[Series] of (mostly) [instrumental] [compositions] by [Sonic Youth], recorded at their [own] [studio] and [diffuse]d by [Steve Shelley]'s [label] [Smells Like Records] (btw, i [order]ed from them -- they [ship fast], they're [cheap] - in a good sense, and they're [reliable] and generally [cooool] all the way).

The title of all records is "[Musical Perspectives]" in different [languages]:

[SYR1] - [French]: Perspectives Musicales
[SYR2] - [Dutch]: Muzikale Vergezichten
[SYR3] - [Esperanto]: Muzikaj Perspektivoj
[SYR4] - [English]
[SUR5] - [Japanese]: Miniidukaru Keesubewateipu ([pardon] my Japanese, please - i accept [corrections])

There are [rumours] about [Korean], [Armenian], [Irish], [Arabic] and [Russian] in the making.

The first three are original Sonic Youth [compositions]. The fourth was released at the end of 1999 and subtitled "Goodbye [20th Century]" -- it consisted of the band's renditions of 20th century's [avantgarde] composers. The fifth was written and recorded not by Sonic Youth proper but by [Kim Gordon], [Ikue Mori] and [DJ Olive].

All these are highly recommended to lovers of [adventurous], [experimental], [futuristic] [avantgarde] [rock-and-roll]. If those are indeed the Musical Perspectives for the [twenty-first century], then the [modern art] is heading in a good [direction].

SYR (thing)