Sound-Dust Explained
| Sound-Dust |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Stereolab |
| Cover: | Stereolabsounddust.png |
| Recorded: | October 2000 – February 2001 |
| Studio: | Soma (Chicago, Illinois) |
| Prev Title: | Captain Easychord |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | ABC Music |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
Sound-Dust is the seventh studio album by English-French rock band Stereolab. It was released on 28 August 2001 in North America by Elektra Records and on 3 September 2001 internationally by Duophonic Records.[1] The album was produced by John McEntire and Jim O'Rourke and recorded at McEntire's Chicago studio Soma.[2] It was Stereolab's last album to feature singer and guitarist Mary Hansen, who died in a biking accident the following year.[3]
The first 1,200 copies of both the CD and LP issues of Sound-Dust were packaged with a handmade book sleeve.[4] A remastered and expanded edition of the album was released by Duophonic and Warp on 29 November 2019.[5]
The song "Nothing to Do with Me" features lyrics derived from English satirist Chris Morris' TV series Jam.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[6]
Stereolab
- Tim Gane – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, electronics, tape echo and delay
- Lætitia Sadier – vocals, percussion, whistling, sound effects
- Mary Hansen – vocals, percussion, whistling, sound effects
- Simon Johns – six-string bass
- Andy Ramsay – drums
Additional musicians
- Tim Barnes – bongo drum on "Gus the Mynahbird"
- Jeb Bishop – trombone
- Dave Max Crawford – trumpet
- Mikael Jorgensen – electric harpsichord, Rhodes piano
- Glenn Kotche – crotales on "Captain Easychord" and "Gus the Mynahbird", marimba on "Gus the Mynahbird"
- Rob Mazurek – cornet on "Captain Easychord" and "Gus the Mynahbird"
- John McEntire – piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, electronics, tape echo and delay, percussion, whistling, sound effects
- Paul Mertens – flute, bass harmonica
- Sean O'Hagan – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, brass and flute arrangements
- Jim O'Rourke – acoustic and electric guitars, piano, Pianet, Rhodes, Rock-Si-Chord, and Wurlitzer pianos, clavinet, electric harpsichord, Farfisa organ, celesta, vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, electronics, tape echo and delay
- Andy Robinson – brass and flute arrangements
- Chad Taylor – cymbals on "The Black Arts", drums on "Nothing to Do with Me"
Production
- Mike Jorgensen – computer assistance
- Jeremy Lemos – additional engineering
- John McEntire – engineering, mixing
- Jim O'Rourke – engineering, mixing
- Steve Rooke – mastering
- Stereolab (credited as "The Groop") – mixing
Design
External links
Notes and References
- New Stereolab Album Stretches 'Sound'. Billboard. 21 June 2001. 25 January 2021.
- News: The method to the madness. The Japan Times. 24 February 2002. 25 May 2020. Tartan. Suzannah.
- News: Stereolab: 'There was craziness in getting lost and dizzy'. The Guardian. 4 September 2019. 1 December 2020. Beaumont-Thomas. Ben.
- Web site: Sound-Dust. stereolab.co.uk. 2 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231124/http://www.stereolab.co.uk/discography/2001/LP/sounddust/. 3 March 2016. dead.
- Web site: Stereolab Announce Sound-Dust and Margerine Eclipse Reissues. Pitchfork. 8 October 2019. 25 January 2021. Strauss. Matthew.
- Sound-Dust . . . 2001 . D-UHF-CD27 . liner notes.
