SYR2: Slaapkamers met slagroom

SYR2: Slaapkamers met slagroom
EP by Sonic Youth
Released	September 2, 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Experimental rock, noise rock
Length	28:30
Label	SYR
Producer	Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth chronology
SYR1: Anagrama (1997) SYR2: Slaapkamers met slagroom (1997) SYR3: Invito al ĉielo (1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

SYR2: Slaapkamers met slagroom is an EP by American alternative rock band Sonic Youth. It was released on 12" vinyl on September 2, 1997, and was the second in a series of experimental and mostly instrumental releases issued on the band's own SYR label.

Background

SYR2 followed the band's tradition of having the liner notes of SYR releases written in foreign languages, in this case, Dutch. "Slaapkamers met slagroom" is Dutch for "bedrooms with whipped cream".

An error in the original production of the vinyl resulted in a small number of the initial pressings accidentally being on black vinyl. It is unknown how many of these were produced. After realizing this, the remaining production of the vinyl version were on clear blue vinyl. ^[4]

An abbreviated version of the instrumental 17-minute title composition (with added vocals courtesy of Kim Gordon) appeared on the group's 1998 album A Thousand Leaves as the song "The Ineffable Me". Additionally, a melody from "Stil" was fleshed out to create the song "Snare, Girl", also from A Thousand Leaves.

Track listing

All tracks written by Sonic Youth (Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley). 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Slaapkamers met slagroom" ("Bedrooms with Whipped Cream")	17:39
2.	"Stil" ("Quiet")	7:25
3.	"Herinneringen" ("Memories")	3:26

Personnel

Sonic Youth

• Thurston Moore
• Kim Gordon
• Lee Ranaldo
• Steve Shelley

Technical

• Wharton Tiers – engineering
• Greg Calbi – mastering
• Chris Habib – sleeve design

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "SYR 2 – Sonic Youth : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Sonic Youth". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
3. "Sonic Youth: Album Guide". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
4. "sonicyouth.com Discography – SYR2: Slaapkamers met slagroom". sonicyouth.com. Retrieved April 19, 2013.

External links

• SYR2: Slaapkamers met slagroom at Discogs (list of releases)