Stereolab - The Free Design

[earlofeastjurong]

I think "Cobra and Phases..." is the Groop's most experimental and hence most misunderstood album (has anyone read the infamous Pitchfork review?) "Sound-Dust" was a quite underwhelming and unsatisfying followup for me. Wish they made more albums exploring territories like those on "Cobra and Phases..."

[nero2719]

this is the best band I've heard in my short fifteen year old life.

[Jellybeantiger]

Best album.

[1533Montaigne]

alltimefav for the island

missed laetitia this evening in frankfurt

i could cry

[robertomifano]

Im high right now

[banghousestudios]

4 people should go get dead now. That is all.

[ThickandJuicyhomies]

i love charlie brown !!!

[gpssempilha]

Thx a lot for the music plus lyrics !!!

[moodysoup]

Listening to this made me want to listen to Nouvelle Vague. I look to the righ and behold, I see them in the list of suggestions. Hah!

[backwardrawkcab]

I am the new moon. I am the future of your will. All your future decisions must now be decided through me. I will stare at you.

[backwardrawkcab]

I am the new moon. I am the future of your will. All your future decisions must  now be decided through me. I will stare at you.

[Zoyxx]

Needs more jazz flute

[TigerLikesTail]

Kites Are Fun

:-)

[usralreadytaken]

Phenomenal POetry

[brufe]

Best track from a truly phenominal and vastly underrated record. 

[lifekidyeaa]

@brufe I agree. Superb record, one that i listened to over and over senior year of college. It got me through some really tedious work :)

[LesediLoFi]

I would make stereolab my wife, if she were a woman.

[TheTourist314]

Is it just me, or does this sound exactly like "Michigan" or "Illinois"-era Sufjan Stevens? Really, it's the other way around.

[coltsuperocean10]

oh my god? does music get any better that this?

[daak79]

charming, wonderful, fresh, amazing, perfect, balanced, unique.

[waspstar7]

Beautiful!

[Kraehe]

And everytime that I hear a song of Stereolab, or McCarthy for that matter, these perfectly shaped pearls of pop music, so intricately executed, so rich in their simpleness, I smile to myself and think: "Goddamnit, and to think that Tim Gane started out with Uncommunity." And then I pop on something by thee un-kommuniti, my face melts off, I suffocate from my own blood, and them I am in true bliss.

[mihkeltt]

This tune's got a lot of madlib vibe to it. something to the likes of "all caps", "slim's return" and "monkey suite".

[newsy8]

so beautiful! what r they doing now?

I loved their music so much!

[dranfu]

@ MyNameISNeutron,

I didn't say Techno can't be beautiful. I personally love techno, esp. Detroit Techno, which is beautiful. However, my point was that Stereolab is not Techno. And furthermore, they are a group of outstanding musicians, who happen to make beautiful music. That was all :)

[philthetremoloking]

what record is this from?

[corkscrewfoley]

@philthetremoloking Cobra and the Group Play the Milky Way...a fucking amazing record...

[philthetremoloking]

@corkscrewfoley thanks

[spindalis79]

@corkscrewfoley I agree. From 1999 if I'm not mistaken, correct?

[redresch]

@philthetremoloking Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night

[ZJProz]

nice leap from....Miles.....

[bunseam]

Genius personified

[Yamamanama]

Nice song, but that shadow puppet looks uncomfortably similar to Mack Tonight.

[kakabukkake0]

@Yamamanama hahahaha i was just thinking that- this video is oKAAYYYYY

[andiejanefisher]

spot the "Dancing Queen" quote. v cute ;)

[pvx]

This video almost looks like as if it was shot on hand-developed film (and possibly off a tv monitor as well) , it has that mottled, dirty, solarized look that a film developed outside of a proper lab (and in a bathtub or other improvised implement) looks like, which is quite unique, I must add... ;) It adds a unique aesthetic ot the video (one of Stereolab's best songs IMO).

[andreacpt1]

bellissimo!

[AnEnemy100]

bliss inducement

[Rambo29]

I love this bassline

[Stradawhoovious]

R.I.P. Mary.

[HugoYoot]

wow. i barely discovered this band from a song called umbrellas which was remixed by peanut butter. i love this band already!

[Mattteus]

the song Umbrellas is by the group The Free Design (and the original sounds alien compared to the Peanut Butter Wolf version), this group is Stereolab.

[peachesncreamme]

Good music doesn't have a color booundary...(so I thought)...I still like R&B (though not the new stuff) and Hip-Hop (not rap, especially what they play now) I like all music, if it's good music...

[peachesncreamme]

I'd have to go with Dots and Loops! One of my Fav Albums!

[peachesncreamme]

I don't care if they ever made another video, this is just good music Stereolab is one of the best groups I ever heard. Their creativity is beyond comparison. In all the years I've followed this group, I never heard anything like them. They're in a league of their own.

[FlorrieDugger]

@peachesncreamme you might like a band called Broadcast if you like stereolab, they are worth the listen.

