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Slaapkammers Mit Slagraam [EP, Import]

Sonic Youth Audio CD
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Alors que certains épiloguent sur l'éventuel retour de la structure couplet-pont-refrain, jusque chez les gros bonnets de la techno, Sonic Youth ne choisit toujours pas entre instrumental débridé et format pop. C'est un fait de notoriété publique : le cul entre deux chaises, chacun des membres du groupe, outre un amour pour la chose rock'n'rollienne, nourrit également une passion pour l'avant-garde. Ainsi Kim Gordon hurle façon Yamatsuka Eye chez Free Kitten, Steve Shelley produit d'obscurs combos lo-fi et Lee Ranaldo enregistre avec le batteur de free jazz William Hooker, et participe à la reconnaissance des spoken words de Jack Kerouac et William Burroughs. Quant à Thurston Moore, La Monte Young et Sun Ra n'ont plus beaucoup de secrets pour lui, à croire qu'il n'ignore rien de ce qui se trame sur la planète en matière de délires libertaires : pour preuve, ses prestations avec Borbetomagus, Peter Brötzmann, Evan Parker ou Cecil Taylor ! Nul ne sait ce dont le groupe est capable, et chaque enregistrement est souvent plus surprenant que le précédent, comme ce second volume SYR 2 de la série "Perspectives musicales", inspirée par celle initiée par Philips dans les années 60 et consacrée à l'électroacoustique. Là, entre Xenakis et Glenn Branca, Sonic Youth s'installe comme un groupe définitivement novateur, poussant encore plus avant la démarche du Velvet Underground. --Philippe Robert

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The second in a set of self-released instrumental EPs, SYR 2 follows through on the promise of SYR 1 while exploring new territory. A noisier record than its predecessor, SYR 2 nevertheless shares the same modus operandi -- namely, it's purely improvised music that gleefully wanders into uncharted territory. Even at its noisiest, the EP reveals that Sonic Youth has remarkable interplay. Each member can sense where the other will go, and that's what's so fascinating about the EPs -- there are no clear-cut themes, structures, or leaders, it's simply Sonic Youth without a harness. Toward the end of the record, the band ventures into quieter territory, immediately making clear their influence on such post-rock bands as Tortoise. Although SYR 2 is slightly less rewarding than SYR 1, its unpredictable, continually shifting sonics make for an endlessly intriguing listen. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite of the SYR releases July 25 2003
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Of all of the SYR releases, this one is my favorite.
the first two tracks are pure instrumental bliss, with plenty of feedback to keep everyone happy.
and on the last track when Kim Gordon starts singing....i can't put it into words, but her singing isn't like other songs, it's more of a jumble of words and whatnot WOAH!
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1.0 out of 5 stars works putting me to sleep Mar 10 2003
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being such a huge fan of sy, i was intrigued by the first dics of this series and was happy to see a second. too bad it did not last. i am not sure what this is. it is noisy but in a sleepy way. it is sy style rock meets orchestra stle format but i find it non-directional, senseless and quite boring. there are no lyrics and the music does NOT stand on its own enough to keep you interested. this album is a mess of all over the place music and horrible uselessness. and sy used to be so good.
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The second installment in the lovely (and lately dormant it seems) SYR studio series. This one's a bit longer than the first, but still under 30 minutes long. Here we have a pretty nice warm-up for "A Thousand Leaves," kind of a work-in-progress mostly-instrumental jam session which includes a great deal of "raw-form" material that would later find its way onto the aforementioned DGC masterwork. (There is also, interestingly, a passage toward the end that sounds not entirely unlike "Disconnection Notice," from the new "Murray St." album.) But this recording is far cooler than mere archival demos, succeeding as an album all by its lonesome, albeit a loose one. The music really presents itself well in this format, and in many cases the songs take on a form quite separate from their correlating versions on "A Thousand Leaves." Its really very nice to have this audio snapshot of the Sonic Youth musical production process.

This is a bit less melodic than the first SYR release (there aren't any "pretty songs" here), but there is a little more of a sense of song structure here than on the third one (which, by the way, is my personal favorite in the series). This isn't the place I'd recommend a new listener start. To take it a step further, if you don't have "A Thousand Leaves" yet, I would recommend that you check that out before investing in this fine recording (though those of us who bought this when it first hit the streets of course had not heard "A Thousand Leaves" yet, and most of us still loved this CD). All the same, every Sonic Youth release is (in my opinion) pretty much an "Essential Recording," and this is no exception. I can think of no other band that so consistently satisfied its zealous fans so well. So where's the next one, Sonic?

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4.0 out of 5 stars Back to normal!
After the junk of SYR 1, Sonic Youth get back to normal with another excellent release.

This one don't give the impression of being a near joke. Read more

Published on July 3 2000 by Vincent Bergeron
5.0 out of 5 stars 3 slabs of freedom
This is a good example in that it's a bit longer than the similarly great SYR1 & more accessable than the way too long SYR4 which was too much for me [I crave weirdness but I... Read more
Published on Feb 29 2000 by Funkmeister G
4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD OLD SONIC NOISE
Sonic Youth don't let anybody down, and this (almost)instrumental recording proves their magical powers to create noise which seems to be going nowhere, sound brilliant. Read more
Published on Mar 25 1999
4.0 out of 5 stars So its noise...Whats wrong with noise?
I bought this album because I heard it had some vocals and I hoped this would be a place for me to access this music from. Boy was I wrong. Read more
Published on Oct 27 1998
5.0 out of 5 stars Sonic Youth explores the depths of free noise
Slaapkamers is SY's second piece in their (currently) 3 piece postcard series. More similar to the first one (Anagrama) than their third (Invito al Cielo). Read more
Published on Oct 14 1998
5.0 out of 5 stars The new wave of progrock
"Ahh ... i seem to like this chord ... let's play it again!" Yep, that's probably what Lee kept saying to Thurston as they were recording "Slaapkamers". Read more
Published on Oct 3 1998 by Amir Aharoni
4.0 out of 5 stars Avant-Pop Experiments
In their new trio of EPs, Sonic Youth seems to follow further the noise-scape experiments that they embarked on with "Diamond Sea" the closing track of Washing Machine. Read more
Published on Sep 2 1998
4.0 out of 5 stars who needs cross cut saws
screaming fields of chugging guitars, and uhhh, free noise. It all makes sense if you listen more than once. No, seriously, some nice Sonic Youth exploratations. Read more
Published on July 23 1998 by Seth Anderson
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