STEREOLAB - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (2025 Reissue) boxset Alan Sparhawk has always been

Alan Sparhawk has always been a prolific

On their third album Fifth Dimension from 1966 they started showing a more LSD-tinged side of themselves with the psychedelic rock of songs such as "Eight Miles High" and "I See You" and a preference for the Indian raga

They had each been toiling in the American underground experimental music scene since the turn of the millennium

When Uppers arrived in the height of a global pandemic

a long time collaborator and partner in the Tycho project

STEREOLAB - Emperor Tomato Ketchup (2025 Reissue) boxset Alan Sparhawk has always beenOn February 28, 2025, Stereolab are making seven of their studio albums available again as 2LP editions. These utilise the same remasters as the 2019 expanded album editions, cut from the original 1 2" tapes by Bo Kondren at Calyx Mastering and overseen by Tim Gane, but without any of the bonus material from the 3LP versions (which have now been discontinued), the idea being to make more cost effective versions of these sought after titles available