Richard Youngs
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Richard Youngs is a British
musician with a prolific and diverse output, including many collaborations. Based in Glasgow
since the early 1990s, his extensive back catalogue of solo and collaborative
work formally begins with Advent, first issued in 1990. He plays many instruments, most commonly choosing the guitar, but he has been known to use a wide variety of other instruments including the shakuhachi
, accordion
, theremin
, dulcimer
, a home-made synthesizer (common on early recordings) and even a motorway bridge. He also released an album which was entirely a cappella
.
For many years, live performances were very occasional and almost always in Glasgow; he has stated publicly that he finds live performance "incredibly nerve-racking: stomach cramps, tension headaches...". However, in recent years, he has performed more regularly (including a tour of New Zealand in 2010 and a UK tour in support of Damon and Naomi
in 2011) and many of his recent shows have been predominantly vocal - he told The Wire
(issue 284) "I went to a laptop concert and decided I was going to sing".
described him as "grand-meister of contemporary British improv, spiritual son of Eddie Prevost
and Maddy Prior
; gentle manipulator of English hymn-notics and religious incantations; protege, challenger and radicaliser of folk, blues, rock, minimalism and improvisation; translator for the sea and the rain and the sky; ambassador to war and peace, to love and anguish".
It could be suggested his musical styles range from folk
to progressive rock
to improvisation
to electronics
. Early works were characterized by a somewhat minimalist lo-fi production
quality, with Youngs working mostly on a reel-to-reel 4-track
machine or recording directly to minidisc
. However, he has been using professional standard computer-based recording systems for over a decade.
, Brian Lavelle
, Neil Campbell
, Stephen Todd, Makoto Kawabata
, Alex Neilson
, Andrew Paine (under their given names and under the group names Ilk and Urban Parable), Telstar Ponies
, and his longest standing partner, Simon Wickham-Smith
. He has performed live with Heather Leigh Murray, Vibracathedral Orchestra
and also with Matthew Bower's groups Sunroof!
and Skullflower
. He was also a member of the collective A Band
.
avant-folk/blues singer-songwriter Jandek
. Youngs can be heard on the Glasgow Sunday
, Newcastle Sunday
and Glasgow Monday
albums, which were recorded at Jandek's first 3 (known) live performances. He also appears on Glasgow Friday
and Camber Sands Sunday. There was one further show at which Youngs appeared but drummer Alex Neilson (who completed the line-up on all these shows) has advised the Brainwashed
website that this performance - at Mono in Glasgow on 18 May 2006 (the day after the performance released as "Bristol Wednesday") - did not record successfully. This means that all the available live performances with Youngs as a participant have now been released.
releasing much of his collaborative work and Jagjaguwar
issuing many of solo albums, their first being a reissue of Sapphie. Other labels have included Dekorder, Fourth Dimension
, Freek, Fusetron, Majora, Table of the Elements
, Volcanic Tongue
and his own labels, beginning with Jabberwok in the 1980s, and then the self-deprecatingly named No Fans Records.
NFR Discography
on their own Jabberwok label exist, including Living in Harmony (1984) and Shouting The Silent Slogan (1986) and a clutch of compilation appearances including Sympathy on "Time And Time Again" with Assorted Artists (Fragment 1985) and Marjorie Daw on Sensationnel N°5 - All with voices (Illusion Productions 1987).
Jabberwok issued several cassette compilations which featured OFW material including Fugitive Pieces (1984), The Great Difficult Music Swindle (1985), and Cars and T-Shirts (1985). There was also a 1985 collaboration - Rock and Roll Should Have Stopped With Bill Haley - with The Strolling Ones.
Two further cassettes came to light through being offered on eBay. Both are primarily solo Youngs and appear under the artist name The Creation Room - Dark Shadow Breath b/w Roog Confetti and Apricot Tree & Will To Tedium b/w 19 Used Postage Stamps (the latter being explicitly referred to by Youngs in The Wire, issue 259 and reissued on the limited edition 20th Century Jams CDR in 2007). The former features a number of collaborators, including Trussler. A further Creation Room cassette Music that Undid Him in a Japanese Minute (1985) has been listed on Discogs; again, this is primarily solo Youngs with a contribution from Simon Batley on two tracks. Other recordings issued under this name include the cassette Music From the Creation Room (1984) and a compilation song entitled "Sometimes For Him".
United Kingdom
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musician with a prolific and diverse output, including many collaborations. Based in Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
since the early 1990s, his extensive back catalogue of solo and collaborative
Collaboration
Collaboration is working together to achieve a goal. It is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize shared goals, — for example, an intriguing endeavor that is creative in nature—by sharing...
work formally begins with Advent, first issued in 1990. He plays many instruments, most commonly choosing the guitar, but he has been known to use a wide variety of other instruments including the shakuhachi
Shakuhachi
The is a Japanese end-blown flute. It is traditionally made of bamboo, but versions now exist in ABS and hardwoods. It was used by the monks of the Fuke school of Zen Buddhism in the practice of...
, accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
, theremin
Theremin
The theremin , originally known as the aetherphone/etherophone, thereminophone or termenvox/thereminvox is an early electronic musical instrument controlled without discernible physical contact from the player. It is named after its Russian inventor, Professor Léon Theremin, who patented the device...
, dulcimer
Appalachian dulcimer
The Appalachian dulcimer is a fretted string instrument of the zither family, typically with three or four strings. It is native to the Appalachian region of the United States...
, a home-made synthesizer (common on early recordings) and even a motorway bridge. He also released an album which was entirely a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...
.
For many years, live performances were very occasional and almost always in Glasgow; he has stated publicly that he finds live performance "incredibly nerve-racking: stomach cramps, tension headaches...". However, in recent years, he has performed more regularly (including a tour of New Zealand in 2010 and a UK tour in support of Damon and Naomi
Damon and Naomi
Damon & Naomi are an American dream pop/folk-rock duo formed in 1991 by Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang, formerly of Galaxie 500.-History:After Galaxie 500 completed a tour of the US supporting The Cocteau Twins, guitarist and vocalist Dean Wareham quit the band, forcing the cancellation of an...
in 2011) and many of his recent shows have been predominantly vocal - he told The Wire
The Wire (magazine)
The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
(issue 284) "I went to a laptop concert and decided I was going to sing".
