French singer and musicians Laetitia Sadier discusses the influence of the Smiths, forming Stereolab, their “disastrous” relationship with the French music press, and her solo work in her 2015 RBMA Lecture. #RBMA #stereolab
TOPICS:
15:07 – The Smiths
29:42 – The start of Stereolab
34:03 – Politics
46:04 – The music press
53:01 – Capitalism
1:10:03 – Solo work
MUSIC:
2:39 – Stereolab — “The Flower Called Nowhere” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNwgdsksS_A
20:45 – McCarthy — “Red Sleeping Beauty” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEtztBAH70E
32:50 – Stereolab — “The Light That Will Cease to Fail” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F1OcUB3GKM
42:59 – Darlin’ — “Cindy, So Loud” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldoBjhQ5isQ
44:40 – Stereolab — “French Disko” live TV performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH3aQJj119Y
55:00 – Stereolab — “Ping Pong”
1:03:56 – Stereolab — “Cybele’s Reverie” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6dNTmfZp0U
1:11:27 – Monade — “Cache Cache” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCxoP0bTQmo
1:23:12 – Laetitia Sadier — “Dry Fruit” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDjwn9O6e5w
For many young indie music fans making their way through the “alternative” section of their local record store in the mid-’90s, it was the music of Stereolab, and in particular the voice of chanteuse Lætitia Sadier, that provided a pre-Internet window into the worlds of French New Wave, German krautrock and a sprinkling of Marxist politics. With their combination of Farfisa, Vox and Moog-heavy arrangements and Lætitia’s enchanting vocals, the band mesmerized a generation. Although the Stereolab story is currently marked with “indefinite hiatus,” since 2010 Sadier has delivered two stellar solo albums and doesn’t shy away from collaborations with younger artists like Bradford Cox of Deerhunter and Tyler The Creator.
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