Released August 29, 2000 Release date 29 August 2000 | Length 48:44 | |
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Recorded 2000 at Tribeca Recording Center Similar Kim Gordon albums, Noise rock albums | ||
ミュージカル パ一スペクティブ (Myūjikaru pāsupekutibu) (known as SYR5) is a studio album by Kim Gordon, DJ Olive 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 as a whole.
Contents
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."
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." Pitchfork panned the album, giving it a grade of 3.2/10 and commenting, "This record leaves me sad and blank."
Personnel
Songs
1Olive's Horn4:27
2International Spy2:43
3Neu Adult2:38