, (Musical Perspectives) (known as ''SYR5'') is a studio album by
Kim Gordon,
DJ Olive
DJ Olive (also known as The Audio Janitor; born Gregor Asch) is an American disc jockey and turntablist. He is known for producing music generally in the electronic genre, with strong influences of dub, and free improvisation styles. He is wide ...
and
Ikue Mori. It was released on August 29, 2000, by record label
SYR, and was the fifth entry in the SYR series, despite not featuring
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the b ...
as a whole.
Background
Following the tradition of having the liner notes of SYR releases written in foreign languages, the notes for ''SYR5'' were written in
Japanese. The Japanese title means "Musical Perspectives", a name that also appears in different languages on other SYR releases.
It was recorded at Tribeca Recording Center, which is Gordon's preferred name for Sonic Youth's Echo Canyon studios.
AllMusic described the music as "ultra-abstract and mood-driven, filling the listening space with a dark ambience constructed by Olive's incredibly resonant choice of samples and Mori's carefully tweaked bleeps."
Track listing
Critical reception
AllMusic noted that while the lyrics "dance the line between abstract poetry and frustrating downtown pretentiousness", this is made up for by "the utterly weird and compelling soundscapes the group creates – a true headphone head trip."
panned the album, giving it a grade of 3.2/10 and commenting, "This record leaves me sad and blank."
Personnel
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Kim Gordon
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DJ Olive
DJ Olive (also known as The Audio Janitor; born Gregor Asch) is an American disc jockey and turntablist. He is known for producing music generally in the electronic genre, with strong influences of dub, and free improvisation styles. He is wide ...
*
Ikue Mori
; Technical
*
Jim O'Rourke –
mixing
*
Wharton Tiers
Wharton Tiers (born 1953, in Philadelphia) is an American audio engineer, record producer, drummer and percussionist.
Biography
After receiving a diploma from Villanova University (Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania), he moved to ...
– recording
* Steve Fallone –
mastering
* Chris Habib – sleeve graphics
References
External links
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2000 albums
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth Recordings albums