Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night
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Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night, released in 1999, is a studio album by the band Stereolab.
Additionally, a bonus track called "Galaxidion" was included for the Japanese release.
Track listing
All tracks by Tim Gane, Laetitia Sadier- "Fuses" – 3:40
- "People Do It All the Time" – 3:42
- "The Free Design" – 3:47
- "Blips, Drips and Strips" – 4:28
- "Italian Shoes Continuum" – 4:36
- "Infinity Girl" – 3:56
- "The Spiracles" – 3:40
- "Op Hop Detonation" – 3:32
- "Puncture in the Radax Permutation" – 5:48
- "Velvet Water" – 4:24
- "Blue Milk" – 11:29
- "Caleidoscopic Gaze" – 8:09
- "Strobo Acceleration" – 3:55
- "The Emergency Kisses" – 5:53
- "Come and Play in the Milky Night" – 4:38
- "Escape Pod" (Import bonus)
- "With Friend Like These" (Import bonus)
- "Les Aimies Des Memes" (Import bonus)
Additionally, a bonus track called "Galaxidion" was included for the Japanese release.
Personnel
- Mark Bassey – Overdubs
- Colin Crawley – Overdubs
- Fulton Dingley – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Tim GaneTim GaneTim Gane is the leader of the rock band, Stereolab.He started his musical career as a purveyor of harsh noise in the early 1980s under the alias Unkommuniti releasing self financed cassettes on Black Dwarf Wreckordings along with fellow Unkommuniti members Kallous Boys and other noise projects....
– Organ, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Drums, Vocals, ClavinetClavinetA Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...
, WurlitzerWurlitzerThe Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes....
, Electric Harpsichord, Group Member - Mary HansenMary HansenMary Hansen was a guitarist and singer with Stereolab.Born in Maryborough north of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, Hansen moved to London in the late 1980s and became a backing singer with the Essex-based indie band, The Wolfhounds.She met Stereolab founder Tim Gane when the Wolfhounds played...
– Organ, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Drums, Vocals, Clavinet, Wurlitzer, Electric Harpsichord - Sophie Harris – Strings
- William Hawkes – Strings
- Kev HopperKev HopperKev Hopper is primarily known as the bass guitarist with the 1980s band Stump, but it is more accurate to define him as a composer and multi-instrumentalist playing Musical Saw, guitar and samplers....
– SawMusical sawA musical saw, also called a singing saw, is the application of a hand saw as a musical instrument. The sound creates an ethereal tone, very similar to the theremin... - Simon JohnsSimon Johns-Clear Spot:In 1998, Johns had formed the short-lived band, Clear Spot, with My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig. They released a 7" vinyl single Moonman Bop on Duophonic Records in 1998.-Stereolab:...
– Bass - Morgane Lhote, Keyboards
- Rob MazurekRob MazurekRob Mazurek is an American composer, jazz musician, and visual artist originally from Chicago, Illinois. Mazurek now resides in São Paulo Brazil.-Biography:...
– Cornet - John McEntireJohn McEntireJohn McEntire is an American recording engineer, drummer and multi-instrumentalist. He is best-known for being in Tortoise and The Sea and Cake, as well as being a highly in-demand producer and engineer....
– Drums, Keyboards, Producer - Ramsay Morgan – Organ, Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Drums, Vocals, Clavinet, Wurlitzer, Electric Harpsichord
- Dominic Murcott – MarimbaMarimbaThe marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. It consists of a set of wooden keys or bars with resonators. The bars are struck with mallets to produce musical tones. The keys are arranged as those of a piano, with the accidentals raised vertically and overlapping the natural keys ...
(Electronics) - Jacqueline Norrie – Strings
- Sean O'HaganSean O'HaganSean O'Hagan is a founding member of Irish indie band Microdisney. In the 1990s he formed The High Llamas and released a number of highly acclaimed albums showing influences as diverse as The Beach Boys, Ennio Morricone, Antonio Carlos Jobim and avant-garde electronica...
– Organ, Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Piano, Harpsichord, Clavinet, Brass Arrangement - Jim O'RourkeJim O'Rourke (musician)Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
– Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Keyboards, Producer, String Arrangements - Andy RamsayAndy RamsayAndy Ramsay is a British drummer, programmer and sound engineer. He has played with the electro-pop band Stereolab since 1992...
- Drums, programming - Andy Robinson – Overdubs
- Steve Rooke – Mastering
- Laetitia Sadier - Voice
- Steve WatermanSteve Waterman (musician)Steve Waterman is a British jazz trumpeter, composer and educator.Waterman was born in Lincolnshire and educated at Trinity College. He leads a quintet and 18-piece jazz orchestra, holds several teaching posts...
– Overdubs - Brian G. Wright – Strings