Miss Modular
{{Infobox album
| name = Miss Modular
| type = ep
| artist = Stereolab
| cover = Miss Modular.png
| alt =
| released = 1 September 1997
| recorded = March 1997 – August 1997
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| studio =
| genre = Art pop
| length = 16:04
| producer =
| prev_title = Dots and Loops
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Simple Headphone Mind
| next_year = 1997
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/miss-modular-ep-mw0001011688|title=Miss Modular [EP] - Stereolab | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
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Miss Modular is a 1997 EP by the post-rock band Stereolab. The title track served as the lead single from their album Dots and Loops.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_CoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|title=Best New Music|work=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=October 28, 1997|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}} It was produced in collaboration with the group Mouse on Mars.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stereolab-mn0000026520/biography|title=Stereolab Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}} Dan the Automator remixed the title track.{{cite journal |last1=Aaron |first1=Charles |title=Home-Made Jams |journal=Spin |date=Dec 1997 |volume=13 |issue=9 |page=103}}
All four of its tracks were re-released on the Oscillons from the Anti-Sun compilation.
Critical reception
AllMusic wrote: "Digitally assembled from isolated studio elements, the aptly titled 'Miss Modular' is musique concrète pop, a bubbly yet plainly synthetic effort that walks the tightrope between art and artifice."
Track listing
- "Miss Modular" – 4:16
- "Allures" – 3:29
- "Off-On" – 5:26
- "Spinal Column" – 2:53
- Japan (EastWest Japan)
- "Miss Modular" – 4:16
- "Miss Modular (Automator Mix)" – 4:10
- "Refractions in the Plastic Pulse (Feebate Mix)" remixed by Autechre – 7:45
- "Contronatura (Prelude to the Autumn of a Faun Mix)" remixed by Kid Loco – 5:20
In the UK, the "Refractions in the Plastic Pulse" and "Contronatura" remixes were released as a limited edition 12" single.
References
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External links
- {{cite web | url=http://www.stereolab.co.uk/discography/?no=31 | publisher=Stereolab | work=Stereolab Official Site | title=miss modular | accessdate=2007-05-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080105091354/http://www.stereolab.co.uk/discography/?no=31 | archive-date=2008-01-05 | url-status=dead }}
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