Album
Mars Audiac Quintet
1994 · Rock
19 collectors on Gatefold own this
Mars Audiac Quintet is an Alt/Indie album by Stereolab, originally released in 1994. On Gatefold: 39 pressings tracked, owned by 19 collectors.
About
If <i>Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements</i> flirted with the gleaming optimism of the space age, <i>Mars Audiac Quintet</i> fell in love. The feel got lighter, the sound clearer, the French thicker, the structures more oriented toward pop songs than open-ended grooves (“Ping Pong,” “L’Enfer Des Formes”). Even the politics seemed more direct: “Look at the symbols, they are alive/They move, evolve, and then they die,” Laetitia Sadier sings on “Wow and Flutter.” That she’s paraphrasing the endless clash of Marxist dialectics doesn’t matter as much as how unbothered she sounds while doing it; all that’s missing is her cocktail. Then there’s stuff like “The Stars Our Destination,” which balances kitsch with earnestness and high-minded ideas with an almost naive optimism—a blend the band turned into their signature.
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Tracklist
- 1Three-Dee Melodie5:02
- 2Wow And Flutter3:08
- 3Transona Five5:32
- 4Des Étoiles Électroniques3:20
- 5Ping Pong3:02
- 6Anamorphose7:33
- 7Three Longers Later3:28
- 8Nihilist Assault Group6:55
- 9International Colouring Contest3:47
- 10The Stars Our Destination2:58
- 11Transporté Sans Bouger4:20
- 12L'Enfer Des Formes3:53
- 13Outer Accelerator5:21
- 14New Orthophony4:34
- 15Fiery Yellow4:04
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Post-Rock
- hypnotic
- meditative
- art school
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alan CarterBRASS , TENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE SAXOPHONE , FLUTE TENOR SAXOPHONE, FLUTE
- Andy RamsayDRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Andy RobinsonBRASS , TROMBONE TROMBONE
- Duncan BrownBASS
- Duncan BrowneBASS
- Katharine GiffordORGAN , SYNTHESIZER ORGAN , ORGAN , SYNTHESIZER BACKING VOCALS
- Laetitia SadierVOCALS, TAMBOURINE, ORGAN , GUITAR VOCALS, TAMBOURINE, ORGAN , ORGAN , GUITAR VOCALS
- Lindsay LowBRASS , TRUMPET TRUMPET
- Mary HansenVOCALS , GUITAR, TAMBOURINE, SHAKER VOCALS , GUITAR, TAMBOURINE, PERCUSSION VOCALS
- Sean O'HaganARRANGED BY , MARIMBA , SLIDE GUITAR ARRANGED BY , MARIMBA, SLIDE GUITAR ARRANGED BY , MARIMBA, GUITAR
- Tim GaneGUITAR, ORGAN , SYNTHESIZER , BASS GUITAR, ORGAN , ORGAN , SYNTHESIZER , BASS
- Vera DaucherVIOLIN
- Jean-Baptiste GarneroBACKING VOCALS
19 collectors on Gatefold own this · 39 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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