SYR5
Encyclopedia
SYR5 is a 2000 album by Sonic Youth
member Kim Gordon
, Ikue Mori
and DJ Olive
. It is the fifth album of "SYR" album series and the first that didn't feature Sonic Youth specifically.
Following the tradition of having the liner notes of SYR releases written in foreign languages, SYR5 has them in Japanese
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Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth is an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1981. The current lineup consists of Thurston Moore , Kim Gordon , Lee Ranaldo , Steve Shelley , and Mark Ibold .In their early career, Sonic Youth was associated with the No Wave art and music scene in New York City...
member Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon
Kim Althea Gordon is an American musician, vocalist, artist, record producer, video director and actress. She has sung and played bass and guitar in the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and in Free Kitten with Julia Cafritz...
, Ikue Mori
Ikue Mori
, also known as Ikue Ile, is a drummer, composer, and graphic designer.-Biography:Ikue Mori was born and raised in Japan. She says she had little interest in music before hearing punk rock...
and DJ Olive
DJ Olive
DJ Olive is an American disc jockey and turntablist active in free improvisation, jazz and illbient music. He is often credited with coining the latter term....
. It is the fifth album of "SYR" album series and the first that didn't feature Sonic Youth specifically.
Following the tradition of having the liner notes of SYR releases written in foreign languages, SYR5 has them in Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
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Track listing
- "Olive's Horn" – 4:22
- "International Spy" – 2:41
- "Neu Adult" – 2:35
- "Paperbag / Orange Laptop" – 6:18
- "Stuck on Gum" – 4:05
- "Fried Mushroom" – 8:25
- "What Do You Want? (Kim)" – 3:55
- "Lemonade" – 6:38
- "We Are the Princesses" – 3:36
- "Take Me Back" – 4:25
- "Take It to the Hit" – 7:32