I'm really failing to keep up with him lately, which means I only hear a release oh every month or two or so. A recentish one I have listened to but will have to listen to more is I Dream of Mezzanine / Cloudplanes, I think the most interesting of his wonky (er, not in that way) techno-ish things that I've heard, a lot of odd things going on but cohering into some kind of undulating pseudo-unity, something that sometimes doesn't happen when he's throwing so much into the mix.
― Boo-Yaa Too Rough International Boo-Yaa Empire (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:54 (twelve years ago) link
still catching up on so much of Youngs' stuff but really, "arise arise" from under stellar stream is fucking mindblowing... want to find more songs like that one!
― ilxor, Sunday, 22 April 2012 03:58 (twelve years ago) link
I haven't heatd that one, but I highly recommend the Youngsbower album. It's terrific!
― when will Jesus bring the composition chops? (loves laboured breathing), Monday, 23 April 2012 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
This gig in Glasgow has just been announced, at which Richard will apparently be playing 3 sets!
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― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 12:40 (eleven years ago) link
does he/will he have new stuff out this year?
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 13:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://rootstrata.com/release/RS87
― fuck google analytics (am0n), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
The most recent releases are the 'Core To The Brave' LP on Root Strata, as am0n mentions, the 'Amaranthine' LP on MIE Music, and, in the last couple of months, the Library Assistants cassette with Liam Stefani on No Fans, and two collaborative 7''s; Yellow Gardens/Energy Pond with Luke Fowler on Fourth Dimension and the Rotten Masters EP with Andrew Paine on Sonic Oyster.
If anyone has trouble getting the 7''s or the Library Assistants cassette then I'm very happy to pick them up and post on at cost as they're quite readily obtainable around these parts, though Volcanic Tongue should also have them, and both Sonic Oyster and Fourth Dimension can be mail-ordered from directly, I believe.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Tuesday, 31 July 2012 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
hoping to go to this gig, wondering if i shld buy tix in advance? hairdressers is p small
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 08:17 (eleven years ago) link
The FB events page just says pay on the door. It's not a big space, but it doubt it'll be rammed. Although it would be cool if it was of course. He's also playing Music Language fest with Luke Fowler in September: http://www.cryparrot.co.uk/gigs/3/
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 11:29 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks for the info, Stew. The music lang fest is prob TOO MUCH MUSIC for me, these days, but it's always gd to know abt AMT gigs
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 11:39 (eleven years ago) link
i wanna see richard youngs... someday
― one dis leads to another (ian), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 15:31 (eleven years ago) link
me too
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
Come to Glasgow! Futon space available in return for whiskey...
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 20:11 (eleven years ago) link
He is awesome. I knew nothing about him until I went to see The Telescopes about four years ago near Kings Cross in London. RY supported. A month later I'd picked up about 6 of his albums and I've been collecting and adoring his music ever since. The last date I saw him at Cafe Oto was incredibly inspiring. You need to see him live.
― kraudive, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 20:17 (eleven years ago) link
First time I saw him was at Instal 04 (I think...) when he did an extended acapella version of Life On A Beam. One of the greatest musical experiences of my life, blew my mind and shook my soul, so it did. His set at least year's Music Language fest was a treat: walked into 78 mid-afternoon to hear him playing priapic Foxy Lady riffage, before unleashing a 'greatest hits' medley IN ROCK. Joking apart, it did rock mightily, in the ragged choirboy way only Richard knows.
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 22:54 (eleven years ago) link
Tonight! Right now! He's playing 3 sets!
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Saturday, 18 August 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
I saw him do 2 sets in London last year. One of them was him singing to a backing tape of Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits. I love RY but, well, y'know.
― kraudive, Saturday, 18 August 2012 19:00 (eleven years ago) link
Well... we got an Andrew Paine & Richard Youngs 'Rotten Masters' set, then Richard played us some tapes of electro-acoustic sounds from around the 'Lake' period, which he simply sat and listened too with us, then he started to sing one song but stopped and called it a night when all his words fell off the music stand after a minute or two. It all made me happy, that he is forever unpredictable and gloriously confounding.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Sunday, 19 August 2012 09:57 (eleven years ago) link
I dunno, I'd have felt a bit short-changed if I'd been at that gig (tho I'm not sure what an AP/RY set involves)
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Sunday, 19 August 2012 10:34 (eleven years ago) link
yes that ultrahits karaoke show really put me off him for a while after being so hyped to finally see him
― Jamie_ATP, Sunday, 19 August 2012 10:54 (eleven years ago) link
Not for me! I love that he is so unpredictable and utterly singular. I'd so much rather be confused than bored.
I saw the Ultrahits show in Glasgow and thought it hilarious ("Good evening Glasgow! Are you ready for some Ultrahits!"). It is great to see him having fun and trying different things - that's part of his magic.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:31 (eleven years ago) link
I've seen him do relatively straight-up song-based sets as well, both a cappella and with guitar (acoustic or electric) etc, which is wonderful and beautiful, moving or eviscerating or other, but I'm glad that he doesn't feel the need to play like that every time and is able to stay free to do pretty much whatever he likes.
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Sunday, 19 August 2012 11:37 (eleven years ago) link
Listening to Amplifying Host again tonight - this really is my favourite of his for very many years. Really beautiful.
Is anyone gonna be catching him and Neil Campbell next week at Cafe Oto? I expect it'll be confounding as ever - and pretty noisy this time too. Can't wait.
― kraudive, Sunday, 14 October 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
never heard of this guy until today
this is really amazing
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 October 2012 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
you have like a dozen more great records to look forward to, see up-thread for recommendations. Ceaucescu, Asthma/Diabetes, and the 444d 10" (all with Simon Wickham-Smith) are great, solo recs Festival and Beyond The Valley Of Ultrahits are also great.