Style
His music has been noted for its diversity, with Dusted saying that he had been "defying strict genre classifications since the early nineties, swapping labels, styles, partners, motifs, and recording techniques as the desire has struck him". He has been recording for most of his life, telling Foxy Digitalis that "I've made music as long as I can remember - ever since I was a child - and recorded the stuff as long as I've had the technology - I began with a cheap cassette player. So, it's strange to think what it'd be like not to make or record music. It seems unnatural!". When reviewing his 1996 CD Festival, Melody MakerMelody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
described him as "grand-meister of contemporary British improv, spiritual son of Eddie Prevost
AMM (group)
AMM are an important British free improvisation group, founded in London, England in 1965.AMM have never been well known to the general public, but have been incredibly influential on the field of improvised music...
and Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior
Maddy Prior is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span.-Early life:...
; gentle manipulator of English hymn-notics and religious incantations; protege, challenger and radicaliser of folk, blues, rock, minimalism and improvisation; translator for the sea and the rain and the sky; ambassador to war and peace, to love and anguish".
It could be suggested his musical styles range from folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
to progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
to improvisation
Improvisation
Improvisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or...
to electronics
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
. Early works were characterized by a somewhat minimalist lo-fi production
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
quality, with Youngs working mostly on a reel-to-reel 4-track
Multitrack recording
Multitrack recording is a method of sound recording that allows for the separate recording of multiple sound sources to create a cohesive whole...
machine or recording directly to minidisc
MiniDisc
The disc is permanently housed in a cartridge with a sliding door, similar to the casing of a 3.5" floppy disk. This shutter is opened automatically by a mechanism upon insertion. The audio discs can either be recordable or premastered. Recordable MiniDiscs use a magneto-optical system to record...
. However, he has been using professional standard computer-based recording systems for over a decade.
Collaborations
A keen collaborator, he has released albums with Matthew BowerMatthew Bower
Matthew Bower is a British musician, active since the early 1980s, with a vast collection of collaborative and solo work behind him.-Skullflower:...
, Brian Lavelle
Brian Lavelle
Brian Lavelle is an experimental Scottish sound artist, born in Glasgow but now living in Edinburgh. He has been recording with varying degrees of intensity since around 1990....
, Neil Campbell
Neil Campbell (musician)
Neil Campbell is a British musician, notable for his vast catalogue and his many collaborations. In 2005, The Wire declared that he, Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower had "provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s".-Early...
, Stephen Todd, Makoto Kawabata
Acid Mothers Temple
Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a Japanese psychedelic band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career featured many musicians, but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with only a few core members and frequent guest...
, Alex Neilson
Alex Neilson
Alex Neilson is an English drummer, percussionist and singer who is currently based in Glasgow but grew up in Leeds. He has performed alongside a large number of bands and artists including Lucky Luke, The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden, Ashtray Navigations, Alastair Galbraith, Isobel Campbell,...
, Andrew Paine (under their given names and under the group names Ilk and Urban Parable), Telstar Ponies
Telstar Ponies
Telstar Ponies are a rock band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1994. They were signed to Fire Records Their musical style varies considerably but displays obvious influences from Krautrock, folk , and experimental noise.-History:...
, and his longest standing partner, Simon Wickham-Smith
Simon Wickham-Smith
Simon Wickham-Smith is a British musician, translator, academic and sometime astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of Lake, a collaboration with Richard Youngs issued under the moniker R!!!S!!!...
. He has performed live with Heather Leigh Murray, Vibracathedral Orchestra
Vibracathedral Orchestra
Vibracathedral Orchestra is an England-based drone ensemble that has been active since 1998.-Biography:The original group came together when Mick Flower began recording with Neil Campbell and Julian Bradley, who had released a number of homemade cassettes and an LP of their duo work...
and also with Matthew Bower's groups Sunroof!
Matthew Bower
Matthew Bower is a British musician, active since the early 1980s, with a vast collection of collaborative and solo work behind him.-Skullflower:...
and Skullflower
Matthew Bower
Matthew Bower is a British musician, active since the early 1980s, with a vast collection of collaborative and solo work behind him.-Skullflower:...
. He was also a member of the collective A Band
A Band
The A Band are a British musical collective formed in Nottingham in the late 1980s. In 2005, The Wire compared the band's importance to that of AMM and SME, and noted their lack of musical training....
.
Jandek
Youngs has also gained attention from his live performances for the notoriously reclusive AmericanUnited States
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avant-folk/blues singer-songwriter Jandek
Jandek
Jandek is the musical project of an anonymous outsider musician who operates out of Houston, Texas. Since 1978, Jandek has self-released over 60 albums of unusual, often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting more than the occasional interview or providing any biographical...
. Youngs can be heard on the Glasgow Sunday
Glasgow Sunday
Glasgow Sunday is the second of four albums released in 2005 by musician Jandek on Corwood Industries, as . His 41st overall, it was recorded live on October 17, 2004 at The Arches, Glasgow, as part of the Instal festival...
, Newcastle Sunday
Newcastle Sunday
Newcastle Sunday is the 45th release by avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek, released by Corwood Industries. It is a recording of his second ever live performance, recorded at The Sage Gateshead, England....
and Glasgow Monday
Glasgow Monday
Glasgow Monday is the 47th release, third live album, and second-ever double album release, from avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek. It is his fifth release of the year and features "The Corwood Representative" on piano and vocals, along with the same rhythm section he performed with at...
albums, which were recorded at Jandek's first 3 (known) live performances. He also appears on Glasgow Friday
Glasgow Friday
Glasgow Friday is a live album by Jandek released in 2008. It is Jandek's 53rd release. The album was recorded on 14 October 2005 at The Arches in Glasgow. Jandek was performing as part of the Instal festival, the same festival and venue at which he had made his unannounced live debut in 2004...
and Camber Sands Sunday. There was one further show at which Youngs appeared but drummer Alex Neilson (who completed the line-up on all these shows) has advised the Brainwashed
Brainwashed (website)
Brainwashed is a not-for-profit online music publication offering news and reviews of eclectic music. Over fifty people contribute to the archives of Brainwashed. Brainwashed hosts websites for many bands, artists and record labels...
website that this performance - at Mono in Glasgow on 18 May 2006 (the day after the performance released as "Bristol Wednesday") - did not record successfully. This means that all the available live performances with Youngs as a participant have now been released.
