Monade is a Bordeaux, France-based band which was initially a side project of Lætitia Sadier, one half of Stereolab, one of the first bands to be labeled "post rock" and incidentally influential to early Britpop. In the late 1990s, the All-City imprint released a 7" split of Monade's "Ode to a Keyring"/"Witch Hazel" [LINK: the] b-side of the split featured materials by post-rock group, M, featuring David Pajo of Slint. These songs were recorded by Sadier with Rosie Cuckston of the band Pram. The two songs featured on Monade's initial 45 were re-recorded for the group's first full-length record, "Socialisme Ou Barbarie" [LINK: Drag] City. They have released two albums to date on the Duophonic label which is partially owned by Sadier herself. The first album, Socialisme Ou Barbarie was released in 2003 after being produced part-time over a period of six years. Their second album, A Few Steps More

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