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Sonic Youth
The SYR Series

Having completed construction on their Manhattan studios in 1996, Sonic Youth suddenly found themselves in a position to create unadulterated by the tyranny of time and space. As a result of their natural writing process, whereby collective improvisation congeals over time into song structures, they began to amass a small mountain of tape, most of it containing raw, wild, spontaneous music they reckoned wouldn't be "commercial" enough for Geffen to release.

Yet the material seemed just as essential and true to their mission, and showed an important side of the band and their process that was usually inacessible to their fans. So instead of a problem, SY saw an opportunity — they decided to release these secret sonic glimpses themselves. Sonic Youth Recordings was born.

SYR Online Catalog

Please visit the Sonic Youth Music Store at "Kung Fu" to purchase all Sonic Youth records, cds, etc.

SYR 6
SYR 6
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Psychic Hearts 2xLP
Psychic Hearts 2xLP
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Ciccone Youth LP
Ciccone Youth LP
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Sonic Youth 2xLp
Sonic Youth 2xLp
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Sonic Nurse
Sonic Nurse
After a solid twenty-three years of explosive creativity Sonic Youth throws down what may be their heaviest classic since their own genre-breaking Daydream Nation in 1988. goo06.
 
Murray Street
Murray Street
12 inch vinyl LP version of the new DGC album in a glorious full-color gatefold sleeve. Seven new sides of Lower Manhattan magick from the classic quartet plus Jim O'Rourke playing + engineering. syr006.
 
Kim Gordon/Ikue Mori/DJ Olive
Kim Gordon/Ikue Mori/DJ Olive
A full-length CD ($10) or double LP set ($14) in sublime green by Kim and drum machine shaman Ikue Mori plus turntable terror DJ Olive. syr005.
 
Goodbye 20th Century
Goodbye 20th Century
The band gets back to their roots in avant-garde classical music. 100+ minutes of Modern Compositions on Double LP or Double CD syr004.
 
Invito al Cielo
Invito al Cielo
The third SYR release documents Sonic Youth's first collaboration with Jim O'Rourke. This sharp Esparanto-addled edition contains 3 new songs, and 50+ minutes of music. syr003.
 
Slaapkamers met Slagroom
Slaapkamers met Slagroom
The second SYR release is longer than SYR1 and has a cobalt blue, Dutch language sleeve. 3 songs built around themes which would reappear on A Thousand Leaves. syr002.
 
Anagrama
Anagrama
The inaugural 12 inch EP/CD sports a red houndstooth French language theme on the sleeve and contains 4 instrumentals. syr001.
 
A Thousand Leaves
A Thousand Leaves
The double-vinyl version of their Geffen album. syr000.
 

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