For some odd reason I left the 3-cd/1-dvd-box Oscillons From the Anti-Sun by Stereolab unplayed for several weeks - other albums, books, mags, work, girls, whatever, got in the way. It's a very cool package, including stickers, and the compilation of songs show what Stereolab is capable of: weird grooves, space-age pop, fuzzy guitar songs and, yes, French pop. Singer Laetitia Sadier (she's the same age as Axelle Red, by the way) has an ice-cool voice, a bit off-key, and looks exactly how I thought she would look: like the older, wiser sister of Audrey Hepburn. Laetitia was born in the vicinity of Paris, and cites Francoise Hardy and Barbara as her influences. She, along with partner Tim Gane, has written most of the Stereolab-catalogue. Laetitia has a side-project too, called Monade. With that band she made one kinda nice, and one very, very boring album.
Not all songs by Stereolab are in French, but Cybele's Reverie is, from the album Emperor Tomato Ketchup and also on the Oscillons-box. Still, the best album by the British band is Dots & Loops, an album that became more infamous when Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes declared it one of his favourite sex-albums. And of course, that's when I had to have it too. Haven't tried it, though.
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