dear community of friends!

I'd like to present you with my new single, it's called New Moon. It hones in on the feeling of all that is to be felt in order to surpass (usually long standing) pain and trauma. I do believe this is indispensable to evolve out of the lousy kind of world "the (let's call it) system" is "producing" for us.

It's also about the possibility of creating new desirable paths...

My dear friend Tanya and I (mostly her) made this video to accompany the music. 

Stay 💪 and soft, and open your ❤ to the world of potentialities.

with love,

Laetitia Sadier

Midweek Mixdown: Laetitia Sadier

Listen to an excellent 2 hour mix put together by Stereolab co-founder Laetitia Sadier right here. Check the tracks below.

Tracklisting:

MARKER STARLING – SILK ROCK [TIN ANGEL RECORDS]

JULIEN GASC – LES FLOTS [BORN BAD RECORDS]

ANA FRANGO ELETRICO – PROMESSAS E PREVISÕES [SELO RISCO]

SHINTARO SAKAMOTO – EXTREMELY BAD MAN [OTHER MUSIC RECORDING CO]

NINA SAVARY – THAT’S JUST THE WAY [TIN ANGEL RECORDS]

VOLUME COURBE – MRI [HONEST JOHNS]

JEFF PARKER – HERE COMES EZRA [INTERNATIONAL ANTHEMS]

ARMANDO SCIASCIA ORCHESTRA – IMPONDERABILITA  [THE ROUNDTABLE  AND THE OMNI RECORDING CORPORATION]

AKSAK MABOUL – SPLEENÉTIQUE  [CRAMMED DISCS]

AUREVOIR SAUDADE – SABIÀ [N/A]

BENJAMIN SCHOOS FEAT ROBERT SOTELO – POWER TO AMAZE [FREAKSVILLE RECORDS]

BATSCH – ELECTRICITY [TIN ANGEL RECORDS]

FENELLA – BRIGHT CURSE [FIRE RECORDS]

BROADCAST – CORPOREAL [WARP]

EIKO ISHIBASHI – TUNNELS TO NOWHERE [DRAG CITY]

MIA DOI TODD – MY ROOM IS WHITE [PLUG RESEARCH]

KELIS – SCARED MONEY [VIRGIN]

SIRIUSMO – NIGHTS OFF [MONKEYTOWN RECORDS]

REAKTION – ILLILAGH TÉNÉRÉ, BOMBINO [REAKTION]

ORCHESTRE POLY RYTHMO DE COTONOU – DIS MOI LA VÉRITÉ [ANALOG AFRICA]

LUCIANO BATTISTI – AMARSI UN PO’ [NUMERO UNO]

LOVE AND DEATH, EBO TAYLOR [STRUT RECORDS]

HENRIK SCHWARZ – ENDANGERED SPECIES [SUNDAY MUSIC RECORDS]

THE LIMIÑANAS – RUSSIAN ROULETTE [TROUBLE IN MIND]

HAHA SOUND COLLECTIVE – SILK ROCK [TIN ANGEL RECORDS]

DENIECE WILLIAMS – FREE [COLUMBIA]

90s Nostalgia: Stereolab

Here's Stereolab performing "Contact" at The Knitting Factory in 1992 followed by a WFMU appearance in '93. 

Margo Price, Hope Sandoval, Vashti Bunyan & Laetitia Sadier join Mercury Rev for Bobbie Gentry tribute

Margo Price's reading of "Sermon" & Hope Sandoval's "Big Boss Man" are off The Delta Sweete Revisited due Feb 8. 

Mercury Rev's The Delta Sweete Revisited

01 “Okolona River Bottom Band” (Feat. Norah Jones)
02 “Big Boss Man” (Feat. Hope Sandoval)
03 “Reunion” (Feat. Rachel Goswell)
04 “Parchman Farm” (Feat. Carice van Houten)
05 “Mornin’ Glory” (Feat. Laetitia Sadier)
06 “Sermon” (Feat. Margo Price)
07 “Tobacco Road” (Feat. Susanne Sundfør)
08 “Penduli Pendulum” (Feat. Vashti Bunyan w/ Kaela Sinclair)
09 “Jessye’ Lisabeth” (Feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
10 “Refractions” (Feat. Marissa Nadler)
11 “Courtyard” (Feat. Beth Orton)
12 “Ode To Billie Joe” (Feat. Lucinda Williams)

Watch the video for Laetitia Sadier's Oscuridad

Raekwon, Ghostface & Rza jump on Adrian Younge's Return Of The Savage

Long before Adrian Younge fan club member DJ Premier released his PRhyme collabo with Royce da 5'9" exclusively using samples of Younge's recordings, the multi-instrumentalist composer, arranger and producer was already well-known to beatheadz for his brilliant work scoring Scott Sanders' 2009 blaxploitation salute Black Dynamite and the inspired Philly soul update Adrian Younge Presents The Delfonics. Here's a short documentary about Younge and his work that's worth checking.



Since releasing the amazing faux-giallo soundtrack Twelve Reasons To Die with Ghostface Killah and companion instrumentals set on Rza's Soul Temple label back in 2013, Younge has been hard at work building his own Linear Labs operation on the down low. To preview the four impressive albums he has slated for 2015, Younge assembled the Los Angeles label sampler now available on CD, LP and as a digital download.

Along with  Return Of The Savage (listen below) featuring Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and Rza from the upcoming Twelve Reasons To Die II album, there's the Memories Of War collabo with Stereolab chanteuse Laetitia Sadier off the forthcoming 'Something About April II and a joint called Feel Alive voiced by Karolina and Loren Oden from The Midnight Hour concept album Younge created with Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Additionally, the vinyl version of Los Angeles comes with the bonus track Sirens II (which you can hear in a stripped-down version below) from Bilal's next solo album.

For those playing catch-up, the Los Angeles sampler also includes 1969 Organ from Younge’s 2000 debut Adrian Younge Presents Venice Dawn, Panic (Ali Shaheed Muhammad Remix) from last year's Souls of Mischief / Ali Shaheed Muhammad album, There Is Only Now Remix, The Sure Shot (Parts 1 & 2) which is an instrumental lifted from the Twelve Reasons To Die sessions, To Be Your One from the aforementioned Delfonics set and finally, there's Chicago Wind featuring Toni Scruggs from the Black Dynamite soundtrack. If your local record retailer doesn't stock Linear Labs releases, you can order Los Angeles directly from the label right here.

FYI: Raekwon returns to Toronto to present the music from his new album Fly International Luxurious Art – which could've greatly benefitted from Younge's musical input – at the Phoenix on Friday.