Mars Audiac Quintet is an album by the band 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...

, released in August 1994. Initial releases of the CD came with bonus two-track disk, the double vinyl album came with a 7'. During the recording of the album, guitarist Sean O'Hagan

Sean O'Hagan

Sean 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...

 left as a full-time member to form his own group, while keyboardist Katharine Gifford was added.

Track listing

1. "Three-Dee Melodie" – 5:02
2. "Wow and Flutter" – 3:08
3. "Transona Five" – 5:32
4. "Des Étoiles Électroniques" – 3:20
5. "Ping Pong" – 3:02
6. "Anamorphose" – 7:33
7. "Three Longers Later" – 3:28
8. "Nihilist Assault Group" – 6:55
9. "International Colouring Contest" – 3:47
10. "The Stars Our Destination" – 2:58
11. "Transporté Sans Bouger" – 4:20
12. "L'Enfer des Formes" – 3:53
13. "Outer Accelerator" – 5:21
14. "New Orthophony" – 4:34
15. "Fiery Yellow" – 4:04

The bonus disc contained the songs "Ulan Bator" and "Klang Tone", later re-released on Aluminum Tunes: Switched On, Vol. 3

Aluminum Tunes

Aluminum Tunes is a double album collection of EPs and rarities from Stereolab, released in 1998.-CD 1:# "Pop Quiz" - 4:22...

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Personnel

• Laetitia Sadier - vocals, guitar, Vox organ, Moog synthesizer, tambourine
• Tim Gane
  Tim Gane
  Tim 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....
  
   - guitar, Vox organ, Moog synthesizer, percussion
• Sean O'Hagan
  Sean O'Hagan
  Sean 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...
  
   - guitar, Vox & Farfisa organs
• Andy Ramsay
  Andy Ramsay
  Andy Ramsay is a British drummer, programmer and sound engineer. He has played with the electro-pop band Stereolab since 1992...
  
   - drums
• Mary Hansen
  Mary Hansen
  Mary 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...
  
  - vocals, guitar, tambourine
• Duncan Brown - guitar, bass, background vocals
• Katharine Gifford - keyboards