Stereolab’s Dots And Loops (in 5 Minutes) | Liner Notes

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  • The British-French band Stereolab was somehow of its time and from another time altogether. On their fifth album, 1997’s Dots and Loops, Stereolab synthesized their retro-musical mastery and brainy ambition in a newly seamless way, creating a dreamy, detail-rich triumph that channels the vibes of the 90s while hinting at something more futuristic.
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    Stereolab’s Dots And Loops in 5 Minutes
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  • @bloop9042
    @bloop9042 6 ปีที่แล้ว +348

    I don't know any of the song titles because this album flows so well that I've never really listened to a track on its own. This album feels like one long dreamy song

    • @californiahummus
      @californiahummus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Also because they never sing the song's title 18 times in a single track like 99% of other artists.

    • @kopfzucker5399
      @kopfzucker5399 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@californiahummus also french

    • @coadmiller5010
      @coadmiller5010 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of, if not the very best of thier entire catalogue...

  • @WhiskeyPieSometimes
    @WhiskeyPieSometimes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    Every Stereolab album ends up being my favorite Stereolab album at some point.

    • @ihrstinkt100
      @ihrstinkt100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here. I love their Motorik early works until mid90ies and Thun came Tomato Ketchup&Dots and Loops....
      they never made a bad album.👌🥰

  • @johnAsanz
    @johnAsanz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    One of the finest albums ever recorded.

    • @stpaulimdog
      @stpaulimdog 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      and yet Cobra might be even better. I love them both.

    • @kentvonseverin1257
      @kentvonseverin1257 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Indeed. It is impossible to fully describe this record to another person.

    • @numbernine2207
      @numbernine2207 ปีที่แล้ว

      I saw them live on both tours in the 1990's. They've playing a General Admission show at Balboa Theater tonight & there are still tickets left! Hmmm.... Can I handle standing for over 2 hours in the middle od hundreds of people at 48 years old. Think I'd need some good drugs. I don't see how I can not go though? I have to go. Last time I saw them was on the Sound Dust tour. The Margerine Eclipse show was mind blowing. I've never seen a bad Stereolab performance. One of the best bands of all time.

  • @AnotherAnonymousMan
    @AnotherAnonymousMan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    There *are* no bad Stereolab LPs. Just different shades of brilliance.

  • @zjenji
    @zjenji 6 ปีที่แล้ว +268

    RIP Mary Hansen.

    • @LukeMcGuireoides
      @LukeMcGuireoides 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah, consummate babe and badass musician

    • @Chessbox09
      @Chessbox09 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Man do I miss her

  • @reekris88
    @reekris88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    I love this album. Refractions in the Plastic Pulse is my shit.

    • @LProcks28
      @LProcks28 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      you sir, are a man of good taste.

    • @basielu
      @basielu 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      saaame

    • @robertsyrett1992
      @robertsyrett1992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That part 8 minutes in where there is a vocoder rhythm and a sweeping glissando with delay I get chills running up my spine each time.

    • @basielu
      @basielu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertsyrett1992 ooh that's one of my favorite parts
      kidding, the whole song is

    • @robertsyrett1992
      @robertsyrett1992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@basielu The whole album is my fantastic, I can't fault you!

  • @wwpl8371
    @wwpl8371 6 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Fuck. Yes. I can't believe you guys did this album over Emperor Tomato Ketchup. This is one of the most underrated albums ever IMO. It's like a seamless combination of early 90s Tortoise-esque post-rock and trip-hop, and the sound is so pristine and clean and futuristic that it's at the same time so 90s, but also timeless.

    • @LorcaLoca
      @LorcaLoca 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Check moonshake and Pram. They did it before them :)

  • @ianst.george2664
    @ianst.george2664 6 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    This REALLY deserves a full Pitchfork Classic. Would be amazing! One of my top 3 favorite bands of all time, what a perfect discography :) Got to meet Laetitia a few months ago when she played in Boston and she was wonderful!

