Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night

Pop · 1999 · 19 tracks

Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night

A maximalist sprawl of vintage synthesizers, jazz-inflected brass, and motorik rhythms. Dense, intellectual, and relentlessly playful retro-futurism.

September 15, 1999 · Elektra

A restless and intellectually curious exploration of sound that balances cold precision with warm analog textures.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks

01

Fuses

3:41

02

People Do It All the Time

3:42

03

The Free Design

3:48

04

Blips Drips and Strips

4:29

05

Italian Shoes Continuum

4:36

06

Infinity Girl

3:56

07

The Spiracles

3:41

08

Op Hop Detonation

3:33

09

Puncture in the Radax Permutation

5:49

10

Velvet Water

4:25

11

Blue Milk

11:30

12

Caleidoscopic Gaze

8:09

13

Strobo Acceleration

3:56

14

The Emergency Kisses

5:54

15

Come and Play in the Milky Night

4:42

16

Galaxidion

3:15

17

Escape Pod (From the World of Medical Observations)

3:58

18

With Friends Like These

5:50

19

Les Aimies des memes

3:54

Moments Worth Listening For

The sudden shift into a brass-led jazz breakdown halfway through The Free Design

The hypnotic, eleven-minute rhythmic lock-in of Blue Milk that feels like a slow-motion train ride

The way the vocals interlock in complex counterpoint during the climax of Fuses

Reviews

AllMusic

Where This Album Departs

How does Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night sound next to the rest of Stereolab's catalogue?

Late Night+1.1σ

Late Night saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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