04/01/99 - NYC, NY @ Bowery Ballroom

Date: Thursday, April 1st, 1999
City: New York City, New York, USA
Venue: Bowery Ballroom
SET LIST NOTES 
Six For New Time for Sonic Youth 
Voice Piece for Soprano pt 1 
+ - 
Voice Piece for Soprano pt 2 
Having Never written a Note for Percussion 
Voice Piece for Soprano pt 3 
Four6
  • Debut of SYR4 material. A program was handed out featuring copies of the scores for the performed pieces.
  • SY were joined by special guests Takehisa Kosugi, Jim O'Rourke, William Winant, and Wharton Tiers.
  • Thurston, Kim, and Lee all performed solo sets as well.
  • Lee's set was accompanied by Leah Singer's films. He was also joined at times by Steve Shelley and William Winant on percussion. He showcased the Dirty Windows material but also sprinkled in some classics:
      Opening
      Smoke Ring
      The Leap Of Faith
      Me & Jill
      The End Of Life In America
      Angels
      Wish Fulfillment
      X 9

  • Kim performed a roughly 20-minute set with Ikue Mori and DJ Olive, but nothing was an identifiable SYR5 track.

    QUOTES

    - Six For New Time for Sonic Youth
    - Voice Piece for Soprano pt 1
    - + -
    - Voice Piece for Soprano pt 2
    - Having Never written a Note for Percussion
    - Voice Piece for Soprano pt 3
    K: - "We need more light over here."
    T: - "Mr. Kasugi would like a little more light on his score please, so he can read this...it's a little dark."
    L: - "This is the last piece. It's written by John Cage. It's, uh, it's called Four6...F-O-U-R, a little 6 in the corner. And it's written for four players, it's the sixth one he wrote, I guess. And we're doing it as a double quartet tonight, it's half an hour long. Each player chooses twelve sounds that they use according to the score. Twelve specific sounds."
    - Four6
    T: "Thank you ladies and gentlemen, for listening. Jim O'Rourke, Lee Ranaldo, William Winant, Steve Shelley, Wharton Tiers, Kim Gordon, Takehisa Kosugi...thank you, goodnight."

    OTHER PERFORMERS

  • Thurston Moore/William Winant/Tom Surgal Trio
  • Kim Gordon/Ikue Mori/DJ Olive Trio
  • Lee Ranaldo/Leah Singer duo
  • Prick Decay

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