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{{Short description|French-German music duo}}
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{{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name                = Stereo Total
| image               = Stereo total 3.jpg
| caption             = Stereo Total, 2005
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| background          = group_or_band
| alias               = 
| origin              = Berlin, Germany
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| genre               = {{hlist|[[Synthpop|Electropop]]|[[New wave music|new wave]]|[[synthpop]]|[[garage rock]]|[[Independent music|indie]]|[[lo-fi (music)|lo-fi]]|[[electroclash]]|[[punk rock]]|[[indie pop]]|[[post-punk revival]]}}
| occupation        = 
| years_active        = 1993–2021
| label               = {{hlist|Disko B|Peace 95|[[Little Teddy Recordings|Little Teddy]]|Desert|Bungalow|L'Appareil Photo|Bobsled|[[Blow Up Records|Blow Up]]}}
| associated_acts     = Les Lolitas<br/>Palestina<br/>Echokrank
| website             = {{URL|stereototal.de}}
| current_members     = 
| past_members        = [[Françoise Cactus]]<br/>Brezel Göring<br/>Angie Reed<br/>San Reimo<br/>Iznogood<br/>Lesley Campbell
}}
'''Stereo Total''' was a Berlin-based multilingual, French-German<ref>{{cite web|last=Fortier |first=Lindsey |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/1069252/stereo-total-baby-ouh |title=Stereo Total, "Baby Ouh!" |publisher=Billboard.com |date=1 June 2010 |access-date=27 June 2012}}</ref> [[musical ensemble|duo]] which comprised [[Françoise Cactus]] (born Françoise van Hove and formerly co-leader of the West Berlin band Les Lolitas) and Brezel ('[[pretzel]]') Göring (a.k.a. Friedrich von Finsterwalde, born Friedrich Ziegler, ex-Haunted Henschel, Sigmund Freud Experience). 

Stereo Total's social media accounts reported that Françoise Cactus died from breast cancer on 17 February 2021, aged 57.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thiessen|first=Brock|date=17 February 2021|title=Stereo Total's Françoise Cactus Dead at 57|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/stereo_totals_fran_oise_cactus_dead_at_57|access-date=17 February 2021|website=Exclaim!}}</ref>

Both Cactus and Göring sung and played multiple instruments. When they appeared on stage as a duo, Cactus frequently played drums while Göring played guitar and synth; at other times the touring band has included additional musicians such as bassist and vocalist Angie Reed.

Their early career was nurtured within Berlin's easy listening scene, and they frequently supported the DJ team Le Hammond Inferno, who went on to form Bungalow Records and sign Stereo Total to their label. Stereo Total became the most successful act on Bungalow, finding an audience not just beyond Berlin but also across Europe and eventually in Japan, Brazil and the US.