  • @Autissm420
    @Autissm420 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This album is older than me and still sounds fresh and original, love it

  • @Winnerindustry
    @Winnerindustry 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I´m not surprised that Pitchfork does not mention Stereloab was huge influenced by Brazillian music, specially by Clube da Esquina harmonies.

    • @mutton7891
      @mutton7891 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It is odd that they mentioned the Krautrock influence but not the Brazilian stuff. Clube da Esquina is my all-time favourite double album (and maybe album period) and Dots and Loops is in my top 40 too.

    • @honiideslysses12
      @honiideslysses12 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree. Good bit of samba and bossa nova influences were part of their artistic evolution.

    • @kobespells7176
      @kobespells7176 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Wait I didn’t know that-Milton Nascimento, Lo Borges, and Stereolab have been my favorite artists/groups for the past couple years. How’d you learn about the influence?

  • @BIllyBibbic
    @BIllyBibbic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    One of the best and most creative albums ever

  • @coinrotator
    @coinrotator 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I knew this album was special when my classically trained composer friend asked if I had heard of it. I'd been along for the ride since the duophonic days. What a defining moment in my sonic history.

  • @alexandrab9111
    @alexandrab9111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Loving all the Stereolab content lately. They need more love.

  • @leonmorgan5659
    @leonmorgan5659 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Completely blew my mind and changed my musical tastes when it came out when i was 17. First time an album i'd really been waiting for actually not only lived up to my expectations but actually surpassed them..still sounds fucking gorgeous today

  • @MrUndersolo
    @MrUndersolo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    20 Years? Man, I’m old... Bought it month it came out and then saw them live.
    Never heard anything like this before.
    Merci!

  • @Tscott99
    @Tscott99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I love Dots and Loops so much that in the year 2000 all the characters of my party in the game Icewind Dale were named after songs off this album.

  • @datapod
    @datapod 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    My favorite album of all time :)

  • @mbonar2694
    @mbonar2694 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I had no idea mouse on mars were involved. 97 was a good year for music.

  • @nikolademitri731
    @nikolademitri731 6 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Not my favorite Stereolab album, but definitely a fucking brilliant work of art. One of the truly great, seemingly forgotten, bands of the 90s...

    • @chuggerdoodle
      @chuggerdoodle 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      which is ur favorite?

    • @Hardbody94
      @Hardbody94 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Transient random or mars audiac are great

    • @snoozefesties
      @snoozefesties 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Mars Audiac or Emperor! -Agreed w/ OP, Stereolab is objectively one of the best 90's bands that nobody knows of, it's insane!

    • @Dorray
      @Dorray 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's my favorite but they have other great albums as well.

    • @nikolademitri731
      @nikolademitri731 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Been so long since I've listened to them tbh I don't know which I'd call my favorite. I know I like ETK more than this, but idk if that's my fav. I should revisit their albums.

  • @shiny_ahh_tutu
    @shiny_ahh_tutu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how a few of the songs Stereolab made were so cluttered in sound, yet so smooth
    My mother introduced me to stereolab, she listened to it when she was a teenager in the 90’s, I ended up loving stereolab of course

  • @matthewfuller5209
    @matthewfuller5209 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Stereolab is totally awesome.

  • @elementkx
    @elementkx 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Dots and Cobras are their best albums IMHO. Brilliant. Thank you MacIntire.

  • @alextorres7655
    @alextorres7655 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Diagonals is one of the most formal, slickest, and uplifting songs ever recorded

  • @teoifolis
    @teoifolis 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    prolly in my top 5 albums ever

  • @anaelhonings8683
    @anaelhonings8683 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of my favourite albums of the 90's and my favourite Stereolab for sure!

  • @andrewwsk8
    @andrewwsk8 6 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    Do Slint's Spiderland

    • @mikequinlivan8842
      @mikequinlivan8842 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      andrewwsk8 meh...its sounds so thin...

    • @1985cactus
      @1985cactus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Your brain is thin.