Labels
He has recorded for over a dozen independent record labels, with VHFVHF Records
VHF Records is an American record label, known for their extensive work with several major experimental artists. The label is based in the Washington, DC suburb of Fairfax, Va., and it initially focused on indie and experimental bands from that region...
releasing much of his collaborative work and Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar
Jagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...
issuing many of solo albums, their first being a reissue of Sapphie. Other labels have included Dekorder, Fourth Dimension
Fourth Dimension Records
Fourth Dimension Records is a British record label, specialising in international underground music. It was founded by Gary Levermore as an offshoot of his Third Mind label before being taken over by Richard Johnson in 1984...
, Freek, Fusetron, Majora, Table of the Elements
Table of the Elements
Table of the Elements is an American record label. It concentrates on re-released and specially recorded experimental music, including many of the great avant garde musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries — John Cale, Tony Conrad and La Monte Young, for instance — as well as...
, Volcanic Tongue
Volcanic Tongue
Volcanic Tongue is a record shop, distribution company and record label located in Glasgow, Scotland. It specialises in underground music from the UK, US, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan...
and his own labels, beginning with Jabberwok in the 1980s, and then the self-deprecatingly named No Fans Records.
No Fans Records
Richard founded No Fans Records 1990 and he releases only his own solo and collaborative work through the imprint with some items released in very small numbers. A number of No Fans releases have been reissued in larger editions by other labels.NFR Discography
- NFR01 - Advent LP - (300 copies pressed, 1990)
- NFR02 - Lake 2LP (with Simon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-Smith is a British musician, translator, academic and sometime astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of Lake, a collaboration with Richard Youngs issued under the moniker R!!!S!!!...
, credited to R!!!S!!!, 300 copies pressed, 1990) - NFC01 - Durian Durian by Neil/Richard/Simon/Stewart (Neil CampbellNeil Campbell (musician)Neil Campbell is a British musician, notable for his vast catalogue and his many collaborations. In 2005, The Wire declared that he, Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower had "provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s".-Early...
, Youngs, Simon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-Smith is a British musician, translator, academic and sometime astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of Lake, a collaboration with Richard Youngs issued under the moniker R!!!S!!!...
and Stewart Walden) - cassette (1992) - NFR03 - New Angloid Sound LP (co-release with Forced ExposureForced ExposureForced Exposure was an independent music magazine published sporadically out of Massachusetts from the early-'80s to 1993, edited by Jimmy Johnson and Byron Coley. It was printed on cheap newsprint with plain design and filled with corrosive yet humorous writing...
, 300 copies pressed, 1992) - NFC02 - Tape Hiss cassette (by Tape Hiss, a trio of Youngs, Neil CampbellNeil Campbell (musician)Neil Campbell is a British musician, notable for his vast catalogue and his many collaborations. In 2005, The Wire declared that he, Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower had "provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s".-Early...
and Stewart Walden) (1994) - NFR04 - Zenith CD (with Ilk, 500 copies pressed, 1998)
- NFR05 - Nova Scotia Breakout CDR (very limited, as few as 5 copies exist, 2005)
- NFR06 - Summer Wanderer CDR (1st edition limited to around 10-20 copies, all given away by Richard - 2005, 2nd edition in alternate packaging available commercially, quantity unknown - 2006)
- NFR07 - Garden Of Stones CDR (limited to around 35 copies, sold at concerts in Portugal, 2005)
- NFR08 - The Wood Is Barren, My Mountain Is Lonely CDR (with Andrew Paine, limited to 10 copies, 2005)
- NFR09 - Multi-Tracked Shakuhachi CDR (initially limited to around 30 copies but later repressed with an amended back cover, 2006)
- NFR10 - No Home Like Place CDR (distributor Volcanic Tongue stated that there were just 18 copies, 2006) nb - released after NFR11
- NFR11 - (untitled) CDR (no formal title, edition unknown, 2006)
- NFR12 - 20th Century Jams CDR (disc states "recorded during the 1980s and 1990s in Glasgow, Harpenden and St. Albans", edition unknown, 2007)
- NFR13 - 21st Century Jams CDR (companion volume to the above with material from 2000, 2001 and 2007, c. 60 copies, 2007)
- NFR14 - Somerled CDR (recorded April–May 2007, all copies come with a "No Fans" sew-on patch, edition unknown, 2007)
- NFR15 - Three Handed Star CDR (limited to 50 copies, only available through Volcanic TongueVolcanic TongueVolcanic Tongue is a record shop, distribution company and record label located in Glasgow, Scotland. It specialises in underground music from the UK, US, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan...
, 2008. Was listed as "Three Headed Star". No information on packaging; titles encoded on disc using CD Text) - NFR16 - Nerston Surface/First Voice To Earth CDR (limited to 50 copies in hand-painted sleeves, only available through Volcanic Tongue, no information on packaging, 2008)
- NFR17 - Live In Salford CDR (limited to 50 copies, only available through Volcanic Tongue, 2008)
Recent work
In recent years, Youngs has performed live more often, including shows in the UK, Canada and Italy - he will tour New Zealand later in 2010. His release schedule is as prolific as ever, especially with Andrew Paine with whom he has now released more than 20 albums. In 2009 he released a "pop" album, "Beyond The Valley Of Ultrahits" on Paine's Sonic Oyster Records label and this was reissued on vinyl by Jagjaguwar in 2010. "20 Years", a four-disc set commemorating his partnership with Simon Wickham Smith was released by the VHF label in 2010.Early Recordings
Youngs's 1980s recordings were mostly as Omming For Woks - principally Youngs and Andrew Trussler with Barry Lamb joining them for the Show Me A Sane Man EP. Several privately issued cassettesCassette culture
Cassette culture, or the cassette underground , refers to the practices surrounding amateur production and distribution of recorded music that emerged in the late 1970s via home-made audio cassettes...
on their own Jabberwok label exist, including Living in Harmony (1984) and Shouting The Silent Slogan (1986) and a clutch of compilation appearances including Sympathy on "Time And Time Again" with Assorted Artists (Fragment 1985) and Marjorie Daw on Sensationnel N°5 - All with voices (Illusion Productions 1987).
