Stereo Total - Musique Automatique

Originally released in 2001 on Bobsled Records and re-released by Kill Rock Stars a year later, Stereo Total's Musique Automatique pares the group down to the core duo of Francoise Cactus and Brezel Goring. In the process, the album gains a newfound polish, particularly in the production, but also loses some of the spontaneous energy and wide-ranging influences that characterize the rest of Stereo Total's work. Sometimes this clean and glossy approach works: the endearingly clunky rhythm, plinky keyboards, boy-girl vocals, and low-rent sampling on "Automatic Music" are quintessential Stereo Total, and the smooth, sophisticated "L'Amour a 3" almost sounds like Ivy in a playfully amorous mood. Read More