Lee Ranaldo. Musician, composer, visual artist, writer, producer. Founding member of Sonic Youth and the band's guitarist/singer from beginning till end (1981-2011).

Lee Ranaldo hits the road to Europe for the second time in 2016, with a clutch of brand new songs from his just completed new album Electric Trim, in the new trio format EL RAYO, featuring the Spanish multi-instrumentalists Raul ‘Refree’ Fernandez (who produced the new record with Lee) and Cayo Machancoses. The album was recorded in New York City and mixed there and in Barcelona and has contributions from The Dust (Steve Shelley, Alan Licht, Tim Luntzel), Nels Cline, Sharon Van Etten, Kid Millions and others. New tunes, new sounds and an exploratory new lineup in advance of the record’s fall release.