Oscillons From the Anti Sun (W/Dvd)

Stereolab - Oscillons From the Anti Sun (W/Dvd)

Oscillons From the Anti Sun (W/Dvd)
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Artist: Stereolab
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2005-04-26
Music Label: Too Pure / Beggars
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Fluorescences
  2. Allures
  3. Fruition
  4. Wow and Flutter
  5. With Friends Like These
  6. Pinball
  7. Spinal Column
  8. Ping Pong - unreleased LP version
  9. Golden Ball
  10. Cybele's Reverie
  11. Nihilist Assault Group [parts 1,2,3]
  12. Off On
Music CD 2
  1. Jenny Ondioline
  2. Young Lungs
  3. Escape Pod [From the World of Medical Observations]
  4. Moodles
  5. You Used to Call Me Sadness
  6. Captain Easychord
  7. Les Aimies
  8. French Disco
  9. Transona Five [live]
  10. Moogie Wonderland
  11. Canned Candies
  12. Narco Martenot
Music CD 3
  1. The Noise of Carpet
  2. The Free Design
  3. Les Yper Yper Sound
  4. Pain Et Spectacles
  5. Ping Pong
  6. Long Life Love
  7. Jenny Ondioline - Alternate version
  8. Heavy Denim
  9. Brigitte
  10. Miss Modular
  11. Soop Groove #1

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Free Music Review: An Excellent Representation of The Groop's Classic Works!!!
Hit: 5 Stars

I am so thankful to this collective of musicians that words cannot describe how. I'm thankful that they finally got around to releasing all their EPs in one inexpensive box set (about $25), thus sparing me the hundreds of dollars I had already planned to spend in trying to add their wonderful EPs to my collection.

There is something about this band that just makes me glad to be a music fan...I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it's because they are one of a select few bands that actually knows how to make serious music fun to listen to. One can't help but think that these people sure are having a lot of fun creating this stuff. This is why Stereolab will always be one of the best bands that came out of the twentieth century (I'm quite sure I'm not the only one here who thinks so).

As you may already know, "Oscillons..." includes three discs with music and one DVD of their "Promos (they're not music videos per se)" and "Live TV performances". I like to think that the first disc is mostly made up of their 'ultra-melodic,' 'audio-orgasmic' classics like "Wow and Flutter", "Flourescences", "Cybele's Reverie", and "Ping-Pong". Disc two showcases Stereolab in their 'ultra-cool' Ambient/Lounge mode with tracks like "Moodles", "Les Aimes Des Memes", "Canned Candies", "Escape Pod (From the World of Medical Observations)", and "You Used to Call Me Sadness". Disc three comprises mostly of a mix of their experimental stuff and re-workings (alternate versions) of their classics. Examples of tracks in this category are "Brigitte", "The Free Design",
"Long Life Love (this song makes me miss Mary Hansen's sweet voice terribly)", "Jenny Ondioline (alternate version), and the 'very fitting' end to the set, "Soop Groove".

Some may not agree with me here, but I find it EXTREMELY HARD to find a weak track in this entire set. Indeed songs like "Nihilist Assault Group", "Golden Ball", and "Transona Five" may be annoying to most listeners who try to stay away from Stereolab's early works, but they might grow on you eventually. I see them as some of their most experimental tracks that draw influences from Neu! (in case you didn't know, Neu! was a cool Krautrock band from the 70s. Think 'Sonic Youth' meets 'Pink Floyd' and/or 'Kraftwerk').

As a release, I'm going to go out on a limb here and proclaim that this is by far Stereolab's BEST release to date. As an album, it still does well but their 1997 release "Dots and Loops" fares better, due to its cohesiveness. In "Oscillons From The Anti-Sun", the styles of the songs vary a whole lot. But the fact that every single track is 'beyond wonderful' still makes this set worth owning...not only by fans of 'The Groop", but by every single human being interested in great music.

Let's hope to hear more good stuff from this wonderful band in the future. I feel as long as the writing team of Gane/Sadier keep doing what they're doing, there's no need to worry.
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