Sonic Youth

producer, recording, performer, mix, creative direction, remixer

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Top collaborators

Artist name Roles Recordings
Kim Gordon vocal, bass, bass guitar, guitar (I Got a) Catholic Block, (She's in a) Bad Mood, (She’s in a) Bad Mood, Brother James, Candle, Computer Age, Confusion Is Next, Contre le sexisme, Death to Our Friends, Early American, Eric’s Trip, Expressway to Yr. Skull, Female Mechanic Now on Duty, Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog, French Tickler, Green Light, Heather Angel, Hey Joni, Hot Wire My Heart, Inhuman, Kill Yr. Idols, Kissability, Kool Thing, Kotton Krown, Making the Nature Scene, Marilyn Moore, Master=Dik, My Friend Goo, Nevermind (What Was It Anyway), Pacific Coast Highway, Pipeline / Kill Time, Protect Me You, Rain King, Renegade Princess, Schizophrenia, Secret Girl, Shadow of a Doubt, Shaking Hell, Silver Rocket, Star Power, Stereo Sanctity, Sunday, Superstar, Teen Age Riot, The Ineffable Me, The Sprawl, The World Looks Red, Titanium Exposé, Tom Violence, Total Trash, Trilogy: The Wonder / Hyperstation / Eliminator Jr., Tuff Gnarl, Tunic (Song for Karen), White Kross, ’Cross the Breeze
Thurston Moore vocal, bass, bass guitar, electric guitar, guitar, piano (I Got a) Catholic Block, (She's in a) Bad Mood, (She’s in a) Bad Mood, Brother James, Candle, Computer Age, Confusion Is Next, Death to Our Friends, Doctor's Orders (T.-Vox version), Early American, Eric’s Trip, Expressway to Yr. Skull, Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog, Green Light, Hey Joni, Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg), Hot Wire My Heart, In the Kingdom #19, Inhuman, Kill Yr. Idols, Kissability, Kotton Krown, Making the Nature Scene, Marilyn Moore, Mary‐Christ, Master=Dik, Pacific Coast Highway, Pipeline / Kill Time, Protect Me You, Providence, Rain King, Schizophrenia, Secret Girl, Shadow of a Doubt, Shaking Hell, Silver Rocket, Snare, Girl, Star Power, Stereo Sanctity, Sunday, Superstar, Teen Age Riot, The Sprawl, The World Looks Red, Titanium Exposé, Tom Violence, Total Trash, Trilogy: The Wonder / Hyperstation / Eliminator Jr., Tuff Gnarl, White Kross, Wildflower Soul, ’Cross the Breeze
Lee Ranaldo vocal, bass, electric guitar, guitar, guitars, piano, synthesizer, tape, zither (I Got a) Catholic Block, (She's in a) Bad Mood, (She’s in a) Bad Mood, Brother James, Candle, Computer Age, Confusion Is Next, Death to Our Friends, Early American, Eric’s Trip, Expressway to Yr. Skull, Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog, Green Light, Hey Joni, Hoarfrost, Hot Wire My Heart, In the Kingdom #19, Inhuman, Karen Koltrane, Kill Yr. Idols, Kissability, Kotton Krown, Lee Is Free, Making the Nature Scene, Marilyn Moore, Master=Dik, Pacific Coast Highway, Pipeline / Kill Time, Protect Me You, Rain King, Schizophrenia, Secret Girl, Shadow of a Doubt, Shaking Hell, Silver Rocket, Star Power, Stereo Sanctity, Sunday, Superstar, Teen Age Riot, The Sprawl, The World Looks Red, Tom Violence, Total Trash, Trilogy: The Wonder / Hyperstation / Eliminator Jr., Tuff Gnarl, White Kross, ’Cross the Breeze