    • @_araport_5186
      @_araport_5186 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mike Quinlivan I thought it was kinda boring. I didn’t really like it

    • @tcetvel8648
      @tcetvel8648 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      fr man

    • @TAZEROXFORD
      @TAZEROXFORD 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There's a really cool spiderland doc on TH-cam if you look it up, it's like 45 minutes and tells you everything about the band

  • @lulupollitt1797
    @lulupollitt1797 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I am a HUGE fan of stereolab, and I just want to say THANK YOU for making such a well-produced video! The script + research done is amazing, & the visuals are perfect! I'm sharing this with everyone I know so they can finally understand my love for this band :)

  • @TheYoungSuccess
    @TheYoungSuccess 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    A Very very special body of work. what a magical album.

  • @nandiwardhanawaranugraha6002
    @nandiwardhanawaranugraha6002 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    do broadcast please

  • @briandicola1088
    @briandicola1088 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad found this in 2010. It’s just so beautiful. I listen to it to cheer me up when I’m sad. Never really realized it was it’s almost a decade older than me

  • @normthebaker7305
    @normthebaker7305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was so well done. Stereolab grew up on this album. It's quite possibly the most perfect album that I own. There is no deadweight here.

  • @mikeshepherd3960
    @mikeshepherd3960 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    One of my all time favorite albums. Gonna go watch the Miss Modular video now. It's a scorcher.

  • @mercyhowls2688
    @mercyhowls2688 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I agree that this album was their pinnacle. Such a blessing when it came out.

  • @DryDznOfficial
    @DryDznOfficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    One of my fav albums of all time!

  • @tannerin
    @tannerin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    my first favorite album, i have memories of being 7 and running around my dad’s office while he played it

  • @bhrisphoria428
    @bhrisphoria428 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Refractions in the Plastic Pulse is quite possibly the pinnacle of music

  • @coffee5736
    @coffee5736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Stereolab are the best, all their albums rock. Such a cool and unique sound that I always find myself returning to.

    • @coffee5736
      @coffee5736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @dirty doc It was "Refractions In The Plastic Pulse," and the section they played is about 4 and half minutes into the song.

  • @spityergumout
    @spityergumout ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Diagonals is just too good, it’s such a great acid jazz tune. It’s almost trance like, those droning drum breaks are addicting.

  • @SrAndresAmor
    @SrAndresAmor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my favorite albums. I never understood why some of their other albums are more popular.

  • @hectorgarcia5004
    @hectorgarcia5004 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They are so underrated/: people are missing out on great music

  • @KRAZEEIZATION
    @KRAZEEIZATION 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard that album in a shop in Melbourne and was instantly hooked. I bought everything they did after that.

  • @MattGerard
    @MattGerard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Still waiting on that since I left you episode

  • @enricorigon1925
    @enricorigon1925 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "dots and loops" one of the greatest album that i ever heard

  • @LukeMcGuireoides
    @LukeMcGuireoides 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite albums. I got turned on to such great music as a teen in the 90s. Indie babes galore. Still cant believe Hanson was run over. Seeing them in 99 was fucking rad. They opened for Sonic Youth

  • @thomasnelson5758
    @thomasnelson5758 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This album and Tortoise's 'Millions Now Living Will Never Die' are masterpieces of the 90s

  • @greggriffin3114
    @greggriffin3114 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Truly one of the great albums....

  • @baco82
    @baco82 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the greatest bands ever.

  • @ihrstinkt100
    @ihrstinkt100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    one of the best Bands of all time.
    Love them so much💕❤️💕

  • @noelghallager4672
    @noelghallager4672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of the best albums ever made.

  • @hdouglasotto
    @hdouglasotto 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Sufjan Stevens Illinois please!

    • @AlexIsEducational
      @AlexIsEducational 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Doug Otto I'd rather have a doc about the album.

