Stereolab’s Dots And Loops (in 5 Minutes) | Liner Notes

[@bloop9042]

I don't know any of the song titles because this album flows so well that I've never really listened to a track on its own. This album feels like one long dreamy song

[@californiahummus]

Also because they never sing the song's title 18 times in a single track like 99% of other artists.

[@kopfzucker5399]

@@californiahummus also french

[@coadmiller5010]

One of, if not the very best of thier entire catalogue...

[@WhiskeyPieSometimes]

Every Stereolab album ends up being my favorite Stereolab album at some point.

[@ihrstinkt100]

Same here. I love their Motorik early works until mid90ies and Thun came Tomato Ketchup&Dots and Loops.... they never made a bad album.👌🥰

[@Zeokoz]

Couldn't have said it better myself! I totally agree haha... At the moment it's Mars Audiac Quintet 🤷‍♀

[@johnAsanz]

One of the finest albums ever recorded.

[@stpaulimdog]

and yet Cobra might be even better. I love them both.

[@kentvonseverin1257]

Indeed. It is impossible to fully describe this record to another person.

[@numbernine2207]

I saw them live on both tours in the 1990's. They've playing a General Admission show at Balboa Theater tonight & there are still tickets left! Hmmm.... Can I handle standing for over 2 hours in the middle od hundreds of people at 48 years old. Think I'd need some good drugs. I don't see how I can not go though? I have to go. Last time I saw them was on the Sound Dust tour. The Margerine Eclipse show was mind blowing. I've never seen a bad Stereolab performance. One of the best bands of all time.

[@AnotherAnonymousMan]

There *are* no bad Stereolab LPs. Just different shades of brilliance.

[@zjenji]

RIP Mary Hansen.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Yeah, consummate babe and badass musician

[@Chessbox09]

Man do I miss her

[@wwpl8371]

Fuck. Yes. I can't believe you guys did this album over Emperor Tomato Ketchup. This is one of the most underrated albums ever IMO. It's like a seamless combination of early 90s Tortoise-esque post-rock and trip-hop, and the sound is so pristine and clean and futuristic that it's at the same time so 90s, but also timeless.

[@LorcaLoca]

Check moonshake and Pram. They did it before them :)

[@ianst.george2664]

This REALLY deserves a full Pitchfork Classic. Would be amazing! One of my top 3 favorite bands of all time, what a perfect discography :) Got to meet Laetitia a few months ago when she played in Boston and she was wonderful!

[@Autissm420]

This album is older than me and still sounds fresh and original, love it

[@reekris88]

I love this album. Refractions in the Plastic Pulse is my shit.

[@LProcks28]

you sir, are a man of good taste.

[@basielu]

saaame

[@robertsyrett1992]

That part 8 minutes in where there is a vocoder rhythm and a sweeping glissando with delay I get chills running up my spine each time.

[@basielu]

@@robertsyrett1992 ooh that's one of my favorite parts kidding, the whole song is

[@robertsyrett1992]

@@basielu The whole album is my fantastic, I can't fault you!

[@BIllyBibbic]

One of the best and most creative albums ever

[@alexandrab9111]

Loving all the Stereolab content lately. They need more love.

[@coinrotator]

I knew this album was special when my classically trained composer friend asked if I had heard of it. I'd been along for the ride since the duophonic days. What a defining moment in my sonic history.

[@MrUndersolo]

20 Years? Man, I’m old... Bought it month it came out and then saw them live. Never heard anything like this before. Merci!

[@leonmorgan5659]

Completely blew my mind and changed my musical tastes when it came out when i was 17. First time an album i'd really been waiting for actually not only lived up to my expectations but actually surpassed them..still sounds fucking gorgeous today

[@anaelhonings8683]

One of my favourite albums of the 90's and my favourite Stereolab for sure!

[@Tscott99]

I love Dots and Loops so much that in the year 2000 all the characters of my party in the game Icewind Dale were named after songs off this album.