Steve Shelley drum machine, drums, percussion (I Got a) Catholic Block, Beauty Lies in the Eye, Candle, Computer Age, Death to Our Friends, Dirty Boots (edit), Eric’s Trip, Expressway to Yr. Skull, Green Light, Hey Joni, Hot Wire My Heart, In the Kingdom #19, Kissability, Kotton Krown, Master=Dik, Pacific Coast Highway, Pipeline / Kill Time, Rain King, Schizophrenia, Secret Girl, Shadow of a Doubt, Silver Rocket, Star Power, Stereo Sanctity, Sunday, Superstar, Teen Age Riot, The Sprawl, Tom Violence, Total Trash, Trilogy: The Wonder / Hyperstation / Eliminator Jr., Tuff Gnarl, White Kross, ’Cross the Breeze
Butch Vig engineer, mix, producer, recording 100%, Chapel Hill, Crème brûlée (LP version), Créme Brûlèe, Drunken Butterfly, JC, Nic Fit, On the Strip, Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit, Purr, Purr (Mark Goodier version), Shoot, Stalker, Sugar Kane, Sugar Kane (The Short and Sweet version), Swimsuit Issue, The Destroyed Room, Theresa’s Sound‐World, Wish Fulfillment, Youth Against Fascism, Youth Against Fascism (Clean-Ex mix), Youth Against Fascism (LP version)

Collaborators on this artist's recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Kim Gordon vocal, bass, bass guitar, guitar (I Got a) Catholic Block, (She's in a) Bad Mood, (She’s in a) Bad Mood, Brother James, Candle, Computer Age, Confusion Is Next, Contre le sexisme, Death to Our Friends, Early American, Eric’s Trip, Expressway to Yr. Skull, Female Mechanic Now on Duty, Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog, French Tickler, Green Light, Heather Angel, Hey Joni, Hot Wire My Heart, Inhuman, Kill Yr. Idols, Kissability, Kool Thing, Kotton Krown, Making the Nature Scene, Marilyn Moore, Master=Dik, My Friend Goo, Nevermind (What Was It Anyway), Pacific Coast Highway, Pipeline / Kill Time, Protect Me You, Rain King, Renegade Princess, Schizophrenia, Secret Girl, Shadow of a Doubt, Shaking Hell, Silver Rocket, Star Power, Stereo Sanctity, Sunday, Superstar, Teen Age Riot, The Ineffable Me, The Sprawl, The World Looks Red, Titanium Exposé, Tom Violence, Total Trash, Trilogy: The Wonder / Hyperstation / Eliminator Jr., Tuff Gnarl, Tunic (Song for Karen), White Kross, ’Cross the Breeze
Thurston Moore vocal, bass, bass guitar, electric guitar, guitar, piano (I Got a) Catholic Block, (She's in a) Bad Mood, (She’s in a) Bad Mood, Brother James, Candle, Computer Age, Confusion Is Next, Death to Our Friends, Doctor's Orders (T.-Vox version), Early American, Eric’s Trip, Expressway to Yr. Skull, Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog, Green Light, Hey Joni, Hits of Sunshine (For Allen Ginsberg), Hot Wire My Heart, In the Kingdom #19, Inhuman, Kill Yr. Idols, Kissability, Kotton Krown, Making the Nature Scene, Marilyn Moore, Mary‐Christ, Master=Dik, Pacific Coast Highway, Pipeline / Kill Time, Protect Me You, Providence, Rain King, Schizophrenia, Secret Girl, Shadow of a Doubt, Shaking Hell, Silver Rocket, Snare, Girl, Star Power, Stereo Sanctity, Sunday, Superstar, Teen Age Riot, The Sprawl, The World Looks Red, Titanium Exposé, Tom Violence, Total Trash, Trilogy: The Wonder / Hyperstation / Eliminator Jr., Tuff Gnarl, White Kross, Wildflower Soul, ’Cross the Breeze
