Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Brakhage Acoustic Bass – Douglas McCombs	5:31
2	Miss Modular	4:29
3	The Flower Called Nowhere Piano – Xavier "Fischfinger" Fischer*	4:55
4	Diagonals	5:15
5	Prisoner Of Mars	4:03
6	Rainbo Conversation	4:46
7	Refractions In The Plastic Pulse	17:32
8	Parsec	5:34
9	Ticker-Tape Of The Unconscious	4:45
10	Contronatura	9:04
11	Off-On

Credits

• Arranged By [Brass] – Andy Robinson , Sean O'Hagan
• Arranged By [Strings] – Marcus Holdaway, Sean O'Hagan
• Brass – Dave Max Crawford, Jeb Bishop, Paul Mertens, Ross Reed
• Electronics [Special Electronics, Insect Horns] – Jan St. Werner (tracks: 3, 5, 10)
• Electronics, Percussion [Electronic] – Andi Toma (tracks: 3, 5, 10)
• Engineer [Additional] – Max Stamm (tracks: 3, 5, 10)
• Engineer [Electronics Engineered By] – Jan St. Werner (tracks: 3, 5, 10)
• Management [Meta-management] – Mr. Pike*
• Mastered By – Nick Webb
• Performer – Andrew Ramsay*, Laetitia Sadier, Mary Hansen, Morgane Lhote, Richard Harrison, Tim Gane
• Piano, Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Organ [Farfisa] – Sean O'Hagan (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
• Producer, Mixed By – Andi Toma (tracks: 3, 5, 10), John McEntire (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9), The Groop
• Recorded By – Andi Toma (tracks: 3, 5, 10), John McEntire (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
• Sleeve – House*
• Strings – Maureen Loughnane, Poppy Branders, Rebecca McFaul, Shelley Weiss
• Synthesizer [Analogue], Electronics [Other Electronic Devices], Percussion, Vibraphone, Marimba – John McEntire (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
• Written-By – Ramsay* (tracks: 9), Sadier*, Gane*

Notes

Track 11 is a bonus track for Japan.

Reissue in the Forever Young series.

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9 recorded at Idful Music Corp., Chicago, March 1997. Tracks 2, 6, 8, 9 & parts A & B of 7 mixed at Soma Recording Studio, Chicago, May 26th - June 4th 1997. Chicago tracks recorded directly onto hard disk.

Tracks 3, 5, 10 recorded at Academy of St. Martin in the Street, Düsseldorf, April 1997.

Mastered at Abbey Road Studios.
Sleeve @ Intro.

Instrumentation: Vocals, Farfisa organ, electric guitar, bass, analog synthesizers and other electronic devices (for sound generating and filtering), Fender Rhodes piano, drums, beatbox, percussion, piano, clavinet, nylon string acoustic guitar, electronic percussion.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4 943674 082704

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
D-UHF-CD17	Stereolab	Dots And Loops ‎(CD, Album)	Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks	D-UHF-CD17	UK	1997
DC-140	Stereolab	Dots And Loops ‎(LP, Whi + LP, Blu + Album)	Drag City	DC-140	US	1997
E2 62065	Stereolab	Dots And Loops ‎(CD, Album)	Elektra, Columbia House	E2 62065	Canada	1997
DC-140	Stereolab	Dots And Loops ‎(LP, Whi + LP, Blu + Album)	Drag City	DC-140	US	1997
PROPSTEREO, 7559-62065-2	Stereolab	Dots And Loops ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Elektra, Elektra	PROPSTEREO, 7559-62065-2	Germany	1997

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