[@Winnerindustry]

I´m not surprised that Pitchfork does not mention Stereloab was huge influenced by Brazillian music, specially by Clube da Esquina harmonies.

[@mutton7891]

It is odd that they mentioned the Krautrock influence but not the Brazilian stuff. Clube da Esquina is my all-time favourite double album (and maybe album period) and Dots and Loops is in my top 40 too.

[@honiideslysses12]

I agree. Good bit of samba and bossa nova influences were part of their artistic evolution.

[@kobespells7176]

Wait I didn’t know that-Milton Nascimento, Lo Borges, and Stereolab have been my favorite artists/groups for the past couple years. How’d you learn about the influence?

[@elementkx]

Dots and Cobras are their best albums IMHO. Brilliant. Thank you MacIntire.

[@datapod]

My favorite album of all time :)

[@shiny_ahh_tutu]

I love how a few of the songs Stereolab made were so cluttered in sound, yet so smooth My mother introduced me to stereolab, she listened to it when she was a teenager in the 90’s, I ended up loving stereolab of course

[@TheYoungSuccess]

A Very very special body of work. what a magical album.

[@teoifolis]

prolly in my top 5 albums ever

[@nikolademitri731]

Not my favorite Stereolab album, but definitely a fucking brilliant work of art. One of the truly great, seemingly forgotten, bands of the 90s...

[@chuggerdoodle]

which is ur favorite?

[@Hardbody94]

Transient random or mars audiac are great

[@snoozefesties]

Mars Audiac or Emperor! -Agreed w/ OP, Stereolab is objectively one of the best 90's bands that nobody knows of, it's insane!

[@Dorray]

It's my favorite but they have other great albums as well.

[@nikolademitri731]

Been so long since I've listened to them tbh I don't know which I'd call my favorite. I know I like ETK more than this, but idk if that's my fav. I should revisit their albums.

[@lulupollitt1797]

I am a HUGE fan of stereolab, and I just want to say THANK YOU for making such a well-produced video! The script + research done is amazing, & the visuals are perfect! I'm sharing this with everyone I know so they can finally understand my love for this band :)

[@alextorres7655]

Diagonals is one of the most formal, slickest, and uplifting songs ever recorded

[@mikeshepherd3960]

One of my all time favorite albums. Gonna go watch the Miss Modular video now. It's a scorcher.

[@DryDznOfficial]

One of my fav albums of all time!

[@briandicola1088]

My dad found this in 2010. It’s just so beautiful. I listen to it to cheer me up when I’m sad. Never really realized it was it’s almost a decade older than me

[@matthewfuller5209]

Stereolab is totally awesome.

[@normthebaker7305]

This was so well done. Stereolab grew up on this album. It's quite possibly the most perfect album that I own. There is no deadweight here.

[@coffee5736]

Stereolab are the best, all their albums rock. Such a cool and unique sound that I always find myself returning to.

[@coffee5736]

@dirty doc It was "Refractions In The Plastic Pulse," and the section they played is about 4 and half minutes into the song.

[@mercyhowls2688]

I agree that this album was their pinnacle. Such a blessing when it came out.

[@mbonar2694]

I had no idea mouse on mars were involved. 97 was a good year for music.

[@KRAZEEIZATION]

I heard that album in a shop in Melbourne and was instantly hooked. I bought everything they did after that.

[@SrAndresAmor]

One of my favorite albums. I never understood why some of their other albums are more popular.

[@tannerin]

my first favorite album, i have memories of being 7 and running around my dad’s office while he played it

[@greggriffin3114]

Truly one of the great albums....

[@andrewwsk8]

Do Slint's Spiderland

[@mikequinlivan8842]

andrewwsk8 meh...its sounds so thin...

[@1985cactus]

Your brain is thin.