Jabberwok issued several cassette compilations which featured OFW material including Fugitive Pieces (1984), The Great Difficult Music Swindle (1985), and Cars and T-Shirts (1985). There was also a 1985 collaboration - Rock and Roll Should Have Stopped With Bill Haley - with The Strolling Ones.
Two further cassettes came to light through being offered on eBay. Both are primarily solo Youngs and appear under the artist name The Creation Room - Dark Shadow Breath b/w Roog Confetti and Apricot Tree & Will To Tedium b/w 19 Used Postage Stamps (the latter being explicitly referred to by Youngs in The Wire, issue 259 and reissued on the limited edition 20th Century Jams CDR in 2007). The former features a number of collaborators, including Trussler. A further Creation Room cassette Music that Undid Him in a Japanese Minute (1985) has been listed on Discogs; again, this is primarily solo Youngs with a contribution from Simon Batley on two tracks. Other recordings issued under this name include the cassette Music From the Creation Room (1984) and a compilation song entitled "Sometimes For Him".
Solo recordings
- Advent - LP (No Fans, 1990), CD (Table Of The Elements 1997), CD reissue (Jagjaguwar 2004), LP reissue (Jagjaguwar 2006)
- Mundanity - cassette - one side only, other side by Neil Campbell (Cakehole 1993)
- New Angloid Sound - LP (Forced Exposure/No Fans, 1993)
- Motorway - cassette (Chocolate Monk 1995 - some copies run out during the final track)
- Festival - CD (Table Of The Elements 1996)
- Sapphie - CD (Oblique 1998) CD reissue (Jagjaguwar 2000), LP (Jagjaguwar 2006)
- House Music - CD (Meme 1998)
- Making Paper - CD (Jagjaguwar 2001)
- May - CD (Jagjaguwar 2002)
- Airs Of The Ear CD (Jagjaguwar 2003)
- 171 Used Train Tickets - one sided 10”; a spoken word piece from 1990 (Fusetron 2004)
- River Through Howling Sky - CD (Jagjaguwar 2004)
- The Naïve Shaman - LP/CD (Jagjaguwar 2005)
- Nova Scotia Breakout CDR (No Fans 2005)
- Summer Wanderer - CDR (private edition - No Fans 2005), CDR reissue (No Fans 2006), LP (Gipsy Sphinx 2007)
- Garden Of Stones- CDR (No Fans 2005, reissued as a download by The WireThe Wire (magazine)The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
to coincide with their cover story on Youngs later the same year) - Multi-Tracked Shakuhachi - CDR (No Fans 2006)
- (Untitled) - CDR (No Fans 2006)
- No Home Like Place - CDR (No Fans 2006)
- 20th Century Jams - CDR (No Fans 2007)
- 21st Century Jams - CDR (No Fans 2007)
- Somerled - CDR (No Fans 2007)
- Autumn Response - LP/CD (Jagjaguwar 2007)
- Three Handed Star - CDR (No Fans 2008)
- Nerston Surface/First Voice To Earth - CDR (No Fans 2008)
- Live In Salford - CDR (No Fans 2008)
- High Sun Energy/States of Time - 7", limited to 300 (Dull Knife 2009)
- Sleep Deprivation Single - lathe cut 7" in deluxe packaging, limited to 100 (Five Minute Association 2009)
- Beyond the Valley of Ultrahits - CDR (2 editions, each of 100 numbered copies - Sonic Oyster Records 2009), LP (Jagjaguwar 2010)
- Like A Neuron - LP (Dekorder 2009)
- Under Stellar Stream - LP (Jagjaguwar 2009)
- Fen Flowers - 7" - split with Valet, part of the 4 single "Tsuki No Seika" series (Root Strata 2010)
- Inceptor - LP (300 copies, "art edition" of 10 with additional packaging and handwritten message from Richard - Volcanic Tongue 2010)
- Atlas of Hearts - LP (Apollolaan 2011)
- Be Brave, This World - 10" (Split with Annelies Monseré - Three:four Records 2011)
- I Dream Of Mezzanine/Cloudplanes - LP (The Spring Press 2011)
- Amplifying Host - LP (Jagjaguwar 2011)
With Simon Wickham-Smith
- Lake - credited to R!!!S!!! - 2LP set (No Fans, 1990), CD (VHF, 2000)
- Ceaucescu LP (Forced Exposure 1992)
- Asthma And Diabetes LP (Majora 1994)
- Kretinmuzak CD (Slask 1994)
- Worried About Heaven 7” (Fourth Dimension 1994)
- 444D 10” (Fourth Dimension 1995)
- Enedkeg LP (Majora 1996)
- Knish LP (Ignivomous 1996)
- Veil (For Greg) CD (Insignificant 1997), CD reissue (Jagjaguwar 2008)
- Red And Blue Bear CD (VHF 1997 - credited to R!!!S!!! on CD spine)
- Pulse Of The Rooster CD (VHF 1998)
- The Enigma Of Rotons - lathe cut 7”, only 50 copies exist (Hell’s Half Halo 1998)
- Metallic Sonatas - CD (VHF 1999)
- LAmmERGEIER CD (VHF 2001)
- 5 Years CD (VHF 2006)
- 20 Years 1 LP & 3CD set (VHF 2010 - contained an LP reworking their first ever recording and 3 previously unreleased albums - see below)
With Andrew Paine
- Zenith - as Ilk CD (No Fans 1998)
- Canticle - as Ilk - CD (VHF 2005)
- Mauve Dawn LP (Fusetron 2005)
- The Wood Is Barren, My Mountain Is Lonely CDR (No Fans 2005)
- Collodion Positives : Volume 1 CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2006)
- Santos CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2006)
- 1958 CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2006)
- Forest Of Swords CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2006)
- The Memory Plain CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2006)
- Roman Concrete - Volume 1 CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2007)
- Rock Traveller CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2007)
- Collodion Positives : Volume 2 CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2007)
- Collodion Positives : Volume 3 CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2008)
- The Language Of The Court - as Ilk CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2008)
- Hot Canyon Butter CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2008)
- Snapshots of Rural England CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2008)
- English Channel CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2008)
- Collodion Positives : Volume 4 CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2008)
- Panegyric Territories : Volume 1 - as Ilk CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2009)
- The Great Level CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2009)
- Earth Rod CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2009)
- Tokyo Garden Suite CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2009)
- Guide To Music CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2010)
- The Horizon Project 3" CDR (La Station Radar 2010)
- Robot CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2010)
- Urban Parable - as Urban Parable CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2010)
- 4trackcassettemachine cassette (Sonic Oyster Cassettes 2010)
With the A Band
- Untitled - 7" (Any Old Records 1991)
- Anusol - cassette (1992) and CDR reissue (year unknown) (Chocolate Monk)
- Artex/A Lot - LP, Youngs on Side 2 only (Siltbreeze 1993)
- A Band - CD (private pressing- 1997. Hand-painted sleeves, Youngs part of the 18-piece line-up, recorded in Nottingham in 1991. 547 copies pressed.)