― sleeve, Friday, 26 October 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
I like Airs Of The Ear and Naive Shaman a lot, the 'song' albums
― this update fixes the following known sugs (Jon Lewis), Friday, 26 October 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
Ultrahits is a great entry point!! (also good songs!)
Sapphie is easy to find and also good.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 26 October 2012 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
In fact, I saw a Richard Youngs record at the store yesterday, but I didn't buy it because it was in the new vinyl section and was from 2007. I figured it would be there the next time I decided to stop by if it has been there that long.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 26 October 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
ultrahits was the one i started with because it had the flashiest name
very cool, and very unique
― seasonal hugs (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 26 October 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
The Youngs / Neil Campbell / John Clyde-Evans set last month at Cafe Oto was extraordinary, lots of chanting / choral singing at the beginning and end - with some guitar rocking out in between.
I'd love to know if someone recorded it - it would make a fantastic album release!
― kraudive, Monday, 26 November 2012 00:29 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it was, i remember liking the weird skronky techno section in the middle most, but for something that was so all over the place stylistically it worked really well as a coherent set. (someone in front of me was recording it, but unfortunately that's all the information i have - we'll just have to ask everyone who's ever at cafe oto and hope we get lucky.)
― Shane Richie Junior (Merdeyeux), Monday, 26 November 2012 00:58 (eleven years ago) link
boy do i love richard youngs.i have to play catch up. i think there are at least a few records released since the last one i bought..
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Monday, 26 November 2012 05:23 (eleven years ago) link
man this Youngsbower record! I know I'm a decade behind but it is SOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
― Drugs A. Money, Tuesday, 12 February 2013 08:27 (eleven years ago) link
his set with Luke Fowler at Cafe Oto last night was one of the best I've seen from him in years of seeing him here there and everywhere. Singing + grand piano + modular synth beats section was as beautiful as anything he's done and needs to exist in recorded form somewhere.
― Fanois och Alexander (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 8 June 2013 14:57 (ten years ago) link
What did UPPER MS SHAKEDOWN end up digging?
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Saturday, 8 June 2013 15:37 (ten years ago) link
He is so, so special. Last night was wonderful and as confusing as ever. I thought they may do deep techno all night at one point - I wish this bit was louder, there was some chatter during that. But then he came into the crowd and sang his soul and broke everyone as far as I could see.
― kraudive, Saturday, 8 June 2013 15:48 (ten years ago) link
I'll have you know I had something in my eye.
― Fanois och Alexander (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 8 June 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
So has anybody heard the new limited vinyl LP "Barbed Wire Explosion In The Kingdom Of Atlantis"? I bought a copy from the usual source but my needle is buggered so can't listen yet. D-beat, what the hell is D-beat? etc (yes, I read about it on Wikipedia)
― kraudive, Thursday, 20 June 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
FIRST SOLO US TOUR IN SEPTEMBER!!http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=youngsrichard
― I'll take the jangle-jangle over the throb-throb (brg30), Saturday, 10 August 2013 01:42 (ten years ago) link
Oh man, I got excited, but then no Chicago.
― ashcans (askance johnson), Saturday, 10 August 2013 01:50 (ten years ago) link
Oh man :(
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Saturday, 10 August 2013 04:08 (ten years ago) link
seeing him play with alastair galbraith when he toured nz a few years ago = amazing (opening his set with a cover of the dead c's 'sky' was a pretty lol moment too)
― no lime tangier, Saturday, 10 August 2013 08:01 (ten years ago) link
So going to this.
― Spot Lange (Jon Lewis), Saturday, 10 August 2013 13:29 (ten years ago) link
good for Richard, making a break for the big time.
Has anyone heard the "Barbed Wire Explosion In The Kingdom Of Atlantis" album that kraudive mentioned? It sounded intriguing but not quite intriguing enough to splash out whatever Volcanic Tongue were charging.
― Merdeyeux, Saturday, 10 August 2013 13:46 (ten years ago) link
It's good but very short. Twelve tracks under 2 and a half minutes, and many of them under a minute long. It's repetitive and noisy rock with a similar hardcore drumbeat on every track. It's very much Richard's voice throughout, crooning over the cacophony. I'm not at all familiar with the central concept genre but I've enjoyed it each time I've heard it. "Neon Desert" is worth hearing for his Rotten like howling.
I would urge any US ilxors to go and see these shows. You won't regret it. You may well not get what you're expecting but what you get will likely be fantastically great and moving.
― kraudive, Saturday, 10 August 2013 22:52 (ten years ago) link
Damn. When can I see him again?
― kraudive, Saturday, 10 August 2013 22:54 (ten years ago) link
What would it take to convince someone to book a show in Chicago?!
― free your spirit pig (La Lechera), Sunday, 11 August 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link
can't wait for this show tbh. richard is one of my faves...
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Sunday, 11 August 2013 00:26 (ten years ago) link
http://bombsite.com/issues/999/articles/7310
nice interview with Ben Chasny.
― Clyde One DJ Diane “Knoxy” Knox-Campbell (Merdeyeux), Thursday, 29 August 2013 04:24 (ten years ago) link
Has anyone heard the "Barbed Wire Explosion In The Kingdom Of Atlantis" album that kraudive mentioned? It sounded intriguing but not quite intriguing enough to splash out whatever Volcanic Tongue were charging
VT is listing it at £12.99 which hardly seems unreasonable for a signed limited run of 250 copies.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 29 August 2013 07:43 (ten years ago) link