Editing Stereolab (section)

===Influences===

Their records have been heavily influenced by the "[[motorik]]" technique of [[1970s in music|1970s]] [[krautrock]] groups such as [[Neu!]] and [[Faust (band)|Faust]].<ref name="Shapiro (1996)"/><ref name="Klein (2001)"/> Tim Gane has supported the comparison: "Neu! did [[Minimal music|minimalism]] and [[Drone (sound)|drones]], but in a very pop way."<ref name="Reynolds (1996)">{{cite magazine | last=Reynolds, Simon | url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-16967983 | magazine=Rolling Stone | title=Stereolab: Simple Minds | date=4 April 1996 | access-date=7 January 2019 | archive-date=12 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112114214/https://www.gale.com/databases/questia | url-status=live }}</ref> Dave Heaton of ''[[PopMatters]]'' said that their music also had "echoes of [[Bubblegum music|bubblegum]], of [[exotica]], of [[Beach Boys]] and [[bossa nova]]", with their earlier work "bearing strong [[Velvet Underground]] overtones".<ref name="Dave Heaton 2006">{{cite web |last=Heaton |first=Dave |title=Stereolab: Serene Velocity: A Stereolab Anthology |url=https://www.popmatters.com/stereolab-serene-velocity-a-stereolab-anthology-2495702336.html |website=[[PopMatters]] |access-date=13 February 2019 |language=en |date=20 September 2006 |archive-date=12 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112114210/https://www.popmatters.com/stereolab-serene-velocity-a-stereolab-anthology-2495702336.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Funk]], [[jazz]], and [[Brazilian music]] were additional inspirations for the band.<ref name="Jenkins (5 November 1999)"/><ref name="McNair (2004)"/> Stephan Davet of French newspaper ''[[Le Monde]]'' said that ''[[Emperor Tomato Ketchup (album)|Emperor Tomato Ketchup]]'' (1996) had musical influences such as [[Burt Bacharach]], and [[Françoise Hardy]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Davet, Stephane | url=http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_breve/1,13-0,37-206716,0.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130107133307/http://www.lemonde.fr/web/recherche_breve/1,13-0,37-206716,0.html | archive-date=7 January 2013 |work=Le Monde  | title=Stereolab—Emperor Tomato Ketchup | date=6 April 1996 }}</ref> The sounds influenced by minimalist composers [[Philip Glass]] and Steve Reich can be found on the 1999 album ''[[Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage in the Milky Night|Cobra and Phases Group&nbsp;Play Voltage in the Milky Night]].''<ref name="Klein (2001)" /><ref>{{cite news | last=Hodgkinson, Will | url=https://www.theguardian.com/Archive/Article/0,4273,4228473,00.html | work=[[The Guardian]] | title=Home entertainment—Stereolab | date=21 July 2001 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-date=12 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112114209/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/jul/27/artsfeatures4 | url-status=live }}</ref> Stereolab's style also incorporates [[Easy listening|easy-listening]] music of the [[1950s in music|1950s]] and [[1960s in music|'60s]]. Joshua Klein in ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]'' said that, "Years before everyone else caught on, Stereolab [were] referencing the 1970s German bands [[Can (band)|Can]] and Neu!, the Mexican lounge music master [[Juan García Esquivel|Esquivel]] and the decidedly unhip Burt Bacharach."<ref name="Klein (2001)" /> Regarding their later work such as ''[[Instant 0 in the Universe]]'' (2003) and ''[[Margerine Eclipse]]'' (2004), critics have compared the releases to the band's earlier guitar-driven style.<ref name="DeRogatis (2003)"/><ref name="Wagner (2004)"/>