Cybele's Reverie
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Cybele's Reverie is a 1996 EP
by the post-rock
group Stereolab
. The title track also appears in a longer version on their album Emperor Tomato Ketchup released the same year.
All four of its tracks were later re-released on the Oscillons from the Anti-Sun
compilation.
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
by the post-rock
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
group Stereolab
Stereolab
Stereolab are an alternative music band formed in 1990 in London, England. The band originally comprised songwriting team Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier , both of whom remained at the helm across many lineup changes...
. The title track also appears in a longer version on their album Emperor Tomato Ketchup released the same year.
All four of its tracks were later re-released on the Oscillons from the Anti-Sun
Oscillons from the Anti-Sun
Oscillons from the Anti-Sun, released in April 2005, is a three-CD, one-DVD box-set collection of Stereolab tracks culled from eight of the group's EPs and singles...
compilation.
Track listing
All tracks by Tim Gane, Laetitia Sadier- "Cybele's Reverie" – 2:56
- "Les Yper-Yper Sound" – 5:19
- "Brigitte" – 5:45
- "Young Lungs" – 6:36
Personnel
- Mary Hansen – Vocals
- Sally Herbert – Strings
- Marcus Holdaway – Strings
- John McEntire – Synthesizer, Maracas, Tambourine, Producer, Engineer, Vibraphone, Mixing, Electronic Devices
- Sean O'Hagan – Organ, Piano (Electric), String Arrangements, Wurlitzer, Vox Organ
- Stereolab – Producer, Mixing
- Paul Tipler – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Brad Wood – Saxophone