Lee Ranaldo vocal, bass, electric guitar, guitar, guitars, piano, synthesizer, tape, zither (I Got a) Catholic Block, (She's in a) Bad Mood, (She’s in a) Bad Mood, Brother James, Candle, Computer Age, Confusion Is Next, Death to Our Friends, Early American, Eric’s Trip, Expressway to Yr. Skull, Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog, Green Light, Hey Joni, Hoarfrost, Hot Wire My Heart, In the Kingdom #19, Inhuman, Karen Koltrane, Kill Yr. Idols, Kissability, Kotton Krown, Lee Is Free, Making the Nature Scene, Marilyn Moore, Master=Dik, Pacific Coast Highway, Pipeline / Kill Time, Protect Me You, Rain King, Schizophrenia, Secret Girl, Shadow of a Doubt, Shaking Hell, Silver Rocket, Star Power, Stereo Sanctity, Sunday, Superstar, Teen Age Riot, The Sprawl, The World Looks Red, Tom Violence, Total Trash, Trilogy: The Wonder / Hyperstation / Eliminator Jr., Tuff Gnarl, White Kross, ’Cross the Breeze
Steve Shelley drum machine, drums, percussion (I Got a) Catholic Block, Beauty Lies in the Eye, Candle, Computer Age, Death to Our Friends, Dirty Boots (edit), Eric’s Trip, Expressway to Yr. Skull, Green Light, Hey Joni, Hot Wire My Heart, In the Kingdom #19, Kissability, Kotton Krown, Master=Dik, Pacific Coast Highway, Pipeline / Kill Time, Rain King, Schizophrenia, Secret Girl, Shadow of a Doubt, Silver Rocket, Star Power, Stereo Sanctity, Sunday, Superstar, Teen Age Riot, The Sprawl, Tom Violence, Total Trash, Trilogy: The Wonder / Hyperstation / Eliminator Jr., Tuff Gnarl, White Kross, ’Cross the Breeze
Butch Vig engineer, mix, producer, recording 100%, Chapel Hill, Crème brûlée (LP version), Créme Brûlèe, Drunken Butterfly, JC, Nic Fit, On the Strip, Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit, Purr, Purr (Mark Goodier version), Shoot, Stalker, Sugar Kane, Sugar Kane (The Short and Sweet version), Swimsuit Issue, The Destroyed Room, Theresa’s Sound‐World, Wish Fulfillment, Youth Against Fascism, Youth Against Fascism (Clean-Ex mix), Youth Against Fascism (LP version)
Martin Bisi engineer Brave Men Run (in My Family), Death to Our Friends, Echo Canyon, Expressway to Yr. Skull, Ghost Bitch, Green Light, I Love Her All the Time, I'm Insane, In the Kingdom #19, Intro, Justice Is Might, Marilyn Moore, Master=Dik, Satan Is Boring, Secret Girl, Shadow of a Doubt, Society Is a Hole, Star Power, Tom Violence
Andy Wallace mix 100%, 100% (LP version), Chapel Hill, Drunken Butterfly, Genetic, Hendrix Necro, JC, On the Strip, Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit, Purr, Shoot, Stalker, Sugar Kane, Swimsuit Issue, The Destroyed Room, Theresa’s Sound‐World, Wish Fulfillment, Youth Against Fascism, Youth Against Fascism (LP version)
John Siket engineer, mix 100%, Chapel Hill, Créme Brûlèe, Drunken Butterfly, JC, Nic Fit, On the Strip, Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit, Purr, Shoot, Sugar Kane, Superstar, Swimsuit Issue, Theresa’s Sound‐World, Wish Fulfillment, Youth Against Fascism
Peter Beckerman mix 100%, Chapel Hill, Créme Brûlèe, Drunken Butterfly, JC, Nic Fit, On the Strip, Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit, Purr, Shoot, Sugar Kane, Swimsuit Issue, Theresa’s Sound‐World, Wish Fulfillment, Youth Against Fascism
Edward Douglas engineer 100%, Chapel Hill, Créme Brûlèe, Drunken Butterfly, JC, Nic Fit, On the Strip, Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit, Purr, Shoot, Sugar Kane, Swimsuit Issue, Theresa’s Sound‐World, Wish Fulfillment, Youth Against Fascism
Fred Kevorkian engineer 100%, Chapel Hill, Créme Brûlèe, Drunken Butterfly, JC, Nic Fit, On the Strip, Orange Rolls, Angel’s Spit, Purr, Shoot, Sugar Kane, Swimsuit Issue, Theresa’s Sound‐World, Wish Fulfillment, Youth Against Fascism
