ALBUM REACTION: Stereolab - Dots and Loops

[@stephenotoole6633]

Flower called nowhere - a filler track ????? It’s utterly sublime.

[@threedeemelodies]

their masterpiece imo, sound-dust is a VERY close second

[@nlsantiesteban]

💯 correct. Everything else is very good, but this is more refined. And Pharrell's favorite album of theirs.

[@matthewmclaughlin7000]

This record was produced by John McEntire from Tortoise. I think he brought a wonderful focus to their sound.

[@markusfredscholl]

... he certainly also infused the Tortoise Marimba/Vibraphone patterns into their music...

[@matthewmclaughlin7000]

@@markusfredscholl absolutely.

[@RobertDoosh]

John McEntire, plus Andi from Mouse on Mars on a grip of tracks. This album is a masterpiece.

[@montauk6]

Was Tortoise connected somehow to The Sea & Cake?

[@matthewmclaughlin7000]

@@montauk6 yes. John McEntire and Sam Prekop were in both bands. Both bands were on the Thrill Jockey label.

[@slateman118]

10/10 album imo. one of may alltime favorites

[@Chessbox09]

Hip hop is a my favourite genre, but this is my favourite album ever

[@shacharh5470]

A couple of other bands in a similar vein to this that you might enjoy very much are Broadcast and Pram. Look them up, I really think it's up your alley

[@AlexHaitz]

I've heard one Broadcast song that I LOVE. Want to do their first 3 albums at some point.

[@shacharh5470]

​@@AlexHaitz Their first, "Work and Non Work" from 1997 is more like a short collection of early singles and b-sides than a proper album but DON'T SKIP IT, it's wonderful stuff. After that they released 3 standard albums (The Noise Made By People, Haha Sound, Tender Buttons) as well as another collection of singles and b-sides and a collaborative album with The Focus Group. Most of their output is excellent, especially Haha Sound and Tender Buttons IMO.

[@isaiahromero9861]

Yesss I'd also recommend Vanishing Twin, very similar vibe

[@jelly3374]

Loving this album! Used to listen to it a lot in high school

[@beepst]

This is their most mature album IMO.

Call flower of nowhere a filler track 🙄🤣🤣🤣

[@RobertDoosh]

blasphemy

[@carlosbuchlein]

You must include, after the great Cobra, Sound Dust, the most refined and ambitious album of these guys.

[@threedeemelodies]

include margerine, fab four suture, and chemical chords while you’re at it lol

[@carlosbuchlein]

@@threedeemelodies I think they are good albums, but for me the "golden period" of Stereolab ends with Sound Dust.

[@threedeemelodies]

@@carlosbuchlein i love the 3 albums that come after sound dust personally, i think their entire discography is worth listening to at least once

[@carlosbuchlein]

@@threedeemelodies i agree ☝🏽 but talking about Stereolab, also the compilations of inedit material can’t be ignored, hahaha

MARGARINE ECLIPSE!

[@czarmty1]

Is nice to know you like it 👍 / my second album i got from them... a beautubul blue and white doble marbel álbum. It brings me the pleasant memory of listening to this album alone in my room, letting life go by without any problem. I’m about to get the CD remastered to add on my collection. I can't wait to see your reaction on the next album which is my favorite.

[@alyosha917]

Can't wait for cobra and phases group play voltage in the milky night up next!!! Great to hear your thoughts on this one

[@davidowle3772]

I don't know how much I trust someone to have an opinion on anything musical if they're only hearing dots and loops for the first time in 2021. Especially if they're reaction is just north of "meh."

[@mondegreen9709]

This band keeps throwing me for dots and loops. Oh, btw, although I've never actually tried Fruit Loops, I've always imagined it to be like eating regular cereal with orange juice instead of milk which I did try out once as a kid out of sheer curiosity and it WAS disgusting.

[@stevemaktinyue]

If you love that bossa nova loungy stuff. Check out Isabelle Antena early stuff.

