Stereolab Electrically Possessed (Switched On Volume 4) 3LP (Vinyl)

The fourth in the Switched On series that compiles non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the group. Following on from the first volume released in 1992, 1995's Refried Ectoplasm, and 1998's Aluminum Tunes, the long-awaited fourth installment spans 1999 - 2008 in the Stereolab story and collates 3 LPs worth of material, all remastered from the original tapes and overseen by the band.

It features all the tracks from out-of-print and sought after mini-album The First Of The Microbe Hunters, one-off and impossible-to-find tour 7"s, compilation tracks, art installation work and a couple of unreleased outtakes from the Mars Audiac Quintet and Dots and Loops recording sessions.

Their music is hypnotic, inventive, electronic, organic and on the cutting edge. Simply put, they are breathtakingly original. Electrically Possessed is a must-have on vinyl.

The highlight of this compilation is the band's 2000 EP The First of the Microbe Hunters. Recording during a particularly fruitful creative stretch that yielded two brilliant full-lengths (1999's Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night and 2001's Sound-Dust), it's a bubbly, groove-heavy rush.