  • @Twin_solo_az
    @Twin_solo_az 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Been a stereolab fan since 1993 but just now learning of Perrey and Kingsley, which I immediately checked out. Wow. One note samba was a cover! This video was worth it just for that. Dots and loops is not my favorite stereolab and I disagree that it's their pinnacle, but a few tracks are definitely among their best.

  • @wilhenninger1325
    @wilhenninger1325 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bought a bootleg cassette of this album on Khao San Rd in Bangkok in January 1998 -sound unheard- because I was drawn to the mesmerizing green cover. The music continues to blow my mind. Best $2 I ever spent.

  • @IanPaiva15OFFICIAL
    @IanPaiva15OFFICIAL 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing album. Surprised to see it here.

  • @RetroActiveMusic
    @RetroActiveMusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hell YES!!! So cool to finally see a feature for Dots & Loops! Favorite post-rock album of all time!

  • @JJSurma
    @JJSurma 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    SUCH. AN. ACHIEVEMENT. This album -- I could only dream of writing something so dense and masterful.

  • @salpuma9145
    @salpuma9145 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I learned to walk with Classic Rock...Grunge was High School...Stereolab was my university.

  • @juliantowers8992
    @juliantowers8992 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    next do "Brand New's Career Over in Five Minutes."

  • @LukeMcGuireoides
    @LukeMcGuireoides 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is one of my all time faves

  • @elusory3735
    @elusory3735 ปีที่แล้ว

    I experienced Refractions In The Plastic Pulse live last year. It was great

  • @thachiefrocka
    @thachiefrocka 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dreamy is how I always describe their music.

  • @incessantmurkysmuggler
    @incessantmurkysmuggler 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You have to do Daniel Johnston

  • @dandare2586
    @dandare2586 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I drove across Europe on dots & loops, so always a special album for me :)

  • @KissyCrissy
    @KissyCrissy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I Feel Elegant & Hip When I Listen To Stereo Lab 🥂

  • @ForestRoute
    @ForestRoute 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Great video. Still won't forgive you for the bad review of Sound Dust though.

    • @alexandrab9111
      @alexandrab9111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was about to comment the exact same thing.

    • @RetroActiveMusic
      @RetroActiveMusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sound Dust is great but was not as influential.

    • @garybaldy8421
      @garybaldy8421 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don't think the video is made for Stereolab fans

    • @carlosbuchlein
      @carlosbuchlein 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I don't forgive the bad note that they made for Cobra and Phases Group. Pitchfork can be so narrow minded!

  • @ThatOneGuy7550
    @ThatOneGuy7550 ปีที่แล้ว

    bring this series back

  • @Latexpunk
    @Latexpunk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really like that album

  • @internetsurfer3000
    @internetsurfer3000 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Shout out to Pharrell putting me on Stereolab in one of his interviews circa ‘09.

  • @raymondkb2nzo788
    @raymondkb2nzo788 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite album

  • @andresdavidgarciasuarez9227
    @andresdavidgarciasuarez9227 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    FUCKING LOVE STEREOLAB!!!! Thank you guys for this.

  • @childrensentertainment7667
    @childrensentertainment7667 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yep. That about sums it up just right IMHO.

  • @harperellenburg
    @harperellenburg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    hey, i assume ya'll don't take suggestions but i would love to know more about the unicorn's "who will cut our hair when we're gone."

  • @latelydawnIII
    @latelydawnIII 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    been fuck with this band

  • @sanfordcurtis8242
    @sanfordcurtis8242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I listen to Brakhage, all I see are snooty French people in black turtlenecks in a room on a spaceship full of lime green lava lamps.

  • @PJEwingNYC
    @PJEwingNYC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes - and brilliant analysis. Well researched - so helpful!!!! Thanks!!!

  • @narudh
    @narudh 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Liner notes is a great series

  • @brettpiggott2664
    @brettpiggott2664 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pure excellence.

  • @EclecticoIconoclasta
    @EclecticoIconoclasta 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Do Corey Feldman´s Angelic 2 the Core: Funkadelic/Rockadelic

  • @blinddig7525
    @blinddig7525 หลายเดือนก่อน

    we're not gonna forget about that 3/10 pitchfork.

