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Released
  
October 1992

Artist
  
Stereolab

Label
  
Slumberland Records

Length
  
43:55

Release date
  
October 1992

Genre
  
Post-rock

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Switched On (1992)
  
Space Age Bachelor Pad Music (1993)

Similar
  
Refried Ectoplasm, Aluminum Tunes, Transient Random‑Noise Bursts wit, Mars Audiac Quintet, Oscillons from the Anti‑Sun

Switched On (also known as Switched On Stereolab or Switched On Volume 1) is a compilation of Stereolab's first three releases, and was originally released in 1992. The album's name is in tribute to Switched-On Bach and other similar titles from the late 1960s to 1970s that feature Moog synthesizers as the primary instrument. Switched On was later licensed to Slumberland Records for a US release, and Rough Trade Germany, for that country, both in 1992.

Contents

It forms the first part of a trilogy of Stereolab rarities collections along with Refried Ectoplasm and Aluminum Tunes.

The three first releases that form Switched On include:

1. "Super 45", 10" EP, May 1991, on Duophonic (the band's own label)

A1 "The Light That Will Cease to Fail" (3:24) A2 "Au grand jour" (3:41) B1 "Brittle" (3:47) B2 "Au grand jour'" (3:28)

2. "Super-Electric", 10" EP, September 1991, on Too Pure

A1 "Super-Electric" (5:22) A2 "High Expectation" (3:32) B1 "The Way Will Be Opening" (4:07) B2 "Contact" (8:17)

3. "Stunning Debut Album", 7" single, November 1991, on Duophonic

A "Doubt" B "Changer"

Stereolab super electric


Personnel

  • Laetitia Sadier (vocals)
  • Gina Morris (vocals)
  • Tim Gane (guitar, Moog synthesizer, Farfisa organ)
  • Martin Kean (bass)
  • Joe Dilworth (drums)
  • Songs

    1Super-Electric5:24
    2Doubt3:26
    3Au Grand Jour'3:29

    References

    Switched On Wikipedia