richard youngs ,what's his best stuff?

'"Beyond The Valley Of The Ultrahits" is really, really good'

listening to this - has a depeche mode or camouflage feel to it. different and i think i really like it. r. youngs is always full of suprises.

search: the boredom of poetry (aka 'untitled' i think) which reminds me of 'festival', also really great. almost all the wickham-smith collabs are memorable - enedkeg probably near the top.
and, holy shit, 'belsayer time'. until it came out, i never considered what a dream union a galbraith/youngs record would make. so beautiful.

I lost out on the above-mentioned auction, got a wee bit too steep for me. Rats.

i've heard far from all of this man but still Belsayer Time is one of his best for sure.

yes the new one is fantastic, very glad i managed to grab a copy

and, holy shit, 'belsayer time'. until it came out, i never considered what a dream union a galbraith/youngs record would make. so beautiful

Had never heard of this - sounds great!

for me it's just 'sapphie' and nothing else. all the other stuff it depends on my mood, etc. but sapphie hits me as on target every time, even if i'm not in the mood for it

'Sapphie' is a good 'un but 'Making Paper' just edges it for me.

wow you guys weren't kidding about Ultrahits, this really is pop. loving it.

the new one Under Stellar Stream on jagjaguwar is very very nice too. not as pop as Ultrahits but very listenable.

wish I could find "Ultrahits".....nobody seems to have it in stock anymore

yeah there were like 100 of the things, I think we missed it.

ed at eclipse told me he thought there would be some kind of second edition released.

There was a second edition of 100 but it has gone already as well. My copy (ordered from VT) was from this second edition.

the new one Under Stellar Stream on jagjaguwar is very very nice too. not as pop as Ultrahits but very listenable.

― Jamie_ATP, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 20:04 (1 hour ago)

Fantastic news. Can't wait for this then.

Volcanic Tongue had exlusive hold of the second run of Ultrahits (each run was 100 copies). Both editions went within days sadly.

ultrahits will definitely be in my top ten of the year i think

Amen to that. Number one for me at the moment I think.

new one is growing on me. lyrical repetition can get somewhat tedious but when it works . . . "all day monday and tuesday, heartbeating, heartbeating." this is much more ilk-ish (ilkisher?) than beyond the valley of ultrahits

i was kind of hoping the new one would sound like rock bottom when i saw the instrument list. but it's pretty good anyway.

haven't heard the latest yey. he sure has been prolific this year. didn't get into Like A Neuron that hard, i think it's safe to say it's one of his more out there recs

R. Youngs doing a Rock Bottom is my idea of heaven. But I guess I'll have to wait. I haven't heard this new one yet (only found out about it when I saw it reviewed on Pitchfork...), but Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits is pretty great. I'd love to hear more by him in that vein, esp. like 'Like a Sailor' and 'Collapsing Stars'.

sounds like he's been listening to roy harper lately, lifemask especially

For the Winter Solstice and Lunar Eclipse there is a new Richard Youngs LP out on Apollolaan called "Atlas Of Hearts" in case anyone is interested... http://www.apollolaan.co.uk/ It looks amazing and the posted track sounds pretty great.

listening to the album with Makoto Kawabata is bringing back vivid memories of the many cross-country bus trips it soundtracked. Not sure that anything else could make a Megabus journey quite so transcendently beautiful.

He's on tour with Damon & Naomi at the moment, playing songs from his forthcoming Jagjaguwar album with Damon. Here's some photos from the absolutely wonderful gig last night in Glasgow...

http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/v18/p582580979-3.jpg

http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/v23/p553732081-3.jpg

http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/v19/p1053864071-3.jpg

Couple more here... http://krakow.zenfolio.com/richardyoungs0511

nice photos! i didn't know he and damon were doing a thing.

Damon plays drums on the album and did so with Richard live last night and I assume for the rest of the dates.

Here's the label's page for the album, complete with an MP3 sample: http://www.jagjaguwar.com/onesheet.php?cat=JAG199

Thanks for the compliment on the photos btw.

I didn't know about this! Playing in London tomorrow so I have to go. Wahee.

Did Richard play first in Glasgow?

He'll certainly play before Damon & Naomi, yes.

niiiiice. It's been a while since I saw Richard live (supporting Tenniscoats at Mono, I think) after seeing him a million times in a couple of years, I really must stop being so poor and catch up with him soon.

do i need to get amplifying host y/n?

I quite like it! Nice dirgey crespuscular blues feel to it, makes me think of folks like jandek or loren connors.

Thx, good to know!! I saved it on emusic but I didn't know if it's going to the top of the list or just hanging out for a while

It's on spotify too if you want to check it out first.

i don't have a magical invite yet!! in US :(

Haven't got any spare invites here, but if you ask on the spotify thread, there's a few folks on there that do!

Spotify - anyone heard of it?

thx - i've been out of town and apparently missed the dawn and dusk of google +, spotify US, and amy w

was debating taking a longer ilx break, but then i had no one to ask about richard youngs, so i figured i might as well come back for a minute or 2 ;)

Well have fun if you do take a break ...but who's going to revive the Popol Vuh thread now? :(

haha! i was going to do that today, in fact

Re spotify, I never got an invite, but I just signed up on their website and they sent me one within a week. so there's always that.

alright then, done!
and done.

nice, wide-ranging interview here:

http://thequietus.com/articles/06831-richard-youngs-interview-amplifying-host

yeah, great interview. Got me listening to Amplifying Host again, which I'm really liking now. Some gorgeous elephantine guitar sounds in among the minimalism.

Agreed, awesome interview. I don't have Amplifying Host yet, but it inspired me to spin Naive Shaman this morning.

Youngs is kind of the only guy active who brings that certain rarefied 'Laughingstock feeling' for me.

Here he is yesterday afternoon opening the Music Is The Music Language festival here in Glasgow with a blistering electric guitar & vocals set...

http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/v28/p100539882-4.jpg

awesome! your photos are always great. pls say more about the show since he will probably never come here. (does he tour the states?)

oh damn, i didn't know about this festival (though i was out of the country anyway), looks great! what songs was ry doing?

i caught two of his shows from last years nz tour due to chance (didn't even know he was in the country). both had a totally different vibe, due to the venues maybe. when i saw him he was playing acoustic backed songs interspersed with acapella pieces (and a lot of foot stomping), mostly from autumn response. highlight for me was at his dunedin performance where he did belsayer time with alastair galbraith.

I saw Richard Youngs again last night, supporting Esmerine. Even by his standards it was a rather odd show - it seemed to be an exercise in mutual discomfort, as the set was loaded with painfully extended pauses, songs half-performed, returned to, but still left unfinished, audience participation (including my being handed the microphone and offered to continue the song at one terrifying moment), and all kinds of subtly unsettling behaviour. He is a true wonder, I believe...

http://krakow.zenfolio.com/img/v33/p807846182-3.jpg

Still haven't heard Amaranthine, which has been getting really positive reviews iirc (has anyone else got it?). But I have been listening to the new LP on Root Strata called Core to the Brave. Lyrically and vocally it's pretty much in keeping with the rest of his stuff, but the music was a nice surprise - lots of oddly looped percussion that at times sounds like quite mad clattering dance beats and at other times like the hiss and blur of black metal drumming, but on top of this chaos, you've got a load of evil-sounding bass and guitar that make me think of the Butthole Surfers boiled down into some sort of primordial stew.