[@_araport_5186]

Mike Quinlivan I thought it was kinda boring. I didn’t really like it

[@tcetvel8648]

fr man

[@TAZEROXFORD]

There's a really cool spiderland doc on KZbin if you look it up, it's like 45 minutes and tells you everything about the band

[@ihrstinkt100]

one of the best Bands of all time. Love them so much💕❤️💕

[@hectorgarcia5004]

They are so underrated/: people are missing out on great music

[@bhrisphoria428]

Refractions in the Plastic Pulse is quite possibly the pinnacle of music

[@IanPaiva15OFFICIAL]

Amazing album. Surprised to see it here.

[@baco82]

One of the greatest bands ever.

[@RetroActiveMusic]

Hell YES!!! So cool to finally see a feature for Dots & Loops! Favorite post-rock album of all time!

[@enricorigon1925]

"dots and loops" one of the greatest album that i ever heard

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

This is one of my all time faves

[@spityergumout]

Diagonals is just too good, it’s such a great acid jazz tune. It’s almost trance like, those droning drum breaks are addicting.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

One of my favorite albums. I got turned on to such great music as a teen in the 90s. Indie babes galore. Still cant believe Hanson was run over. Seeing them in 99 was fucking rad. They opened for Sonic Youth

[@thomasnelson5758]

This album and Tortoise's 'Millions Now Living Will Never Die' are masterpieces of the 90s

[@nandiwardhanawaranugraha6002]

do broadcast please

[@noelghallager4672]

One of the best albums ever made.

[@JJSurma]

SUCH. AN. ACHIEVEMENT. This album -- I could only dream of writing something so dense and masterful.

[@MattGerard]

Still waiting on that since I left you episode

[@wilhenninger1325]

Bought a bootleg cassette of this album on Khao San Rd in Bangkok in January 1998 -sound unheard- because I was drawn to the mesmerizing green cover. The music continues to blow my mind. Best $2 I ever spent.

[@KissyCrissy]

I Feel Elegant & Hip When I Listen To Stereo Lab 🥂

[@Twin_solo_az]

Been a stereolab fan since 1993 but just now learning of Perrey and Kingsley, which I immediately checked out. Wow. One note samba was a cover! This video was worth it just for that. Dots and loops is not my favorite stereolab and I disagree that it's their pinnacle, but a few tracks are definitely among their best.

[@elusory3735]

I experienced Refractions In The Plastic Pulse live last year. It was great

[@raymondkb2nzo788]

My favorite album

[@juliantowers8992]

next do "Brand New's Career Over in Five Minutes."

[@PJEwingNYC]

Yes - and brilliant analysis. Well researched - so helpful!!!! Thanks!!!

[@thachiefrocka]

Dreamy is how I always describe their music.

[@Latexpunk]

I really like that album

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

bring this series back

[@dandare2586]

I drove across Europe on dots & loops, so always a special album for me :)

[@salpuma9145]

I learned to walk with Classic Rock...Grunge was High School...Stereolab was my university.

[@kaydgaming]

Well put

[@internetsurfer3000]

Shout out to Pharrell putting me on Stereolab in one of his interviews circa ‘09.

[@narudh]

Liner notes is a great series

[@childrensentertainment7667]

Yep. That about sums it up just right IMHO.

[@andresdavidgarciasuarez9227]

FUCKING LOVE STEREOLAB!!!! Thank you guys for this.

[@ForestRoute]

Great video. Still won't forgive you for the bad review of Sound Dust though.

[@alexandrab9111]

I was about to comment the exact same thing.

[@RetroActiveMusic]

Sound Dust is great but was not as influential.

[@garybaldy8421]

I don't think the video is made for Stereolab fans

[@carlosbuchlein]

I don't forgive the bad note that they made for Cobra and Phases Group. Pitchfork can be so narrow minded!

[@brettpiggott2664]

Pure excellence.

[@hdouglasotto]

Sufjan Stevens Illinois please!

[@AlexIsEducational]

Doug Otto I'd rather have a doc about the album.

[@harperellenburg]

hey, i assume ya'll don't take suggestions but i would love to know more about the unicorn's "who will cut our hair when we're gone."

