New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Transient
Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements and Mars Audiac Quintet Reissues Out May 3 on Warp Records/Duophonic UHF Disks, More to Follow in August and November
Today, Stereolab announce a yearlong campaign to reissue all seven of their original Elektra studio albums released between 1993-2004, and their first tour dates in a decade. Formed in London in 1990 and led by the songwriting team of Tim Gane and Laetitia Sadier, Stereolab are recognized as "one of the era's most creatively dynamic bands" (Pitchfork) and "one of the most influential groups of the 1990s" (LA Times). Throughout ten studio albums, the band developed into "a multi-limbed musical collective unafraid of the joys of pop melody but equally comfortable with wild experimentation" (FACT) whose impact on the omnivorous, genre-agnostic music of today is indisputable. The band announced an indefinite hiatus in 2009, but is returning in a big way for 2019.
Warp Records/Duophonic UHF Disks will release 1993's Transient
Random Noise-Bursts With Announcements and 1994's Mars Audiac Quintet, the first albums from the band's legendary Elektra run, on May 3, as expanded and re-mastered editions on vinyl, compact disk and digital, with additional titles to follow in August and November. Each album has been re-mastered from the original half-inch tapes by Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering and overseen by Gane. Bonus material will include alternate takes, four-track demos and unreleased mixes. Initial editions of each album will be pressed onto triple clear vinyl with an exclusive poster and insert featuring sleeve notes by Gane. They will also include a lottery style scratch card with a chance to win a limited edition 12" EP. The band have also produced a super limited vinyl edition of 500 clear vinyl copies and 250 compact disks - each will have a numbered obi band made from two-inch 24 track Stereolab master tape, only available from the Stereolab website.
The 2019 tour dates are Stereolab's first in a decade. They include already announced festival appearances at Primavera Sound in Barcelona, and Desert Daze in
Moreno Beach, plus nearly 40 headlining dates across
Europe and America. Tickets go on-sale February 22nd, with presale starting February 21st - find more info here.
Pre-Order Info
Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
https://stereolab.lnk.to/Transient
Mars Audiac Quintet
https://stereolab.lnk.to/MAQ
"French
Disco [Early Version Mix]"
https://stereolab.lnk.to/FrenchDisco
Stereolab Tour Dates
MAY
30 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique/Orangerie
31 - Hilvarenbeek, NL @ Best Kept Secret
JUNE
01 - Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
06 - Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound
08 - Bordeaux, FR @ Rock School Barbey
09 - Paris, FR @ Villette Sonique
11 - Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
12 - London, UK @ O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
15 - Bristol, UK @ SWX
16 - Birmingham, UK @ O2
Institute 1
18 - Sheffield, UK @ The Leadmill
19 - Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall
20 - Newcastle, UK @ Boiler Shop
21 - Leeds, UK @ Leeds Uni Stylus
22 - Glasgow, UK @ SWG3 Galvan3
24 - Belfast, UK @
Empire Music Hall
25 - Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street
AUGUST
10 - Oslo, NO @ Øya Festival
15-18 - Brecon Beacons, UK @ Green Man Festival
16 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
17 -
Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf
19 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger
20 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk
21 - Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
23 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
25 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
26 - Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
27 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
28 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
29 - Boston, MA @ Royale
OCTOBER
01 - Montreal, QC @
Corona Theatre
02 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth
Music Hall
03 - Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
04 - Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
05 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
07 - Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
08 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro
Music Hall
10 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
11 -
Moreno Beach, CA @ Desert Daze
13 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
14 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
15 - Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
18 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
19 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
