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Bordeaux, France

Monade is a Bordeaux, France-based post-rock band which was initially a side project of Lætitia Sadier, one half of Stereolab. In the late 1990s, the All-City imprint released a 7” split of Monade’s “Ode to a Keyring”/”Witch Hazel” M, featuring David Pajo of Slint]. These songs were recorded by Sadier with Rosie Cuckston of the band Pram. The two songs featured on Monade’s initial 45 were re-recorded for the group’s first full-length record, “Socialisme Ou Barbarie” . They have released two albums to date on the Duophonic label which is partially owned by Sadier herself. The first album, Socialisme Ou Barbarie was released in 2003 after being produced part-time over a period of six years.

Their second album, A Few Steps More (2005), marks a more cohesive stage in the band’s development. There is now a regular lineup, and it was recorded using studio equipment. The album has been roundly praised and criticised for its superficial resemblance to the sound of Stereolab, but several reviews have commented more on the harmonic structure of the album, which almost seems to blend symphonically at times. Even the instrumentals and vocals blend at points. Asked about on the album’s themes in an interview for Eye Weekly, Sadier commented: “I was trying to write to the individual and the capacity to listen to one’s desires. Also, I tackled the idea of becoming. I think that’s quite an important notion: that things should be allowed to become. I became a singer and it took me years and I want Monade to have a chance to become a band.”

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1		Enfin Seule			17
2		Das Kind			15
3		Noir-Noir			14
3		Lost Language			14
3		Cache Cache			14
6		La Salles Des Pas Perdus			13
7		Wash and Dance			12
7		Un Express			12
7		Regarde			12
10		Sensible et Extensible			11
10		Pas Toujours, Encore			11
12		Paradoxale			10
12		Vent du Sud			10
12		Invitation			10
12		Witch Hazel			10

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