SYR5

2000 studio album by Kim Gordon, DJ Olive and Ikue Mori

ミュージカルパ一スペクティブ

The Japanese katakana on the CD face is a phonetic translation of the words "Musical Perspective"

Studio album by

Kim Gordon, DJ Olive and Ikue Mori

Released

August 29, 2000

Recorded

2000 at Tribeca Recording Center

Genre

Free improvisation, experimental, noise rock

Length

48:44

Label

SYR

Producer

Jim O'Rourke

Kim Gordon, DJ Olive and Ikue Mori chronology

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(2000)

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(2000)

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(2001)

ミュージカルパ一スペクティブ (Myūjikaru pāsupekutibu), (Musical Perspectives) (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.

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."^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Olive's Horn"	4:22
2.	"International Spy"	2:41
3.	"Neu Adult"	2:35
4.	"Paperbag / Orange Laptop"	6:18
5.	"Stuck on Gum"	4:05
6.	"Fried Mushroom"	8:25
7.	"What Do You Want? (Kim)"	3:55
8.	"Lemonade"	6:38
9.	"We Are the Princesses"	3:36
10.	"Take Me Back"	4:25
11.	"Take It to the Hit"	7:32

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork	3.2/10^[2]

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."^[1] Pitchfork panned the album, giving it a grade of 3.2/10 and commenting, "This record leaves me sad and blank."^[2]

Personnel

Technical

Jim O'Rourke – mixing
Wharton Tiers – recording
Steve Fallone – mastering
Chris Habib – sleeve graphics

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Jarnow, Jesse. "SYR5 – Sonic Youth : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". AllMusic. AllRovi. Retrieved April 21, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Rockermann, Kristin Sage. "Kim Gordon/Ikue Mori/DJ Olive: SYR5: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on October 25, 2000. Retrieved April 21, 2013.