Sonic Youth Recordings (sometimes referred to as SYR) is a

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established by American alternative rock band

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 ...

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. SYR was set up to allow the band to release records by themselves and their friends without the commercial pressures of a major label. As a result, the work on this label tends towards free improvisation and

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. The records that Sonic Youth themselves released on this label follow a tradition where each album is released in a different language. '' SYR1'' has song titles and album sleeve artwork in French; '' SYR2'' is in

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, '' SYR3'' is in

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, '' SYR4'' is in

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, '' SYR5'' is in

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, '' SYR6'' is in Lithuanian, '' SYR7'' is in Arpitan, '' SYR8'' is in

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, ''SYR9'' is in French, and ''AUG5'' is in English.

Discography

* Sonic Youth - '' SYR1: Anagrama'' (1997) * Sonic Youth - '' SYR2: Slaapkamers Met Slagroom'' (1997) * Sonic Youth/ Jim O'Rourke - '' SYR3: Invito Al Ĉielo'' (1998) * Sonic Youth and others - '' SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century'' (1999) *

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- '' SYR5: ミュージカルパ一スペクティブ'' (2000) * Sonic Youth/ Tim Barnes - '' SYR6: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui'' (2005) * Sonic Youth - '' SYR7: J'Accuse Ted Hughes'' (2008) * Sonic Youth with Mats Gustafsson and

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- '' SYR8: Andre Sider Af Sonic Youth'' (2008) * Sonic Youth - '' SYR9: Simon Werner a Disparu'' (2011) * Sonic Youth - ''AUG5'': Perspectives Musicales (2020)

Discography

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