{"product_id":"syph-2","title":"S.Y.P.H.","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith their unpredictable live performances and songs such as \u003cem\u003e‘Zurück zum Beton’\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e‘Industriemädchen’\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eS.Y.P.H.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRight 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTape Records\u003c\/strong\u003e releases the \u003cem\u003ePure Freude Singles\u003c\/em\u003e including previously unreleased songs and the self-titled album \u003cem\u003eS.Y.P.H.\u003c\/em\u003e (including ‘Zurück zum Beton’).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eS.Y.P.H.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 categorize. In the intensive years that followed, \u003cstrong\u003eS.Y.P.H.\u003c\/strong\u003e’s productions often featured guests from the Düsseldorf scene around Ratinger Hof or Can’s Holger Czukay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eS.Y.P.H. - S.Y.P.H.\u003c\/em\u003e While around 1980, punk and Neue Deutsche Welle (German New Wave) were solidifying as supposedly clear-cut concepts, \u003cstrong\u003eS.Y.P.H.\u003c\/strong\u003e's music testified to the blurriness of genre boundaries: already on the first, self-titled LP, the band belts out short punky songs like \u003cem\u003e“Zurück zum Beton”\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e“Lachleute und Nettmenschen”\u003c\/em\u003e, while the B-side surprises with more than ten-minute long Kraut-inspired pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tapete","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50932238221643,"sku":"2235288","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50932237467979,"sku":"2235283","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_1b4502f2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1733337636","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/syph-2","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}