Name: Mars Audiac Quintet (Expanded Edition)
Brand: Stereolab

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

D-UHF-D05R

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

27 Track Triple Black Vinyl with a poster / insert containing sleeve notes by Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane. Vinyl comes in bespoke gatefold sleeve with download card, housed inside a heavyweight clea…

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-05-03

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5060384615196

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3 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Stereolab

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Duophonic

Stereolab's 7 album reissue campaign continues with 1994's Mars Audiac Quintet reissued, via Warp Records and Duophonic UHF Disks, as expanded and re-mastered editions. Each album has been re-mastered from the original 1/2" tapes by Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering and overseen by Tim Gane. Bonus material includes alternate takes, 4 track demos and unreleased mixes.

In 1994, the 'lounge' revival was just barely getting underway, but much of Mars Audiac Quintet incorporated loungy elements, from the Peter Gunn twang of Sean O'Hagan's guitar in Ping-Pong to the exotic Martin Denny-Arthur Lyman feel of the closing marimba-and-vibes instrumental Fiery Yellow and the lyrical salute to exotica queen lucia pamela in International Colouring Contest. Otherwise, the album further refines Stereolab's talent for obsessive one-chord drones mated with krautrock-style rhythms, Astrud Gilberto-inspired vocals, marxist themes and analogue synthesizers. The synthesis of these elements is best exemplified by the overwhelming Nihilist Assault Group and the lovely Des Etoiles Electroniques. In large part because of the poppier elements, this album is an excellent introduction into Stereolab's unique and wonderful aesthetic.

2CD - Remastered album on CD one plus on CD Two - 12 Tracks of unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes. 27 Tracks in Total.

3LP - 27 Track Triple Black Vinyl with a poster / insert containing sleeve notes by Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane. Vinyl comes in bespoke gatefold sleeve with download card, housed inside a heavyweight clear PVC wallet. 

3LP+ - 27 Track Triple Clear Numbered Vinyl with a poster / insert containing sleeve notes by Laetitia Sadier and Tim Gane. Vinyl comes in bespoke Gatefold sleeve with download card, housed inside a heavyweight clear PVC wallet. There is also a lottery style scratch card - all winners will receive a limited edition 12" EP.

Mars Audiac Quintet (Expanded Edition)

Music GB