  • @patrickmcwilliams2111
    @patrickmcwilliams2111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Tigermilk plz

  • @ferrioseco5139
    @ferrioseco5139 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Please do Remian in Light (or really any Talking Heads album) next! Also Odelay by Beck, and Bowie's Low would be very cool

  • @HomicidalBabies
    @HomicidalBabies 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    do a Pavement album!! Slanted and Enchanted perhaps...?

    • @rvr10135
      @rvr10135 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I prefer Crooked Rain Crooked Rain

    • @faust3530
      @faust3530 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah s&e would be fantastic to see!

    • @gustavttt4148
      @gustavttt4148 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wowee Zowee is their best, dude!

    • @HomicidalBabies
      @HomicidalBabies 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's a close second for me, but honestly I love em all

    • @gustavttt4148
      @gustavttt4148 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      HomicidalBabies i like slanted and enchanted too. second best for me. love their jams like the hexx and stereo.

  • @apecityelectronicsoundstudio
    @apecityelectronicsoundstudio 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always thought of Dots and Loops and The High Llamas' Cold and Bouncy as sibling albums as they have a similar instrumentation and production style.

  • @IFP.249
    @IFP.249 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Siamese Dream Siamese Dream Siamese Dream Siamese Dream

  • @tupacsnotdead
    @tupacsnotdead 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What is the song at 1:31?
    edit: "E.V.A." by Jean-Jacques Perrey

  • @mauricefeatherston3078
    @mauricefeatherston3078 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was great!!

  • @b0nelesstofu935
    @b0nelesstofu935 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:54 is that princess leia

  • @lqr824
    @lqr824 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    stands heads and shoulders over the rest of their stuff

  • @kurtispopp
    @kurtispopp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I think the take away from this is that this is a band who won't be touring with Kid Rock anytime soon.

  • @peterphilip
    @peterphilip 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dots and Loops refers to String Theory. Its very evident in Parsec.

    • @threedeemelodies
      @threedeemelodies 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      it refers to the short films made by Norman McLaren

    • @peterphilip
      @peterphilip 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@threedeemelodies ..and Stan Brakhage.

  • @jacobbates6540
    @jacobbates6540 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    clazzic

  • @blackopsfan03
    @blackopsfan03 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Modern lovers please!

  • @kevinjolley5756
    @kevinjolley5756 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Free Design?

  • @sr_formica
    @sr_formica 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    90s gods

  • @modpodgehoney7041
    @modpodgehoney7041 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    PLS do In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel

    • @pov_music
      @pov_music 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      seeeeeeeemen stains the mountain taaaawps

  • @LukeMcGuireoides
    @LukeMcGuireoides 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw them open for sonic youth. Raspberry!!!

  • @convergefreak9643
    @convergefreak9643 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    do Jane Doe next

  • @Uly_Sandoval_303
    @Uly_Sandoval_303 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    M A S T E R P I E C E . . . 👍👍😎😎

  • @indiependancer
    @indiependancer 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    cool

  • @adhidassler
    @adhidassler 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i remember seeing this one tv show (seem like the 90s or early 00s) on youtube few years ago where they come into tim & sadier's house (when they were still together) and ask them about their record collection (inspection/interrogation style)
    anyone know whats the name of the show? i tried to find that video again but no result.
    thanks in advance!

  • @leetorry
    @leetorry 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Liner Notes ideas:
    Covenant or Altars of Madness by Morbid Angel
    Dirt by Alice in Chains
    Arise by Amebix
    Drop Dead by Siege
    Rumors by Fleetwood Mac
    See Nothing, Say Nothing by Discharge
    To Mega Therion or Monotheist by Celtic Frost
    Apple by Mother Love Bone
    I guess almost any Swans album
    Souls At Zero or Through Silver and Blood by Neurosis
    Master of Puppets by Metallica
    Rust in Piece by Megadeth
    7 Churches by Possesed