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. Tapete Records releases the "Pure Freude Singles" including previously unreleased songs and the self-titled album S.Y.P.H. [ including ‚"Zurück zum Beton" ].

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. 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. 

TRACKLIST:

A1 Industrie-Mädchen
A2 Europa
A3 Moderne Romantik
A4 Klammheimlich
A5 Zirpenknirspel
A6 Stahlregen
A7 Viel Feind viel Ehr

B1 Der Bauer im Parkdeck
B2 Falsche Freunde
B3 Alte Freundin
B4 Knudelblues II
B5 Traumraum
B6 Bekenntnisse eines Knüppelträgers
B7 Masolinchen
B8 Herrlich Anonym
B9 Clean City
B10 Hugo Hugh
B11 Mit das Leben klar
B12 Wo ist der Ausgang
B13 Maschine von Beruf