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- Date Released: November 16, 1999
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Label: Sonic Youth Recordings - Smells Like Records / Revolver
The Youth interpret work by their avant-classical influences.
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We Say...
A strong subtext of the idea of progress in pop has been its relationship with two models of the classical form — orchestral music, rooted in 19th century Romanticism, and developments post-Schoenberg, where 12-tone, minimalism and electronics conspired to take modernist music into some pretty challenging spaces. It's the latter that Sonic Youth, the so-called Velvet Underground of the post-punk scene, pay homage to on this two-CD set from 1999. Interpreting work by chance man John Cage, AMM founder Cornelius Cardew and Fluxus luminary Yoko Ono, among others, Sonic Youth spotlight the maverick architects of High Modernism while also revealing the roots of their experimental rock & roll. It's no po-faced exercise, either: a youth Sonic offspring contributes the three screams that make up Ono's "Voice Piece for Soprano," while "Piano Piece 13" involves the destruction of the instrument by hammering nails into the keys.
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They Say...
As a farewell to a century of musical innovation, Sonic Youth devote a double album to covering legendary avant-garde recordings such as John Cage's "Six," James Tenney's "Having Never Written a Note for Percussion," and Christian Wolff's "Edges." As a further token of gratitude, Sonic Youth had other avant-garde musicians such as William Winant collaborate with them on these covers. The result is a minimal album of silence occasionally interrupted by strange dissonance that quietly reaps noisy havoc on your mind. The many collaborators make Goodbye 20th Century a curious listen -- certainly not your standard Sonic Youth album. Actually, it's not too far removed from the other SYR EPs, especially in terms of production sound. But anyone looking for standard fare here is going to be greatly disappointed. These aren't songs -- they're compositions and they're performed as such. Alt-rock this is not.
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| 01. |  |
Edges - Christian Wolff |
16:03 | |
| 02. | |
Six - John Cage |
3:03 | |
| 03. | |
Six For New Time - Pauline Oliveros |
8:06 | |
| 04. | |
+- - Takehisa Kosugi |
7:01 | |
| 05. |
Voice Piece For Soprano - Yoko Ono |
0:17 | ||
| 06. | |
Pendulum Music - Steve Reich |
5:53 | |
06 Total Tracks, 40:23 Total Length
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| 01. | |
Having Never Written A Note For Percussion - James Tenney |
9:09 | |
| 02. | |
Six - John Cage |
2:10 | |
| 03. |
Burdocks - Christian Wolff |
13:12 | ||
| 04. | |
Four 6 - John Cage |
30:01 | |
| 05. | |
Piano Piece #13 (Carpenter's Piece) - George Maciunas |
3:58 | |
| 06. | |
Piece Enfantine - Nicolas Slonimsky |
1:28 | |
| 07. | |
Treatise - Cornelius Cardew |
3:25 | |
07 Total Tracks, 63:23 Total Length
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Credits
- John Cage - Performer // John Cage - Performer // John Cage - Performer // John Cage - Performer // Takehisa Kosugi - Vocals // Pauline Oliveros - Performer // Pauline Oliveros - Performer // James Tenney - Performer // Lee Ranaldo - Vocals // Lee Ranaldo - Vocals // Lee Ranaldo - Producer // Lee Ranaldo - Producer // Sonic Youth - Main Performer // Sonic Youth - Main Performer // Sonic Youth - Main Performer // Cornelius Cardew - Performer // Christian Wolff - Vocals // Steve Reich - Performer // Yoko Ono - Performer // Christian Marclay - Vocals // Christian Marclay - Vocals // Kim Gordon - Producer // Kim Gordon - Performer // Thurston Moore - Vocals // Thurston Moore - Vocals // Thurston Moore - Producer // Thurston Moore - Producer // Jim O'Rourke - Guitar // Jim O'Rourke - Vocals // Jim O'Rourke - Producer // Steve Shelley - Vocals // Steve Shelley - Producer // Wharton Tiers - Engineer // Wharton Tiers - Engineer // William Winant - Vocals // William Winant - Producer // Steve Fallone - Mastering // George Maciunas - Performer // Luc Suer - Engineer
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