Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements (1993)
Crumb Duck (1993)
Jenny Ondioline (1993)
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Crumb Duck is the first collaboration between Anglo-French indie band Stereolab and cult avant-garde unit Nurse With Wound, first released on 10" vinyl on the Clawfist label in 1993.[2]
Stereolab guitarist Tim Gane detailed the circumstances surrounding this collaboration to The Wire in 1997 (issue 164) whilst undertaking the magazine's "Invisible Jukebox" feature (alongside Lætitia Sadier). Gane stated that he had invited sole permanent NWW member Steven Stapleton to produce Stereolab's debut album (later released as Peng!). However, Gane stated that Stapleton had refused on the grounds that the group were "too rock" but had agreed to undertake a remix for the group instead. Stapleton surprised Gane by producing a letter he had written to NWW some years previously, which he had marked as the 15th piece of correspondence he had received regarding his group (also The Wire, issue 164). According to a newsletter issued by Stereolab's Duophonic Records, part of the agreement was that Stereolab would not get to hear the finished results until after the record had been pressed and released.[3]
"Exploding Head Movie" is a Stapleton remix of a section of the 18-minute album version of the "Jenny Ondioline" single (as heard on Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements). "Animal or Vegetable (A Wonderful Wooden Reason ......)" saw Stapleton playing the vocal track in reverse and adding several layers of wild distorted guitar to the lengthy middle section before applying his familiar tape collage methods to the coda. The original version of this track has not been released. An homage to the German group Faust is provided by the subtitle to "Animal or Vegetable" – "A Wonderful Wooden Reason." The latter references a line from the lyrics of "Meadow Meal," a track on Faust's first album self-titled Faust (1971). Stapleton provided the distinctive cover image but around 30 copies came with sleeves hand drawn by members of Stereolab.[4][5]
Stereolab later included both tracks on their Refried Ectoplasm compilation which remains in print. NWW, for their part, issued a Crumb Duck CD, adding 2 tracks from a 7" single NWW had previously issued on the Clawfist label and an outtake. A vinyl edition of this expanded reissue was also made available but both formats went out of print when NWW's distributor, World Serpent Distribution, went out of business.[6] NWW also included "Animal Or Vegetable" on their The Swinging Reflective compilation.[4][7][8]
They would collaborate a second time in 1997 with the release of Simple Headphone Mind.[9]
^Allmusic review
^"crumb duck". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
^Mike Barnes (October 1997). "Invisible Jukebox". The Wire. p. 38.
^ ab"Crumb Duck". NWW Official Site. Nurse With Wound. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
^"1971: Faust: Clear". Records. The Faust Pages. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
^"World Serpent to stop". Side Line. 23 August 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2007.
^"The Swinging Reflective: Favourite Moments of Mutual Ecstasy". NWW Official Site. Nurse With Wound. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
^"refried ectoplasm". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Archived from the original on 17 May 2007. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
^"simple headphone mind". Stereolab Official Site. Stereolab. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2007.
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