Adventures in Stereo

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Name = Adventures in Stereo


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Origin = Glasgow, Scotland
Genre = Indie pop, lo-fi, electronica
Years_active = 1994-2000
Label = Creeping Bent, Marina, Bobsled
Associated_acts = Primal Scream, Spirea X, Noonday Underground
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Past_members = Jim Beattie
Judith Boyle
Simon Dine
Gayle Harrison
Brian Doherty
David Mccluskey

Adventures in Stereo were a band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed by Primal Scream founding member Jim Beattie in 1994, after his previous band, Spirea X split up.

History

After Spirea X split up in 1993, former members Jim Beattie and Judith Boyle resurfaced in 1994 with Adventures in Stereo, along with Simon Dine, who had been Spirea X's manager and co-producer.cite web |url=http://insessiontonight.com/?p=26 |title=Adventures in Stereo |accessdaymonth=05 January |accessyear=2008 |publisher=insessiontonight.com ] The band initially used music based on sampled loops created by Dine, but later moved to a lo-fi sound more akin to early Primal Scream than their previous band,cite web |url=http://jockrock.org/bands/ais.html |title=Adventures in Stereo |accessdaymonth=05 January |accessyear=2008 |publisher=jockrock.org ] with a Beach Boys influence,cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/music/concerts/a/adventures-in-stereo.shtml |title=Adventures in Stereo/Waxwings/Chamber Strings: 19 September 2000, Graceland - Seattle, Washington |accessdaymonth=05 January |accessyear=2008 |author=Ben Varkentine |publisher=popmatters.com ] and have been compared to Stereolab and Broadcast.cite web |url=http://wc07.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=ADVENTURES|IN|STEREO&sql=11:0ifrxqwhldse~T1 |title=Adventures in Stereo Biography |accessdaymonth=05 January |accessyear=2008 |author=Jason Ankeny |publisher=allmusic.com ] Beattie and Boyle split with Dine after the first few releases, initially with Dine also continuing with the Adventures in Stereo name for his own work, including the "Yellow Album", released the same year as Beattie and Boyle's self-titled album, recorded with new collaborators. Beattie and Boyle continued with the name until 2000, with 2 further albums and a few singles. Dine, meanwhile, formed Noonday Underground.

The band recorded a 1997 session for John Peel's radio show.

Discography

ingles/EPs

*"Airline" (1996) Creeping Bent
*"A Brand New Day" (1997) Creeping Bent
*"Down in the Traffic" (1998) Creeping Bent
*"International" (2000) Bobsled

Albums

*"Adventures in Stereo" (1997) Marina
*"Yellow Album" (1997) Underground Sounds
*"Alternative Stereo Sounds" (1998) Marina
*"Monomania" (2000) Bobsled

References

External links

* [http://www.scaruffi.com/vol6/spireax.html Spirea X at "The History of Rock Music"]
* [http://www.twee.net/Bands/a/adventuresin.html Adventures in Stereo at TweeNet]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/artists/a/adventuresinster/ Adventures in Stereo at the BBC's Keeping it Peel site]