Crucial to the resulting collaboration were Mergia’s arrangements which replaced distinctively use vocals for melodies normally played by instruments

and a few months later at Sónar Festival

16 of these recordings were released as standalone LPs on Nyland’s own Gauge Hill Press

the eerie calming blissful piano finale cleansing any previous alien instability

and those songs

SONIC YOUTH - Washing Machine DLP New Wave Crucial to the resulting collaborationAlbum released in 1995. On the follow up to "Experimental Jet Set", SY again presented a challenging approach. They attempted to hark back to their old SST days while still using tighter song structures. It has everything that makes a good SY record.