- A Band - LP - some copies featured a bonus CDR entitled TV Set For Winter (note - the discs read "TV Sets From Winter" - the former title is correct), LP contains some material also found on the 1997 CD release. Youngs edited the music together for this edition (Qbico 2002)
- There are several other A BandA BandThe A Band are a British musical collective formed in Nottingham in the late 1980s. In 2005, The Wire compared the band's importance to that of AMM and SME, and noted their lack of musical training....
releases but only those which are confirmed to feature Richard have been included here. A discography for the A Band is included in their article.
With Neil Campbell
- Durian Durian - with Simon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-Smith is a British musician, translator, academic and sometime astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of Lake, a collaboration with Richard Youngs issued under the moniker R!!!S!!!...
, Neil CampbellNeil Campbell (musician)Neil Campbell is a British musician, notable for his vast catalogue and his many collaborations. In 2005, The Wire declared that he, Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower had "provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s".-Early...
and Stewart Walden - cassette (No Fans 1992), LP (Forced Exposure 1993) - Tape Hiss - with Tape Hiss - Youngs, Stewart Walden and Neil CampbellNeil Campbell (musician)Neil Campbell is a British musician, notable for his vast catalogue and his many collaborations. In 2005, The Wire declared that he, Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower had "provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s".-Early...
- cassette (No Fans 1994) - How The Garden Is - with Neil CampbellNeil Campbell (musician)Neil Campbell is a British musician, notable for his vast catalogue and his many collaborations. In 2005, The Wire declared that he, Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower had "provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s".-Early...
LP (HP Cycle 2001) - Astral Social Club #10: Live At Subcurrent - with Neil CampbellNeil Campbell (musician)Neil Campbell is a British musician, notable for his vast catalogue and his many collaborations. In 2005, The Wire declared that he, Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower had "provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s".-Early...
and Tirath Singh Nirmala as Astral Social Club - CD-R (Astral Social Club 2006). Documents a live Astral Social Club performance at Subcurrent 2006, Glasgow, Scotland, with Youngs guesting on sound effects and electronics. - Skelp/Ginnel - by Astral Social Club. A 7" by Neil Campbell coupled with a CDR of remixes including one by Youngs (Trensmat Records 2008)
- Octuplex - by Astral Social Club - Youngs appears on Track 5 - CD (VHF 2009)
With Matthew Bower
- Site/Realm - with Matthew BowerMatthew BowerMatthew Bower is a British musician, active since the early 1980s, with a vast collection of collaborative and solo work behind him.-Skullflower:...
LP (VHF/Insample 1995) - has been listed as a split album with a side from each, in fact, all the music is collaborative. - Adieu, All You Judges - with Skullflower, CD is split with Ramleh (Broken Flag, 1995)
- Sorties - with Skullflower cassette, Youngs appears on some tracks (Broken Flag 1996)
- This is Skullflower - with Skullflower, Youngs plays guitar on The Pirate Ship Of Reality Is Moving Out CD (VHF 1996)
- Delicate Autobahn Under Construction - with Sunroof!, Youngs appears on some tracks 2CD (VHF 1997)
- Slipstream - with Sunroof!, Youngs appears on some tracks CDR (Rural Electrification Program 1999)
- Mountain Tasting - with Total, Youngs appears on side one 7" (lathe-cut, edition of 50, self-released by Bower, circa 1999)
- Bliss - with Sunroof! - Youngs plays guitar on Distoria CD (VHF 2001)
- Relayer - with Youngsbower CD (VHF 2002)
With Brian Lavelle
- Radios CD (Freek 1996)
- Radios 2 CD (Freek 1997)
- Radios 3,4,5 3CD set (Freek 1997)
- Radios 6 CDR (Bake Records 1998)
- Radios 7 CDR (Bake Records 2000)
- Radios 8 CDR (Bake Records 2000)
With Alex Neilson
- Ourselves CD (VHF 2004)
- Beating Stars LP (HP Cycle 2004)
- Partick Raindance CD (VHF 2005)
- Belsayer Time - with Neilson and Alastair Galbraith - LP, numbered edition of 900 (Time-Lag 2006)
- Road Is Open Life CD (Celebrate Psi Phenomenon 2006)
- Electric Lotus/Lotus Edition - LP & CD set (VHF 2007)
With Jandek
- Glasgow SundayGlasgow SundayGlasgow Sunday is the second of four albums released in 2005 by musician Jandek on Corwood Industries, as . His 41st overall, it was recorded live on October 17, 2004 at The Arches, Glasgow, as part of the Instal festival...