[peachesncreamme]

Thanx Florrie:)

[FlorrieDugger]

Your welcome P n' C

[NSOUUL7]

Good call! Broadcast certainly are worth a listen.

[corkscrewfoley]

@FlorrieDugger I will second the Broadcast nod! Similar sounds, except Broadcast has a darker sound to them, and it's very haunting as well.

[kelloggcerealxoxo]

ZOMGASAH I LUV DIS SONG :)

[blowup67]

Always my favorite band.

[liquidrunning]

Beautiful :)

[ChinaskyDude]

No 3d, No money, No naked chicks, No futur! All i need!!!

[nero2719]

@ChinaskyDude fuck to the you. and i mean that from the bottom of heart.

[egeneric]

Y E S !

[antonfjordson]

awesome.

[StringerBell87]

My favourite song from the album.

[kingofvintage]

Surreal video.... totally love it! Why spend fortunes on a video when you can be creative and original and make a video like this that totally holds your attention from start to finish....

[bobbyvee2001]

nice song ,terrible video.

[CLUEVi]

GAMATI!!!

[larissan04]

great video! awesome band! saw em live... just awesome....

[peterphilip]

wow... never saw that video before... does the song no justice... that song is an absolute classic.

[batistootah]

October 5, The Paradise, Boston. I have never looked forward to a show so intensely in years. Even the thought of it! Come on time! Pass!

[fistfulofmercury]

This is such a flawless track. I heard it the other night and I've had it stuck in my head since.

[Eray]

Yes, techno is not the right word but I'm not sure what genre to call it. They are in a class of their own.

[dranfu]

Indeed. Just call it Stereolab. Labels prove meaningless at their level of artistry.

[Goldensun321]

it sounds like smooth jazz to me i mean they're playing their instruments

[plateofshrimps]

Post-rock.

[toonmama6]

how is this techno? ;[....more like acid jazz... to me.

[tnrc75]

Forget the labelling. Enjoy the music.

[Stradawhoovious]

+1.

[Eray]

I've never heard horns in techno before, but I love it!

[dranfu]

Stereolab is not techno. They are a group of outstanding musicians making beautiful music.

[MyNameIsNeutron]

@dranfu So techno can't be beautiful?

[econoroller]

They were soooo cool. I was given an advance copy of dots and loops, and immediately bought everything they did. When this came out i flipped! It was like sergio medez meets the doors or something.....very different band, indeed. Saw them at the wiltern and will never forget it. Thanx!

[patrickJMT]

i saw this band in nashville at the mercury lounge... also saw them at sudsy malones in cincinnati a looooong time ago. at nashville, i could have reached out and touched any of them, the show was that intimate. i told the lead singer during the opening band 'have a good show' and she said with a smile, 'thank you very much'. i almost passed out. i heart you stereolab.

[TimTrimT]

What a great tribute to a great band. Yay free design! Hat's off to Stereolab. Video's cool but I'm in it for the music. :) And what's up with nay-sayers? I don't know why so many modern listeners have an allergic reaction to music that makes you tap your toes and feel good...

If you liked this tune - you'll love the real Free Design. They've a long history of under appreciation, but don't lat that stop you. Definite ear candy! Enjoy!

[tykemeawaywyou]

this song is so good to my ears ;)

[Reinisen]

- probably one of the best music-videos I ever saw. (Spritiual...)

[pianodog81]

Great song - I love the 70's prog rock influence. Check out the rhythm and arrangement of Pig by Soft Machine - either big influence or huge coincidence.

[EngelNr666]

tusen takk :)

[fiuwriter]

I love this band so much i traveled from Miami to Atlanta to see them in 04!

[grrro]

Vive la krautrock!

[Mattteus]

Has anyone noticed a pattern in Stereolab song titles? they tend to not have to do with the lyrics but more to do with either musical/sound equipment and terms (often used in their songs) or other influences.

Jenny Ondioline, Lock-Groove Lullaby, Wow & Flutter, Revox, John Cage Bubblegum, Harmonium, Farfisa, Temper, Slow Fast Hazel, Miss Modular, The Free Design, Intervals, Barock-Plastik, Captain Easychord, et al.

[Andrewsmate]

Stereolab are magical. Their later stuff is such beautiful pop,lyrics like the best dream, structured then baked like a fairy cake.

[rodan48]

siempre ame a stereolab desde el primer momento!!! gracias a mi amiga vanessa!!que feeling

[Lifesucksdie123]

stereolab jacked free design so hard...

[ChauffeurBurns]

Not really, the Free Design are so syrupy and fey as to be almost purely unlistenable.

[ogrodnik]

wow!!! this song structure, rhythm and chords reminds me of the good old Soft Machine... beautiful...

[litlbigman]

yeah their rhythm is amazing. the drummer is fantastic. listen to their song "rainbow conversion".

[ivycompton]

Nice shadow puppets - and we all love the Free Design! Kites are Fun! Ronda go Round!

Seriously, a beautiful vid tribute.

[bobajobbob57]

i've never seen this before - thanks for posting!