Acts of rebellious solidarity can bring sense in this world

Thursday music corner: Anglo-French experimental pop group Stereolab were formed in 1990 around the songwriting duo Tim Gane and Lætitia Sadier. The band's original incarnation lasted until 2009 and produced all the band's ten studio albums. Since the band reformed in 2019 for live performances they have released two further instalments of their Switched On compilation album series: Electrically Possessed (Vol. 4) in 2021 and Pulse of the Early Brain (Vol. 5) in 2022. Stereolab's highest-charting UK single was Ping Pong in 1994, which reached number 45.

French Disko originally appeared in 1993 on the Jenny Ondioline EP (as "French Disco"). It was re-recorded the following year, and retitled French Disko. It was voted number five in the John Peel Festival 50 for 1993. The song also gained further attention from Stereolab aficionados after its inclusion on the 1995 rarities compilation Refried Ectoplasm (Switched On Vol. 2). 

Stereolab - French Disko (1994)

See also:

Music: Stereolab - Miss Modular (1997)

Music: Air w/ Beth Hirsch - All I Need (1998) 

Music: Nouvelle Vague - This Is Not A Love Song (2004)