- CD and DVDGlasgow Sunday (DVD)Glasgow Sunday is the DVD counterpart to the 2005 live album released in 2005 by musician Jandek. Like the original album , it was released on June 13, 2006 by Corwood Industries and shares the same catalog number, albeit with the suffix "DVD" attached...
(Corwood IndustriesCorwood IndustriesCorwood Industries is a Houston, Texas-based company whose only output would appear to be the music of Jandek. It is not known what other ventures, if any, that Corwood Industries may be involved with....
2005) - Newcastle SundayNewcastle SundayNewcastle Sunday is the 45th release by avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek, released by Corwood Industries. It is a recording of his second ever live performance, recorded at The Sage Gateshead, England....
- 2CD and DVDNewcastle Sunday (DVD)Newcastle Sunday is the DVD counter part to the CD of the same name, by avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek, released by Corwood Industries around October or November 2006...
(Corwood IndustriesCorwood IndustriesCorwood Industries is a Houston, Texas-based company whose only output would appear to be the music of Jandek. It is not known what other ventures, if any, that Corwood Industries may be involved with....
2006) - Glasgow MondayGlasgow MondayGlasgow Monday is the 47th release, third live album, and second-ever double album release, from avant-folk/blues singer/songwriter Jandek. It is his fifth release of the year and features "The Corwood Representative" on piano and vocals, along with the same rhythm section he performed with at...
: The Cell - 2CD (2006) and DVD (2007) (Corwood IndustriesCorwood IndustriesCorwood Industries is a Houston, Texas-based company whose only output would appear to be the music of Jandek. It is not known what other ventures, if any, that Corwood Industries may be involved with....
) - Glasgow FridayGlasgow FridayGlasgow Friday is a live album by Jandek released in 2008. It is Jandek's 53rd release. The album was recorded on 14 October 2005 at The Arches in Glasgow. Jandek was performing as part of the Instal festival, the same festival and venue at which he had made his unannounced live debut in 2004...
- CD (2008) and DVD (2009) (Corwood IndustriesCorwood IndustriesCorwood Industries is a Houston, Texas-based company whose only output would appear to be the music of Jandek. It is not known what other ventures, if any, that Corwood Industries may be involved with....
) - Camber Sands Sunday - CD (2010) (Corwood IndustriesCorwood IndustriesCorwood Industries is a Houston, Texas-based company whose only output would appear to be the music of Jandek. It is not known what other ventures, if any, that Corwood Industries may be involved with....
)
Other collaborations
- St Helena/Juniper - 7” single, Juniper with Stephen Todd (Insample 1994)
- Denny/Twechar - with Leather Mole 7“ (Crank Automotive 1995)
- Georgians - with Stephen Todd CD (VHF 1996)
- Big Band Xerox - with PD cassette (Chocolate Monk, 1996) - a ten piece live incarnation of Blackburn, West Lothian-based improv/noise group Prick Decay featuring Youngs, Neil Campbell, Dylan Nyoukis, Sticky Foster and Tim Moulder amongst others. Nyoukis is the co-founder of the Chocolate Monk imprint and runs it to this day.
- Brewery Of Eggshells - with Telstar PoniesTelstar PoniesTelstar Ponies are a rock band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1994. They were signed to Fire Records Their musical style varies considerably but displays obvious influences from Krautrock, folk , and experimental noise.-History:...
12” single/CD (Fire 1996) - Voices From The New Music - with Telstar PoniesTelstar PoniesTelstar Ponies are a rock band formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1994. They were signed to Fire Records Their musical style varies considerably but displays obvious influences from Krautrock, folk , and experimental noise.-History:...
LP/CD (Fire 1996) - note that Youngs only appears on this Telstar Ponies album and the above tie-in single. He is credited throughout as a member of the band rather than as a guest artist. - Protection SpellsProtection SpellsProtection Spells is a tour-only album by Songs: Ohia. It is a collection of 9 improvised pieces recorded by Jason Molina whilst on tour in 1999...
- with Songs: OhiaSongs: OhiaJason Molina is an American singer-songwriter, originally from Lorain, Ohio. He first came to prominence performing and recording as Songs: Ohia, both in solo projects and with a rotating cast of musicians...
CD (Secretly Canadian, 2000) - a limited edition album of improvised material recorded in various cities during a European tour in 1999. Youngs is one of the guest musicians. - eponymous - with Kawabata MakotoKawabata MakotoKawabata Makoto is a Japanese musician and founding member of the band and "soul collective" Acid Mothers Temple.- Band history :Kawabata is chiefly famous for his leadership of Acid Mothers Temple and its variants; however, he has also played in many other bands since the start of his career in...
(of Acid Mothers TempleAcid Mothers TempleAcid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. is a Japanese psychedelic band, the core of which formed in 1995. The band is led by guitarist Kawabata Makoto and early in their career featured many musicians, but by 2004 the line-up had coalesced with only a few core members and frequent guest...
) CD (VHF 2001) - Bluster, Cragg, & Awe - with Tirath Singh Nirmala - Youngs appears on one track - CD (Digitalis 2006)
- Richard Youngs & Tirath Singh Nirmala - with Tirath Singh Nirmala LP (HP Cycle 2007)
Miscellaneous
- String Quartets, Loops, Garden Talk - by Neil CampbellNeil Campbell (musician)Neil Campbell is a British musician, notable for his vast catalogue and his many collaborations. In 2005, The Wire declared that he, Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower had "provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s".-Early...
