Since their first release in 1995 Stereo Total have spoiled us with their entertaining over-the- top-songs, always way beyond mass taste. The anti-diva Françoise Cactus and the multi-non- instrumentalist Brezel Göring have released a total of 16 albums - including soundtracks and theatre works. The box set "Chanson Hystérique" presents the first ten years of the bands history and, due to the death of Françoise Cactus on 17th February 2021, also unfortunately represents the last Stereo Total release in which this extraordinary artist participated. „Instead of buying a record, we just made one of our own ... This box set contains the recordings from the first ten years of Stereo Total – the original albums, with original covers!,as well as various rarities. There’s also a book, though not about Stereo Total. Instead it is a catalogue of Françoise Cactus’s art work. These sketches and paintings embody the very latest trends in art, sex, and psychological disorders – borderline kitsch at its best! Françoise wasn’t actually seeking a career as a painter with these works - she just wanted to decorate the empty walls of our apartment. We had a similar impulse with our music. With Stereo Total we recorded the music we wanted to hear; fun, with no regard for mainstream taste, naïve, perverse, and always a bit off-kilter. Before concerts Françoise often warned me not to play too precisely otherwise people might think we were just playing a recording. This was not difficult for me, as I can make an expensive instrument sound like a 50 euro piece of junk, and nearly everything we play relies on screw-ups. The box set was the final project Françoise worked on. Because of her tragic death, this release now represents the end of Stereo Total and a farewell to the amazing and unique Françoise Cactus: she is difficult to describe and absolutely impossible to explain. But listen for yourself ...“