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While around 1980, punk and Neue Deutsche Welle (German New Wave) were solidifying as supposedly clear-cut concepts, S.Y.P.H.'s music testified to the blurriness of genre boundaries: already on the first, self-titled LP, the band belts out short punky songs like “Zurück zum Beton” and “Lachleute und Nettmenschen”, while the B-side surprises with more than ten-minute long Kraut-inspired pieces.

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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.