The Moog Groove
A post on Kev's site a couple of weeks ago (Best Foot Forward) brought back some memories, and led me to dig out a corking record i'd all but forgotten about.
It's a collaboration between Stereolab and Nurse With Wound, on the groop's own Duophonic label. And it's just amazing in so many ways. Not least because it's one of the most beautifully packaged records I own - a great photo imprinted onto a stunning sealed foil wrapper. It's almost too sexy to open (this picture really doesn't do it justice).
The record itself is built around a fairly simple groove, however there are so many elements drifting in and out of the mix that the 10 minute duration fairly flies by. I could say this about 90% of the tracks I post here, but I really can't recommend this highly enough!
'Scuttle'
STEREOLAB & NURSE WITH WOUND - SIMPLE HEADPHONE MIND
To get the full benefit of this record, you should really listen to the B-Side (Trippin' With The Birds) as well, which follows on from side A to form a 30-minute groove. But you'll probably need to go spending money on ebay to do that.
Stereolab of course have been churning out their brand of analog krautrock on albums and limited 7 inch singles for nearly 15 years now. I did have a phase of being massively into the band, however after buying five or six albums, and a good couple of inches worth of 7 inchers I realised that I really didn't need any more Stereolab in my life. I may be wrong of course, and if you feel that any of the last few albums will enrich my life then please let me know in the comments!
If you're looking to buy a couple of Stereolab albums, i'd recommend 'Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements' - which contains the awesome 'Jenny Ondioline' - and 'Refried Ectoplasm (Switched on Vol. 2)' - a compilation of early rare singles, and probably their best album.
I've not talked about Nurse With Wound much, but that's because I know next to nothing about him except for his two collaborations with Stereolab.
However thanks to teh interweb, I now also know that
1: He's released an awful lot of records
2: He looks like that fella from the Bonzo Dog Do Dah Band
3: He's got through more band members than Mark E Smith (click on the 'people' tab)
Anything else I need to know?
It's a collaboration between Stereolab and Nurse With Wound, on the groop's own Duophonic label. And it's just amazing in so many ways. Not least because it's one of the most beautifully packaged records I own - a great photo imprinted onto a stunning sealed foil wrapper. It's almost too sexy to open (this picture really doesn't do it justice).
The record itself is built around a fairly simple groove, however there are so many elements drifting in and out of the mix that the 10 minute duration fairly flies by. I could say this about 90% of the tracks I post here, but I really can't recommend this highly enough!
'Scuttle'
STEREOLAB & NURSE WITH WOUND - SIMPLE HEADPHONE MIND
To get the full benefit of this record, you should really listen to the B-Side (Trippin' With The Birds) as well, which follows on from side A to form a 30-minute groove. But you'll probably need to go spending money on ebay to do that.
Stereolab of course have been churning out their brand of analog krautrock on albums and limited 7 inch singles for nearly 15 years now. I did have a phase of being massively into the band, however after buying five or six albums, and a good couple of inches worth of 7 inchers I realised that I really didn't need any more Stereolab in my life. I may be wrong of course, and if you feel that any of the last few albums will enrich my life then please let me know in the comments!
If you're looking to buy a couple of Stereolab albums, i'd recommend 'Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements' - which contains the awesome 'Jenny Ondioline' - and 'Refried Ectoplasm (Switched on Vol. 2)' - a compilation of early rare singles, and probably their best album.
I've not talked about Nurse With Wound much, but that's because I know next to nothing about him except for his two collaborations with Stereolab.
However thanks to teh interweb, I now also know that
1: He's released an awful lot of records
2: He looks like that fella from the Bonzo Dog Do Dah Band
3: He's got through more band members than Mark E Smith (click on the 'people' tab)
Anything else I need to know?
posted by headphonesex @ 10:37 AM
