Stereolab perform French Disko on The Word
Despite earning critical acclaim and a sizable cult fanbase, commercial success eluded Stereolab.
Simon Reynolds commented in Rolling Stone that the group’s earlier records form “an endlessly seductive body of work that sounds always the same, always different.”
While much of the music press were banging on and on about Blur & Oasis and making up a complete genre in Brit Pop, Stereolab forged their own path merging various components of krautrock, lounge and experimental pop music with a certain uber cool.
They have been called “one of the most influential alternative bands of the ’90s”, and one of “the decade’s most innovative British bands.”
Here are Stereolab in a very rare live UK TV appearance, performing my favourite Stereolab track, ‘French Disko‘ live on Channel 4′s The Word.
This blog post was first published on Top Of The Box
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