Syr Darya

The Syr Darya/ˌsɪərˈdɑːrjə/ (Kazakh: Сырдария; Russian: Сырдарья́, tr. Syrdar'ya; IPA: [sɨrdɐˈrʲja]; Persian: سيردريا‎‎; Tajik: Сирдарё; Turkish: Seyhun, Siri Derya; Arabic: سيحون‎: Seyhun; Uzbek: Sirdaryo) is a river in Central Asia.

The Syr Darya originates in the Tian Shan Mountains in Kyrgyzstan and eastern Uzbekistan and flows for 2,212 kilometres (1,374 mi) west and north-west through Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan to the remains of the Aral Sea. It is the northern and eastern of the two main rivers in the endorrheic basin of the Aral Sea, the other being the Amu Darya. In the Soviet era, extensive irrigation projects were constructed around both rivers, diverting their water into farmland and causing the virtual disappearance of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth-largest lake.

The second part of the name (Darya) means river. The current name dates only from the 18th century; since roughly the Muslim Conquests of Central Asia the river was known as the Seyhun River, i.e., one of the four rivers of Jannah, or paradise. Prior to the coming of Islam to Central Asia, the river's name is recorded by several sources, including those relating to Alexander the Great as the Jaxartes River.

SYR

Syr or SYR may refer to:

See also

Syre

The Syre or Syr (Luxembourgish: Sir) is a river flowing through Luxembourg, joining the Moselle in Mertert. It flows through Schuttrange, Roodt-sur-Syre, Betzdorf and Manternach.

Coordinates: 49°41′54.5″N 6°28′52″E / 49.698472°N 6.48111°E / 49.698472; 6.48111 (Syre mouth)

SYR5

ミュージカル パ一スペクティブ (Myūjikaru pāsupekutibu) (known as SYR5) is a studio album by Kim Gordon, DJ Olive and Ikue Mori. It was released on August 29, 2000 by record label SYR, and was the fifth entry in the SYR series, despite not featuring Sonic Youth as a whole.

Background

Following the tradition of having the liner notes of SYR releases written in foreign languages, the notes for SYR5 were written in Japanese. The Japanese title means "Musical Perspectives", a name that also appears in different languages on other SYR releases.

It was recorded at Tribeca Recording Center, which is Gordon's preferred name for Sonic Youth's Echo Canyon studios.

AllMusic described the music as "ultra-abstract and mood-driven, filling the listening space with a dark ambience constructed by Olive's incredibly resonant choice of samples and Mori's carefully tweaked bleeps."

Track listing

Critical reception

AllMusic noted that while the lyrics "dance the line between abstract poetry and frustrating downtown pretentiousness", this is made up for by "the utterly weird and compelling soundscapes the group creates – a true headphone head trip."Pitchfork panned the album, giving it a grade of 3.2/10 and commenting, "This record leaves me sad and blank."