Hologram Teen
Day-glo Chaos
Morgane was the keyboard player in Stereolab between 1995 and 2001 during which time they released Emperor Tomato Ketchup (her favourite) and Dots And Loops. As a teenager though she first played the drums, then guitar and bass. She only learnt the keyboards one month before joining the group. "They gave me 40 songs to learn, it was a baptism of fire". After leaving Stereolab, Morgane first moved to New York for nine years; shed always planned to move to America having spent a lot of time there with her parents and of course those space-pop pioneers. The warmer weather of LA enticed her though and you can hear its pulse in Day-Glo Chaos. The albums thumping heart is pumped by the citys night sky and when asked she cites three particular albums as her favourites: the oddball analogue electro of Jacnos 1979 debut; John Carpenters Escape From New York and The B-52s Cosmic Thing. Theres also a strong nod to the playful computerised harmonies of Yellow Magic Orchestra whilst shes somewhat partial to the synth prog of Yes and Soft Machine. "I actually created a synth on Ableton Live named after Rick Wakeman. I should create one after Mike Ratledge next!" Throughout her work (but especially on this record) you can hear the influence of computer games. "Im an avid gamer and have been one since I was a teenager and fell in love with my Commodore 64". Though not a fan of Hotline Miami or the GTA series ("too violent") she liked Hang On and loved Outrun which she used to play a lot on her Sega Master System. "I just got the soundtrack reissue from Data Disc and it is beautiful" she enthuses.