[@MojoPin1983]

Finally an album by Stereolab that is interesting and palatable (much of it, at least), despite being unconventional. Even Gay Titwiler could probably get with this. Though I haven’t listened to any of their songs in full, and I am basing by judgements off of these snippets in your respective reactions, their previous albums were so monotonous and depressingly bland, from what little I gleaned. If you like glockenspiels, xylophones, marimbas, etc. then you would be intrigued by a lot of Tim Buckley’s music. Its replete with spacey, jazzy motifs. Nice Drake meme following the final track. He recently built a ridiculously ostentatious mansion (with an indoor, regulation-sized basketball court) in our shared hometown of Toronto, which is just a few miles from my house in the most wealthy neighbourhood in Canada: The Bridle Path. Outside of his massive gate that leads into his property, he has a security vehicle sitting there, 24 hours a day. I often drive past his house, cranking Jeff Buckley and Led Zeppelin, as if to say, “here’s some real music, Drake!” When it comes to Physical Graffiti, play it loud. Speaking of which, how do you do your listening for your reactions? I assume that you use uncompressed, lossless audio, such as a Spotify. 24:12 The only good thing that comes from fermentation is jenkem. 8:32 Did you swallow a toenail?

[@Mojooverlord]

Surprised you didn't like Rainbo Conversation better. I think it's the best on a great album.

[@threedeemelodies]

you really should finish out their discography, or at least 2000's "The First of the Microbe Hunters" through 2001's "Sound-Dust" and capping off with 2004's "Margerine Eclipse"

[@alexm2930]

I can't decide who has the more simple name, Stereolab or Radiohead

[@Reptilia12]

Can

[@isaiahromero9861]

The The

[@swishyfeather]

Yes

[@jacobjhall1974]

You should do a reaction of Trout Mask Replica. If you haven’t heard anything about it already then don’t look up anything up before you listen. Pitchfork gave it a 10/10

[@AlexHaitz]

That’s been on my radar since I’ve gotten into music in general. It’ll be a reaction someday!

[@jacobjhall1974]

@@AlexHaitz sweet! I’m excited 😊

[@drewlichty8091]

I don't know how you do this, but you should break your videos up so it shows along the red play-line at the bottom. Intro, Brakhage, thoughts, Miss modular, thoughts, etc. edit: also, where are you looking to see what the instruments are? RYM isn't always consistent, but I've always wanted to know where to look for that information

[@AlexHaitz]

I just reference the Wikipedia page. I've seen other videos do that on the playbar and I have no idea how it's done. I'll look into it though, I like how it functions.

[@AlexHaitz]

Apparently all I have to do is add a 0:00 timestamp before the song timestamps and it automatically puts it in.

[@jasonegeland1446]

Still my favorite Stereolab album.

[@dgetzin]

18:45 Did he just call Parsec "filler"? The song that uses a 5/4 time signature while NOT feeling unbalanced and employs the head trip of rhythmic consonance? Ticker tape of the unconscious is filler. Parsec is genius.

[@cheerio4000]

no wonder it stood out to me so much! it’s in 5/4

[@rapastronaut77]

thier numer one lp

[@sponge5417]

dots

[@sponge5417]

loops

[@sponge5417]

ok

[@nano1]

great video

[@jamesferns6300]

Trump means fart in British English. Sorry your hero lost, mate.

[@AlexHaitz]

Thanks, Jim. You're my shoulder to cry on in these harrowing times.

[@coadmiller5010]

Where you getting that this dude is pro Trump-- Sorry your guy lost , my arse!.

[@coadmiller5010]

Parsec.. G O A T! C'mon!.. great horns, great vocals, great period. Love the looped organ, too. -Contrnatura, you called "farting frogs perc.." I called it " sucking frogs out of the mud with a in plunger"..

[@rcagoon1969]

Stereolab were average. Of that period, surely Primal Scream are on your radar? C'mon man.

[@slateman118]

lmao