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"Stereolab are an English-based band whose style, mixing 1950s-1960s pop and lounge music with the 'motorik' beat of krautrock, was one of the first to which the term 'post-rock' was applied. They are noted for their use of vintage keyboard instruments such as Moog synthesizers and Vox & Farfisa organs. Stereolab are also notable for founding their own record label, Duophonic Records, with a grant from UK charity The Prince's Trust. The band are often referred to as 'The Groop' by their fans (and in the title of their song 'The Groop Play Chord X' on the album Space Age Batchelor Pad Music).

They were founded in 1990 by songwriters Tim Gane (guitar, keyboards), formerly of the band McCarthy, and Lætitia Sadier (sometimes credited as Seaya Sadier; vocals, keyboards, trombone, guitar), who is from France and sings in both English and French. Stereolab earned a minor place in the Britpop movement, with their sound proving influential to bands like Blur: occasional keyboard-driven b-sides and singer Damon Albarn's love of retro keyboards showed the influence, and in recognition Lætitia Sadier was invited to provide vocals on 'To The End' from Blur's Parklife album. Pavement, with whom the group had toured, also acknowledged the group's sound in the instrumental coda of their song 'Half A Canyon', a fact picked up swiftly by critics and fans alike.

Despite the band's fan base and critical acclaim, Stereolab have never achieved high levels of commercial success. This is partly due to their independent status; when the re-recorded French Disko began to receive extensive radio play, the group simply lacked the funds to repress the record in the numbers required. When the Warner Music label announced that they were closing their Elektra Records subsidiary, they dropped most of its artists, including Stereolab. Lætitia Sadier is now also a member of Monade, which is essentially expressive of her own singular musical goals."

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