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Sonic Youth Featured On Two New Releases
March 21, 2001

Remember that collaboration with Brigitte Fontaine people were talking about some months ago? We still don't know much about it, but the most important part of the story is now available via soniclife.net - the song itself. Clicky clicky and download the 4MB mp3.

Brigitte Fontaine & SonicYouth - Demie Clocharde.mp3
WAIT! THE FILE WAS REMOVED. TRY CLICKING, STILL - IT MIGHT BE BACK.

The same website brings us another great download - an alternate version (?) of Side2Side. Clicky for the page with the 3.5MBmp3!

soniclife.net's Elysian Fields page with "Side2Side2"

This song, by the way, was included on this cd:

THE ELYSIAN FIELDS SOUNDTRACK/BANDE SON ELYSIAN FIELDS

Purple Music 2000
The cd came with Elysian Fields Art Catalogue available at an art exhibit at Pompedou Centre, Paris. As most great records, impossible to find.

Tracklist:

People First - Brothwick/Fellows/Holland
Between A Raven And A Writing Desk - David Grubbs
Side 2 Side 2 - Sonic Youth
Tomodachi No Yo-Ni / Comme un Ami - Paradise Garage
The Girl From Ipanema - Ginny Robbins
The Affiliate Sights - The Sea And Cake
Sleep - Jeff Rian / Palix
MKWAJU - Joe Hishaishi
SunFast - Jutta Koether
Exhol - Jim O'Rourke
Stueck - Oval
Only - Tom Verlaine
Untitled - Tortoise

And yes, another download; You may not consider it a SY track per se, but what the hell - it's Jim O'Rourke & Lee playing "Ghost Ship In a Storm" live at the SY+PJ gig in Pittsburgh, PA, September 28 2000. Clicky, 5.8MB.

Sonic_Youth_(Jim_O'Rourke)_-
_Ghost_Ship_In_ A_ Storm.mp3

Sonicblast @ SLSY Forum

Neven

Sonic Youth, initially comprising of guitarist / vocalists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, guitarist / bassist / vocalist Kim Gordon and drummer Richard Edson, were formed in New York City in 1981. A product of the No-Wave music scene of the late 1970s, the group had their roots in abrasive, experimental music, with Moore and Ranaldo having previously worked with the experimental composer Glenn Branca. The band were joined in 1985 by drummer Steve Shelley, and have now recorded 14 albums together, as well as many side and solo projects. Their work has been consistently challenging and innovative, and they are widely regarded as one of the most intriguing and influential bands of their time.