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Pure Freude Singles 1979 + 1981

S.y.p.h.

Pure Freude Singles 1979 + 1981

Label: Tapete

Genre: 80s Wave / Rock / Pop / Punk

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With their unpredictable live performances and songs such as ‘Zurück zum Beton’ and ‘Industriemädchen’, S.Y.P.H. caused a ruckus at the end of the 70s - as one of the bands that began to write lyrics in German around Düsseldorf's Ratinger Hof. Right from the start, the band broke with genre-conformist expectations and borrowed from rock, punk and kraut just as much as from Dadaism and the reality of everyday life.

Now, a reissue sheds light on S.Y.P.H.'s first creative phase from 1977 to 1982. On December 6th 2024, Tapete Records releases the „Pure Freude Singles“ including previously unreleased songs and the self-titled album „S.Y.P.H.“ (including ‚Zurück zum Beton‘). Three further re-releases, two of them produced by CAN's Holger Czukay, will follow in 2025.

S.Y.P.H. formed in 1977 in Solingen and began playing concerts in nearby Düsseldorf. Initially clearly based on punk, the band's sound quickly developed and became increasingly difficult to categorise. In the intensive years that followed, S.Y.P.H.’s productions often featured guests from the Düsseldorf scene around Ratinger Hof or CAN’s Holger Czukay.

Pure Freude Singles
This is a collection of the band's early singles: four tracks - including ‘Industriemädchen’ and ‘Europa’ - were originally released in 1979 on the EP ‘Viel Feind, viel Ehr’. Thirteen further tracks - including ‘Falsche Freunde’ and ‘Knudelblues II’ - were released in 1982 as ‘Der Bauer im Parkdeck’. Three further songs are unreleased.