Howie Weinberg mastering Candle, Eric’s Trip, Hey Joni, Kissability, Providence, Rain King, Silver Rocket, Teen Age Riot, The Sprawl, Total Trash, Trilogy: The Wonder / Hyperstation / Eliminator Jr., ’Cross the Breeze
Bill Titus engineer (I Got a) Catholic Block, Beauty Lies in the Eye, Hot Wire My Heart, Kotton Krown, Master=Dik, Pacific Coast Highway, Pipeline / Kill Time, Schizophrenia, Stereo Sanctity, Tuff Gnarl, White Kross
Jim O’Rourke (US musician & producer) mix Agnès B Musique, Dripping Dream, Dude Ranch Nurse, I Love You Golden Blue, Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream, New Hampshire, Paper Cup Exit, Pattern Recognition, Peace Attack, Stones, Unmade Bed
Aaron Mullan recording Dripping Dream, Dude Ranch Nurse, I Love You Golden Blue, Kim Gordon and the Arthur Doyle Hand Cream, New Hampshire, Paper Cup Exit, Pattern Recognition, Peace Attack, Stones, Unmade Bed
Juan Garcia (Assistant at Magic Shop) mix Dripping Dream, Dude Ranch Nurse, I Love You Golden Blue, New Hampshire, Paper Cup Exit, Pattern Recognition, Peace Attack, Stones, Unmade Bed
Jim Sclavunos drums (She's in a) Bad Mood, (She’s in a) Bad Mood, Confusion Is Next, Inhuman, Protect Me You, Shaking Hell, The World Looks Red
Wharton Tiers engineer, producer Beat on the Brat, Campfire, Computer Age, Personality Crisis, Tabla in Suburbia
Bob Bert drums Brother James, Early American, Freezer Burn / I Wanna Be Your Dog, Kill Yr. Idols, Making the Nature Scene
Mike Watt (bassist of Minutemen, fIREHOSE, etc.) video appearance, vocal, bass guitar Bubblegum, In the Kingdom #19, Providence, Teenage Riot
Ethan James engineer Flower, Halloween, Hallowe’en
Ian MacKaye video appearance, guitar Teenage Riot, Youth Against Fascism
J Mascis video appearance, guitar Master=Dik, Teenage Riot
Harmony Korine creative direction, video appearance Sugar Kane, Sunday
Nick Sansano producer, recording, percussion Dirty Boots (edit), Teen Age Riot
D Boon video appearance Teenage Riot
Johnny Thunders (US punk guitarist & singer) video appearance Teenage Riot
Chuck D vocal Kool Thing
KISS (US rock band) video appearance Teenage Riot
Chloë Sevigny video appearance Sugar Kane
Blixa Bargeld video appearance Teenage Riot
Lydia Lunch performer Death Valley ’69
Macaulay Culkin video appearance Sunday
Mark E. Smith video appearance Teenage Riot
2 Many DJ’s mix-DJ Kool Thing
Henry Rollins video appearance Teenage Riot
Miti Adhikari producer Purr (Mark Goodier version)
Neil Young (Canadian singer, songwriter & musician) video appearance Teenage Riot
Nick Cave video appearance Teenage Riot
Nick Egan creative direction Sugar Kane
Iggy Pop video appearance Teenage Riot
Patti Smith video appearance Teenage Riot
Rachel Miner video appearance Sunday
Ron Saint Germain producer Dirty Boots (edit)
Sun Ra video appearance Teenage Riot
Terry Pearson mix Under the Influence of the Jesus and Mary Chain: Ticket to Ride / Master=Dik (version) / Introducing the Stars (live on Suisse radio, July 87)
Tom Waits video appearance Teenage Riot
Walter Sear programming Beauty Lies in the Eye

Work on other artists' recordings

Artist name Roles Recordings
Can remixer Spoon (Sonic Youth mix)
Thugz Nation performer I’m Afraid of Americans
Steve Reich performer Pendulum Music
Juan Carlos Nieto Chao performer Demie clocharde
AnyWhen Ensemble performer I Love You Mary Jane