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Currently living in Glasgow (Scotland), Richard Youngs is a highly versatile and experimental artist. He has been releasing and performing music since the early 80s, either solo or with a collaborator - and more recently as part of prog revivalists Ilk. His work ranges from the affecting Sapphie (a lament for his dog) to the strange humor of Lake (recorded over 3 days in 1990 with Simon Wickham-Smith). However, his recent high point must be his bass playing duties in concert with Jandek.
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  • BallerCraig

    PLAYING A FEST WITH BIG BOI???!!!??? AWEsome! Love botha y'all...

    29 Apr 5:40pm Reply

  • Obi-Head

    Valley Of Ultrahits!

    21 Jan 8:36pm Reply

  • Sosen

    Sapphie!

    9 Jan 4:57am Reply

  • sophiewilder

    And as it seems to be the done thing here to say what your favourite RY album is... Festival. For now.

    22 Oct 2012 Reply

  • sophiewilder

    Brilliant gig on Friday at Cafe OTO with Neil Campbell and John Clyde-Evans!

    22 Oct 2012 Reply

  • anarchodandyist

    Airs of the Ear is his best album [2]. Also, interview with him up on t'Vile Arts! http://www.mixcloud.com/thevilearts/richard-youngs-meets-vile/

    11 Oct 2012 Reply

  • connect_icut

    @Analogue_Rock Airs of the Ear is the best album.

    24 Aug 2012 Reply

  • pointoh

    I-I love you.

    21 Jul 2012 Reply

  • The-Visitor

    Maybe Autumn Response or Making Paper, but the last one is a really difficult one...^^

    16 Jul 2012 Reply

  • sunheadbowed

    "Music like that"? All his albums sound different.

    12 May 2012 Reply

  • JackChuter

    "Amaranthine" reviewed here: http://www.attnmagazine.co.uk/music/5411

    23 Feb 2012 Reply

  • Medullac

    truly i don't like music like that but youngs sounds different (this is cheap) but this hypnotize me

    11 Jan 2012 Reply

  • afrofushi

    recent one is perfect

    9 Nov 2011 Reply

  • anthonycarew

    i just listened to sapphie for the first time in a long, long time; forgot how pitch-perfect it plays; like penance and séance all at once.

    26 Oct 2011 Reply

  • diamantinas_

    sapphie me bajonea

    26 Oct 2011 Reply

  • musicus_firenze

    RICHARD YOUNGS live 16 dicembre 2011 @ Firenze Info: http://www.musicusconcentus.com/

    13 Oct 2011 Reply

  • michaelXERO

    I gotta say, he's not a fantastic guitarist nor does he have a dynamic voice. But he is someone i look up to and i'd be lying if i said he didn't influence me to pick up a guitar myself.

    26 Sep 2011 Reply

  • nysynecdoche

    Last album is astounding- first Richard album I listen to though, will check the rest!

    28 Aug 2011 Reply

  • fastlane01

    interesting music

    4 Aug 2011 Reply

  • grapefruitrecs

    Richard Youngs is releasing vinyl-only "Long White Cloud" LP on Grapefruit Record Club in August. Subscription only, limited to 300 lps. Youngs calls it "a New Zealand Record" full of "meditations on native birdsong, Maori place names, the pacific ocean, satellite navigation, and clutch failure in Wanaka” based on his travels there last year. It is all that and more. Existing fans know that Richard moves effortlessly album-to-album from some of the most emotionally compelling to repetitively transfixing to sonically aggressive compositions anyone is likely to create. This is one of the most gorgeous albums of his twenty-plus-year career. Read more about it and subscribe to get it at grapefruitrecordclub.com. Other artists part of this year's 4xLP subscription include Lambchop (a collection of rare, early songs), L. Eugene Methe, and 200 Years (Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance & Elisa Ambrogia of Magik Markers). Spread the word Youngs fans!

    12 Jul 2011 Reply
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