[@mauricefeatherston3078]

This was great!!

[@latelydawnIII]

been fuck with this band

[@blinddig7525]

we're not gonna forget about that 3/10 pitchfork.

[@apecityelectronicsoundstudio]

I always thought of Dots and Loops and The High Llamas' Cold and Bouncy as sibling albums as they have a similar instrumentation and production style.

[@tupacsnotdead]

What is the song at 1:31? edit: "E.V.A." by Jean-Jacques Perrey

[@EclecticoIconoclasta]

Do Corey Feldman´s Angelic 2 the Core: Funkadelic/Rockadelic

[@sanfordcurtis8242]

When I listen to Brakhage, all I see are snooty French people in black turtlenecks in a room on a spaceship full of lime green lava lamps.

[@lqr824]

stands heads and shoulders over the rest of their stuff

[@HomicidalBabies]

do a Pavement album!! Slanted and Enchanted perhaps...?

[@rvr10135]

I prefer Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

[@faust3530]

Yeah s&e would be fantastic to see!

[@gustavttt4148]

Wowee Zowee is their best, dude!

[@HomicidalBabies]

that's a close second for me, but honestly I love em all

[@gustavttt4148]

HomicidalBabies i like slanted and enchanted too. second best for me. love their jams like the hexx and stereo.

[@kurtispopp]

I think the take away from this is that this is a band who won't be touring with Kid Rock anytime soon.

[@ferrioseco5139]

Please do Remian in Light (or really any Talking Heads album) next! Also Odelay by Beck, and Bowie's Low would be very cool

[@Ultralightbeam000]

Fer Rioseco wena po melomano

[@IFP.249]

Siamese Dream Siamese Dream Siamese Dream Siamese Dream

[@peterphilip]

Dots and Loops refers to String Theory. Its very evident in Parsec.

[@threedeemelodies]

it refers to the short films made by Norman McLaren

[@peterphilip]

@@threedeemelodies ..and Stan Brakhage.

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

I saw them open for sonic youth. Raspberry!!!

[@hayden7525]

Yall listen to their new album?

[@jacobbates6540]

clazzic

[@leetorry]

Liner Notes ideas: Covenant or Altars of Madness by Morbid Angel Dirt by Alice in Chains Arise by Amebix Drop Dead by Siege Rumors by Fleetwood Mac See Nothing, Say Nothing by Discharge To Mega Therion or Monotheist by Celtic Frost Apple by Mother Love Bone I guess almost any Swans album Souls At Zero or Through Silver and Blood by Neurosis Master of Puppets by Metallica Rust in Piece by Megadeth 7 Churches by Possesed

[@patrickmcwilliams2111]

Tigermilk plz

[@sr_formica]

90s gods

[@Uly_Sandoval_303]

M A S T E R P I E C E . . . 👍👍😎😎

[@SEGAClownboss]

I listened to Stereolab before, but I didn't know the lead singer was dead. :( Rest in peace.

[@call10bach]

SEGAClownboss The lead singer didn't die, the backing vocalist did.

[@SEGAClownboss]

My mistake. Thank you.

[@kevinjolley5756]

The Free Design?

[@adhidassler]

i remember seeing this one tv show (seem like the 90s or early 00s) on youtube few years ago where they come into tim & sadier's house (when they were still together) and ask them about their record collection (inspection/interrogation style) anyone know whats the name of the show? i tried to find that video again but no result. thanks in advance!

[@Discrimination_is_not_a_right]

Well, Dots and Loops was their most successful album, but was it really their artistic "pinnacle"? That's up for debate.

[@jacobtapianieto9655]

For me their next album (Cobra and Phases Group...) is their true masterpiece (with the extended version of "Blue Milk"). Extremely underrated album.

[@indiependancer]

cool

[@blackopsfan03]

Modern lovers please!

[@modpodgehoney7041]

PLS do In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

[@pov_music]

seeeeeeeemen stains the mountain taaaawps