Lost In Space: Laika: Amazon.ca: Music

Disc: 1
1. T. Street
2. Sugar Daddy
3. Breather
4. Coming Down Glass
5. If You Miss (Laika Virgin Mix)
6. Bedbugs
7. Go Fish
8. Uneasy
9. Shut Off/Curl Up
10. Lower Than Stars
Disc: 2
1. Beestinger (unreleased)
2. Prairie Dog (Maxwell House remix)
3. Looking for the Jackalope (Peel Session)
4. Badtimes (Peel Session)
5. Go Fish (Peel Session)
6. Red River (live Monza, Italy - Villa Reale)
7. German Shepherds (cover version)
8. Lie Low (b-side)
9. Lyin' Goat (b-side)
10. Marimba Song (Boo Boo's Gone Mambo) (b-side)
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Première rétrospective pour les Londoniens de Laïka dont le patronyme rend hommage au premier chien cosmonaute. Judicieusement intitulé Lost in Space, ce double CD résume en deux heures une décennie de féerie électronique (1993-2002) illuminée de space-pop psychédélique ou de prog-dance mélancolique. Une espèce de sensualité synthétique déborde des succès atypiques "Uneasy", "Breather" ou "Lower Than Stars" (titre préféré de Brian Eno), comme des raretés. Parmi quelques remixes et extraits live, un inédit "Beestinger" consacré aux aventures de Bill Clinton et Monika sur un air de Portishead ayant échangé Beth Gibbons contre Miss Kittin, et une reprise de Wire "German Shepherds" illustrent le manifeste futuriste de Laïka infiltré de samples technoïdes, de loops jazzy et de poésie beat. Composé de deux transfuges de Moonshake, la multi-instrumentiste Margaret Fiedler et le bassiste John Frenett, du producteur Guy Fixsen (ses états de service livrent My Bloody Valentine, Boo Radleys, Breeders ou Stereolab) et du batteur de God, Lou Ciccotelli, Laïka excelle dans des combinaisons instrumentales éthérées. En attendant la suite de leur troisième album intergalactique Good Looking Blue mis en orbite en 2000. --Sabrina Silamo

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Culled from their first three albums, this is a double CD collection of Laika favorites, Peel sessions, re-mixes, rarities, and a new unreleased track. 'That perfect point between melancholy and renewed optimism' - Time Out. 'Bewitching, confounding, and very often unique' -NME. Too Pure. 2003.

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5.0 out of 5 stars electronic pop bliss, Mar 16 2003

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This review is from: Lost In Space (Audio CD)

In a perfect world, Laika would be the most popular band in the world. Would you expect anything less from a genius like Guy Fixsen? For those of you who haven't heard this band- they have a very exotic sound. Vocalist Margaret Fiedler's velvety almost spoken word-like voice is the perfect compliment to Fixsen's rhythmic exotic syncopations. These songs would work great as instrumentals for the most part, but Fiedler takes them to another level not only vocally, but with her clever and unique lyrics. Laika have currently released 3 studio records all of which are superb. This record is a nice addition because the remixes of familiar songs don't sound so familiar after all and there are some unreleased tracks. For all their knob twiddling and programming expertise, Laika is definitely a band of superior musicians as well as -witnessed by their live performance. What else can I say - Laika are truly a band to be treasured.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great introduction to some brilliantly original electronica, Sep 14 2005

By GraceNoteX - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Lost In Space (Audio CD)

Laika is a unique blend of ambient, electronica, and trip hop. "Tasteful restraint" sums up their approach to the genre. Guy Fixsen's choice of sonic elements and his arrangements make these tracks more timeless than most of their trip hop contemporaries. Portisheads' "Dummy" is still a work of genius, but many of its production elements already make the CD sound sadly dated. Laika's songs don't share that problem.

The underlying tracks are a mix of synth based soundscapes, atmospheric samples, live instrumentation, ambient percussion and border-line d-n-b drums (Laika crossed that border on the more recent "Wherever I Am I Am What Is Missing").

Margaret Fiedler's vocals float like a wistful mist over the top of these tracks one moment and cut through them with a gentle urgency the next. Her voice has just that right mix of female-chill-out smoothness and original personality to work within this context. Purely ambient music is intended to create atmosphere, allowing the listener give the music itself as much or as little attention as they choose. Most vocal music makes poor ambient, since vocals and the narrative nature of lyrics tend to demand attention. But even Laika's lyrics have an ambient quality. The listener can tune them out altogether and let the vocal be just another element in the soundscape, or focus on them at any point be rewarded with intriguing, poignant images that add to the atmosphere.

The melodies are sparse. Laika approaches vocals as an equal partner in the total piece. Rather than instruments and arrangement merely framing and supporting the melody, they share equal responsibility for the listening experience, and the sparseness of the melodies maintains balance.

Disc 1 hardly sounds like a compilation. Even though the tracks were recorded over a nine year period, the CD is as coherent as the best concept album. Hard to believe some of these tracks are more than 10 years old. It's best to think of disc 2 as a bonus CD, as it is a little more uneven from track to track. But as a bonus CD, it is quite a plus to the package.

A nice listening experience that can fit quite a range of moods.

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5.0 out of 5 stars electronic pop bliss, Mar 15 2003

By J. Persh - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Lost In Space (Audio CD)

In a perfect world, Laika would be the most popular band in the world. Would you expect anything less from a genius like Guy Fixsen? For those of you who haven't heard this band- they have a very exotic sound. Vocalist Margaret Fiedler's velvety almost spoken word-like voice is the perfect compliment to Fixsen's rhythmic exotic syncopations. These songs would work great as instrumentals for the most part, but Fiedler takes them to another level not only vocally, but with her clever and unique lyrics. Laika have currently released 3 studio records all of which are superb. This record is a nice addition because the remixes of familiar songs don't sound so familiar after all and there are some unreleased tracks. For all their knob twiddling and programming expertise, Laika is definitely a band of superior musicians as well as -witnessed by their live performance. What else can I say - Laika are truly a band to be treasured.

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