Gane and Sadier, along with future band manager Martin Pike, set up a record label called Duophonic Super 45s which, along with later offshoot Duophonic Ultra High Frequency Disks, would become commonly known as ” Duophonic Records “. Gane said that their “original plan” was to distribute multiple 7 and 10-inch records “–to just do one a month and keep doing them in small editions”. The 10-inch vinyl EP Super 45 , released in May 1991, was the first release for both Stereolab and the label, and was sold through mail order and Rough Trade in London. Super 45 ‘s band-designed album art and packaging was the first of many customised and limited-edition Duophonic records. In a 1996 interview in The Wire , Gane calls the “do-it-yourself” aesthetic behind Duophonic “empowering”, and said that by releasing one’s own music “you learn; it creates more music, more ideas”.
Released Super 45
Written by
in