Cybele's Reverie

Cybele's Reverie is an EP by English-French rock band Stereolab, released on 19 February 1996 by Duophonic Records. Its title track serves as the lead single from their fourth studio album Emperor Tomato Ketchup. The four-track EP is the only one by Stereolab on which none of the songs are in English: the title track, "Brigitte", and "Young Lungs" are in French, and "Les Yper-Yper Sound" is an instrumental.

The title track was voted number eleven on John Peel's Festive Fifty for 1996.

All four of its tracks were re-released on the Oscillons from the Anti-Sun compilation.

Composition
"Cybele's Reverie" itself is an early fade of the album version, and "Les Yper-Yper Sound" is a radically different arrangement of the album track "Les Yper-Sound". "Brigitte" pays tribute to Brigitte Fontaine, whom the band would later collaborate with on the single "Caliméro".

Track listing
All tracks by Tim Gane, Laetitia Sadier


 * 1) "Cybele's Reverie" – 2:56
 * 2) "Les Yper-Yper Sound" – 5:19
 * 3) "Brigitte" – 5:45
 * 4) "Young Lungs" – 6:36

Personnel

 * Mary Hansen – Vocals
 * Sally Herbert – Strings
 * Marcus Holdaway – Strings
 * John McEntire – Synthesizer, Maracas, Tambourine, Producer, Engineer, Vibraphone, Mixing, Electronic Devices
 * Sean O'Hagan – Organ, Piano (Electric), String Arrangements, Wurlitzer, Vox Organ
 * Stereolab – Producer, Mixing
 * Paul Tipler – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
 * Brad Wood – Saxophone