- the 6-part track Garden Talk (for found tape and synthesizer) is credited as having been composed by Campbell and "assembled" by Youngs (self-released CDR - material from between 1994 and 1997). - Psychiatric Underground - by Ceramic Hobs - the track Meeting The Summertime has the credit "score by Richard Youngs" - he provided an 11 note handwritten score for the keyboard part, which spells out "ceramichobs" if you move the musical notation up the alphabet. Neil CampbellNeil Campbell (musician)Neil Campbell is a British musician, notable for his vast catalogue and his many collaborations. In 2005, The Wire declared that he, Richard Youngs and Matthew Bower had "provided the map co-ordinates for much of what passed for a post-punk UK underground during most of the 80s and 90s".-Early...
is one of 4 people credited as having provided tapes for the same track. (Pumf/Mental Guru CD, c. 1999) - Richard has also published a recipe book. Cook Vegan (Ashgrove Press) was printed in 1996 and reprinted in 2001, receiving favourable reviews.
Unreleased material
Youngs records prolifically and there are many unreleased projects.- There were at least 5 unreleased albums recorded with Simon Wickham-Smith. Three of them - Songphase, Live!!! and SMIRR were eventually released on CD as part of the "20 Years" box set in 2010. Two further albums The Random Sailor and Parrots are known to exist: Parrots 4 was made available on the VHF website as an mp3 file and material from "The Random Sailor" was included in two special programmes by Californian radio station KFJCKFJCKFJC is a non-commercial college radio station in Los Altos Hills, California at Foothill College, using an Variety radio format that features a broad spectrum of music styles and public affairs programming. KFJC's broadcast is 24/7 in the San Francisco Bay Area...
in May 2001 devoted to the duo which also featured music from Songphase, Live!!! and SMIRR.
- A 10" record split between Wickham-Smith and Youngs (contributing Papa Deo Bilong Mipela and Wynding Fall of Mind respectively) was announced but has yet to be released.
- Other items known to exist or to be in limited circulation include Festival Of Carols, a cassette of Christmas songs from around 1990/1, given to friends in lieu of Christmas cards (The WireThe Wire (magazine)The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
, issue 236 reports that a total of 11 copies were made). Tracks included readings of God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen, The Boar's Head Carol and Jesus Born Today. 4 other tracks from this cassette were remastered and included on the A Glasgow Wassail CDR in 2007, a compilation of Christmas songs curated by Andrew Paine (see Compilations entry).
- In addition, there is an unreleased follow-up to Georgians recorded with Stephen Todd, a cassette of the music Richard composed for Niall Ashdown's play Hungarian Bird Festival, also featured in a later BBC radio adaption and a shelved Ilk album titled Herald, a track from which, "Carillon", was made available for download via the Sonic Oyster Records Myspace page over Christmas 2008 before appearing on the 2009 compilation The Continuing Saga Of The Visiting Kitten. In 2005, Richard recorded a session for Resonance FMResonance FMResonance 104.4 FM is a London based non-profit community radio station run by the London Musicians' Collective .The station is staffed by four permanent staff members, including programme controller Ed Baxter and over 300 volunteer technical and production staff.Until September 2007, ResonanceFM...
entitled Chips And Curry Sauce which contained some previously unissued music alongside a recording of Richard cooking the titular meal, giving full instructions for those who wished to try his recipe for themselves. Richard also recorded a contribution for a Resonance FM series called No Place Like Home - this formed the basis of the very limited No Home Like Place album issued in 2006. There were 2 radio sessions with Brian LavelleBrian LavelleBrian Lavelle is an experimental Scottish sound artist, born in Glasgow but now living in Edinburgh. He has been recording with varying degrees of intensity since around 1990....
; one piece from four recorded for radiotuesday has been issued (see below) and a live recording for Radio 3 made at the Purcell Room in London in 1996 remains unreleased. The Mauve Dawn album with Andrew Paine is part of a proposed trilogy but the other 2 albums have yet to appear. The website of US label SiltbreezeSiltbreezeSiltbreeze is an American independent record label based out of Philadelphia.-Roster:*1929*A Band*Above Ground*A Handful of Dust*Alan Licht*Alasehir*Alastair Galbraith*Angus Maclise*Ashtabula*Ashtray Navigations*Axemen*Bardo Pond*Blues Control...
sees them claiming to have rejected a Youngs album (catalogued as SB-74 http://www.siltbreeze.com/discography.htm) but, as no title is listed, it is not known if this was released elsewhere.
Compilations, etc
- Zene - with Simon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-Smith is a British musician, translator, academic and sometime astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of Lake, a collaboration with Richard Youngs issued under the moniker R!!!S!!!...
, split 7” with A BandA BandThe A Band are a British musical collective formed in Nottingham in the late 1980s. In 2005, The Wire compared the band's importance to that of AMM and SME, and noted their lack of musical training....
on other side (Baby Huey, 1992)
- WNF Tag Team Noise Rumble Spectacular - with Simon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-Smith is a British musician, translator, academic and sometime astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of Lake, a collaboration with Richard Youngs issued under the moniker R!!!S!!!...
, credited as R!!!S!!! - artists provided tracks which were played in mono in one speaker whilst another artist played in the other speaker - R!!!S!!! teamed with Expose Your Eyes and Smell And Quim. Also features Prick Decay, Incapactiants, The Haters, Evil Moisture etc. etc. - red vinyl LP, 500 pressed ( Stinky Horse Fuck 1995)
- (untitled) - on In God We Trust a/k/a Nickel, a promotional 7" single also featuring Jim O'RourkeJim O'Rourke (musician)Jim O'Rourke is an Irish-American musician and record producer. He was long associated with the Chicago experimental and improv scene...
, FaustFaustFaust is the protagonist of a classic German legend; a highly successful scholar, but also dissatisfied with his life, and so makes a deal with the devil, exchanging his soul for unlimited knowledge and worldly pleasures. Faust's tale is the basis for many literary, artistic, cinematic, and musical...
, Tony ConradTony ConradTony Conrad is an American avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker, musician/composer, sound artist, teacher and writer...
and Keith RoweKeith RoweKeith Rowe is an English free improvisation tabletop guitarist and painter. Rowe is a founding member of both the hugely influential AMM in the mid-1960s and M.I.M.E.O. Having trained as a visual artist, Rowe's paintings have been featured on most of his own albums...
(AMMAMM (group)AMM are an important British free improvisation group, founded in London, England in 1965.AMM have never been well known to the general public, but have been incredibly influential on the field of improvised music...
