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1	Brakhage Bass [Acoustic] – Douglas McCombs	5:30
2	Miss Modular	4:28
3	The Flower Called Nowhere Piano – Xavier "Fischfinger" Fischer*	4:53
4	Diagonals	5:13
5	Prisoner Of Mars	4:03
6	Rainbo Conversation	4:45
7	Refractions In The Plastic Pulse Written-By [Part D] – Ramsay*	17:30
8	Parsec	5:34
9	Ticker-Tape Of The Unconscious	4:45
10	Contronatura	9:04

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
• Effects [Special Electronics, Insect Horns] – Jan St. Werner (tracks: 3, 5, 10)
• Electronics, Percussion [Electronic] – Andi Toma (tracks: 3, 5, 10)
• Engineer [Additional] – M. Stamm* (tracks: 3, 5, 10)
• Engineer [Electronics] – Jan St.Werner* (tracks: 3, 5, 10)
• 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)
• Strings – Maureen Loughnane, Poppy Branders, Rebecca McFaul, Shelley Weiss
• Synthesizer [Analogue], Electronics, Percussion, Vibraphone, Marimba – John McEntire (tracks: 1, 2, 4, 6 to 9)
• Written-By – Sadier*, Gane*

Notes

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 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.

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.

℗© 1997 Elektra Entertainment Group, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States excluding the United Kingdom.
Made in Germany by Warner Music Manufacturing Europe.

Incidental info:
Contains a booklet which folds out into a two sided six panel display (poster).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Printed): 0 7559-62065-2 5
• Barcode (Scanned): 075596206525
• Label Code: LC 0192
• Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
• Other (Distribution Code): EW 851
• Matrix / Runout: 0755962065-2 WMME 07/97
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L011
• Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 05A5
• Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 0539

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
AMCY-2358	Stereolab	Dots And Loops ‎(CD, Album)	EastWest Japan	AMCY-2358	Japan	1997
WPCR-75438	Stereolab	Dots And Loops ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Elektra	WPCR-75438	Japan	2008
D-UHF-CD17	Stereolab	Dots And Loops ‎(CD, Album, Promo, Car)	Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks	D-UHF-CD17	UK	1997
62065-2	Stereolab	Dots And Loops ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Elektra	62065-2	US	1997