Sonic Youth's 1999 Release Goodbye 20th Century on 2LP. Featuring Performances of Works by Some of the 20th Century's Greatest Composers Including John Cage, Yoko Ono, Steve Reich and More.
Originally released 11/16/1999, SONIC YOUTH wrapped up the millennium with an adventurous double album of performances of works by some of the twentieth-century's greatest composers. Joined by an all-star cast of musicians—WILLIAM WINANT, JIM O'ROURKE, TAKEHISA KOSUGI, CHRISTIAN WOLFF, COCO HAYLEY GORDON MOORE, CHRISTIAN MARCLAY and WHARTON TIERS—they take on the compositions of JOHN CAGE, YOKO ONO, CORNELIUS CARDEW, STEVE REICH, TAKEHISA KOSUGI, NICOLAS SLONIMSKY, GEORGE MACIUNAS, JAMES TENNEY, PAULINE OLIVEROS and CHRISTIAN WOLFF.
- Edges
- Six For New Time - For Sonic Youth
- Having Never Written A Note For Percussion
- Six (3rd Take)
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- Voice Piece For Soprano
- Pièce Enfantine
- Treatise (Page 183)
- Four6 30:20 Six (4th Take)
- Burdocks
- Piano Piece #13 (Carpenter's Piece) - For Nam June Paik
- Pendulum Music