Stereolab - Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements
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Artist: StereolabEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Published: 1993-08-24
CD Release Date: 1993-08-24
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Tone Burst
- Our Trinitone Blast
- Pack Yr Romantic Mind
- I'm Going Out Of My Way
- Golden Ball
- Pause
- Jenny Ondioline
- Analogue Rock
- Crest
- Lock-Groove Lullaby
Music reviews of Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements
Music Review: Intriguing Electronic Compositions
Rating: 5 Stars
For Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements, Stereolab's first album released on a major record label, the album title explains only a part of the story--the part that truly sets the band apart as unique. Creative experimentation with random instruments allows Stereolab to differentiate their distorted guitar strumming, driving bass, and sharp drum beats from counterparts in the early 90's.
The first track on the album "Tone Burst," opens with a style reminiscent of other bands from the grunge-alternative era, such as Nirvana or Dinosaur Jr. Snare fills lead to a simple guitar progression with an active bass much like songs from Stereolab's more heralded counterparts. In a departure from this more traditional composition style, organ chords fill the background of the song, providing a bigger, more full sound reminiscent of epic 80s anthems. "Tone Burst" never changes musical direction. Simple and repetitive, the devil is all in the details. Subtle effects are introduced at various points in between bursts of low key female vocals all in French. Volume changes shift the focus of the piece, from first bass, to vocals, and then finally to the organ, which becomes heavy near the end of the track.
Simplicity with subtlety describes Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements well, as the band inventively experiments with wild instrument effects and noises, keeping the listener entertained and hooked in without shoving it into his or her face. The second track, "Our Trinitone Blast," begins with a strange computer generated `blast,' piquing the listener's interests as a lead in for a plain and enjoyable pop-rock tune that ends with an intense distorted vocal loop.
The sounds used in the record, many of them electronically generated or modified, lead many to classify Stereolab in the genre `Krautrock', a style emanating from Germany that incorporated electronic experimental effects into rock music. Stereolab can certainly be considered a part of the evolution of electronic techniques into mainstream music. Their style is largely similar to grunge-era alternative rock bands, but pushes the boundaries of electronic instruments rather than adhering to the traditional guitar-bass-drums set up that characterizes so many of the others. Moog synthesizers and loud organs bring a fresh and poppy tone that is both intriguing and mystical.
Stereolab's willingness to experiment and try various strange effects on their album reveals their skill in composition. Balancing such an assortment of tracks could prove difficult, yet Stereolab embraces the complexity by placing effects or volume swells on certain instruments sporadically. These effects make simple rock songs deeper and fuller of life. "Jenny Ondioline", the album's longest track, is an 18 minute epic journey with many movements compiled in a progressive rock style. The drums, bass, and electric guitar parts repeat, aggressively driving the pace of the song. Meanwhile new effects and electronic parts, added and removed at various times, placing the song on a grander scale as if building up to an epic finale.
Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements represents an important early step in the synthesis of alternative and indie music with modern electronic techniques. Stereolab does a tremendous job seamlessly incorporating these new elements into their music and creating an well-layered, highly listenable composition.
Description of Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements
Double vinyl LP pressing of this 1993 album from the Indie/Post-Rock band. Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements is Stereolab's breakthrough album, their major label debut, and one of the most innovative releases of the 1990s, a musical decade signified by breaking down artistic barriers. Originally released in August 1993, Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements builds on the promise of the band's early releases Switched On and Peng! by expanding the scope of their highly distinctive mix of one-chord Krautrock grooves, distorted vintage keyboard noise and Euro-pop. Adding touches of '50s and '60s easy listening, exotica and space-age sounds as well as samba and French pop, Stereolab did more than any group in the modern rock era to expand the language of art music by incorporating styles left for dead by the serious rock community.On Stereolab's first proper American full-length, the group skillfully dissects past musical genres and recombines them in their own Dr. Moreau-like sonic laboratory-garage. The recording is among Stereolab's least labored, most groove-oriented efforts. There are experiments like the French-pop-flavored "Pack Yr Romantic Mind," but it's mostly a lovely, loud, decadent '90s rock record. The song titles reference obscure equipment, the sounds are made with arcane instruments, the repetitive guitar work is directly lifted from Michael Rother, and the cover image pledges devotion to vinyl (the musical obscurantist's medium of choice), but somehow the band never comes off as snobbish. Stereolab's music would not only spawn dozens of imitators, but the very stuff they drew inspiration from (Esquivel, Can, Moondog, Os Mutantes) was suddenly the starting point for any self-respecting hipster's record collection. More important, it totally rocks ("Our Trinitone Blast") while beaming sunny vibes ("Jenny Ondioline"). --Mike McGonigal
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