Man, so much RY stuff on Spotify! I am gonna go on a binge shortly, have been looking forward to hearing a bunch of these records. Mostly just heard the Jagjaguwar records. Listening to Advent right now ...
― grandavis, Thursday, 22 March 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
I'll need to chew over Amaranthine a bit more, but it's certainly one of his most interesting and surprising records of late. Some of his wildest shakahachi jams with falling-down-the-stairs free jazz drums and creepy electronics. There's a growling electronic bass tone on one track which freaked out my dog.
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
I can't listen to Sapphie with my dogs around -- too sad!
― Paul Smon (La Lechera), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:52 (twelve years ago) link
I can't keep up but of the recent albums I really love Ultrahits and Atlas of Hearts.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:55 (twelve years ago) link
xp otm. i can't listen to sapphie AT ALL :(
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:56 (twelve years ago) link
Sapphie is by far my favourite RY album...but then I don't have a dog.
― James Bond Jor (seandalai), Friday, 23 March 2012 15:59 (twelve years ago) link
see, I know that's the backstory of Sapphie but I've never been able to make any of the lyrics out so I'm never sure if that's really what it's about or not
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Friday, 23 March 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently he just made up that dog story as a bit of a joke, but it's come to be taken as gospel. Beautiful record either way. And there's nothing wrong with people projecting their own loss on to it.
― Poor.Old.Tired.Horse. (Stew), Friday, 23 March 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link
Does he ever play in the States? I've been an avid fan for ~5 years and have never heard of him touring here. He's creeping up my "must-see" live acts list...
― Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Friday, 23 March 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
Apparently he just made up that dog story as a bit of a joke
Oh man, is that true? I've been had!
― Valéry Giscard d'Staind (NickB), Friday, 23 March 2012 16:49 (twelve years ago) link
i guess it wouldn't be the first time i cried real tears for a fake backstory ;_;still, it just sounds so plaintive and mourning. RIP animals i've loved.
― Paul Smon (La Lechera), Friday, 23 March 2012 19:00 (twelve years ago) link
i just got Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits (in Brooklyn at Ian's store!) and holy crap it is so good!
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 05:52 (twelve years ago) link
there were other records of his that i didn't buy, and now i kinda regret it :-/
― two overweight dachshunds with three eyes (La Lechera), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 06:03 (twelve years ago) link
i think the sapphie story is a half-truth - it's named for and kind of in tribute to the dog of a friend who not-really-a-dog-person richard unusually bonded with. but then the songs don't have much if anything to do with the dog.
― Boo-Yaa Too Rough International Boo-Yaa Empire (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
I've never really connected with Ultrahits, though I guess it's one of his most "acclaimed". Maybe I'll give it another go.
― James Bond Jor (seandalai), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
absolutely adore ultrahits, wish he would do more stuff like it
― deploying a sewer otter unit (askance johnson), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
listening to core to the brave for the first time now, this is awesome.
― sonderangerbot, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 15:45 (twelve years ago) link
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