). 250 copies only (Table Of The Elements 1995)
- Walking The Mongoose - with Simon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-Smith is a British musician, translator, academic and sometime astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of Lake, a collaboration with Richard Youngs issued under the moniker R!!!S!!!...
on 4 7" set Breaking the Plastic Hymen, Vinyl Virgins & Lo-Fi Whores (Fisheye 1996)
- Dreamsong - with Simon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-Smith is a British musician, translator, academic and sometime astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of Lake, a collaboration with Richard Youngs issued under the moniker R!!!S!!!...
- from Song Phase (see above), temporarily available on the VHF records website as an MP3 file. Recorded 1996.
- Oh Father Soil - on Waiting To Be OldWaiting To Be OldWaiting To Be Old is a compilation album released on the Opprobrium label in August 1997. It was intended as a side-piece to Opprobrium magazine.-Track listing:# Musica Transonic – "Damp Squib"# Bardo Pond – "Chillam Full"...
CD (Opprobrium 1997)
- The Hartford Address (Extract) and Act 3 (excerpt) - both with Simon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-Smith is a British musician, translator, academic and sometime astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of Lake, a collaboration with Richard Youngs issued under the moniker R!!!S!!!...
- on Stand Up For Art Rock (Because Space Rock Is Over) promotional only compilation. The second track is an extract from Red And Blue Bear (VHF 1997)
- Entry/Addendum - with Matthew BowerMatthew BowerMatthew Bower is a British musician, active since the early 1980s, with a vast collection of collaborative and solo work behind him.-Skullflower:...
and Simon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-Smith is a British musician, translator, academic and sometime astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of Lake, a collaboration with Richard Youngs issued under the moniker R!!!S!!!...
- on Scenes From Ringing Isle, credited to Matthew Bower/R! & S! (split label release, c. 1998)
- Parrots 4 - with Simon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-SmithSimon Wickham-Smith is a British musician, translator, academic and sometime astrologer. He first came to the attention of the experimental music underground with the release of Lake, a collaboration with Richard Youngs issued under the moniker R!!!S!!!...
from the shelved album “Parrots”, still available via the VHF Records website as an MP3 file. Recorded 1999.
- Wofer - with Brian LavelleBrian LavelleBrian Lavelle is an experimental Scottish sound artist, born in Glasgow but now living in Edinburgh. He has been recording with varying degrees of intensity since around 1990....
on e.g. Sometime Instant, a compilation documenting a short lived Glasgow radio station radiotuesday. Lavelle & Youngs recorded 4 tracks for their session of which this is one. The remainder have not been issued. (radiotuesday, 2000)
- 1966 - on I Am A Photographer, a tribute album to the film “Blow Up” (Plain Recordings 2000)
- The Sea Is Madness - on VPRO De Avonden XMAS 2000 CDR (VPRO 2000). A brief version recorded for the "De Avonden" programme.
- Come Hear Us Now - on Festivalsampler 2001, a promotional CD for the 2001 KRAAK festival (not commercially released)
- Worse Than Pug - on Freak On!, also featuring Vibracathedral OrchestraVibracathedral OrchestraVibracathedral Orchestra is an England-based drone ensemble that has been active since 1998.-Biography:The original group came together when Mick Flower began recording with Neil Campbell and Julian Bradley, who had released a number of homemade cassettes and an LP of their duo work...
and Sunroof!Matthew BowerMatthew Bower is a British musician, active since the early 1980s, with a vast collection of collaborative and solo work behind him.-Skullflower:...
CDR (VHF 2001)
- Like Tigers Now - on Back Into The Shadows CD - free with Comes With A Smile magazine 2002 (Volume 7 of their compilation series)
- The World Is Silence In Your Head - on Song To The Siren DVD by Damon & Naomi on tour with Kurihara. Youngs supported Damon & Naomi at King Tut's Wah Wah HutKing Tut's Wah Wah HutKing Tut's Wah Wah Hut, also known as King Tut's, is a live music venue and bar in on St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Scotland. It is owned and managed by Glasgow-based gig promoters DF Concerts...
in GlasgowGlasgowGlasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
and is shown both backstage and performing. This is an alternate, more developed version of the song to that found on Making Paper and is performed on acoustic guitar rather than piano. He does not appear on the CD part of the package (Sub PopSub PopSub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
2002)
- Oceanic Days - on CD given away with issue 13 of Fanzine Overdub 2003
- Time Of Tomorrow - on Guitars Undressed CD Marrakech Recordings 2003
- The World Is Silence In Your Head - on the Routine Jazz #2 DJ mix compilation CD by Kei Kobayashi. JVC (Japan) 2003. Same version as appears on Making Paper
- New Morning - on * (There Is No Hidden Meaning) - A Compilation 2CDR Kabuki Kore c. 2004
- Sonar In My Soul - on Mind The Gap Volume 59, given with Gonzo Circus magazine issue dated December 2005/January 2006. Same version as appears on The Naive Shaman
- House Of Constant Song - with Alex NeilsonAlex NeilsonAlex Neilson is an English drummer, percussionist and singer who is currently based in Glasgow but grew up in Leeds. He has performed alongside a large number of bands and artists including Lucky Luke, The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden, Ashtray Navigations, Alastair Galbraith, Isobel Campbell,...
- on Not Alone, a 5-CD benefit album on Jnana Records, with all proceeds donated to Médecins Sans Frontierès specifically to target their work on the AIDS epidemic in Africa - 2006
- Soon It Will Be Fire - on Motion, Heat, Noise and Waste, given with Plan BPlan B (magazine)Plan B was a monthly music magazine based in London, England. It catered mainly towards independent music but did not discriminate between the relative popularity of the bands it features. Plan B also documented alternative culture such as film, comics, video games, visual art and books. The...
issue 18, February 2007. Same version as appears on Sapphie
- The Welcome Sailor - on Migrating Bird: The Songs of Lal Waterson LP/CD (Honest Jon's 2007).
- Angels From The Realms, The Holly And The Ivy, A Gloucestershire Wassail, There Is A Path and Corner Of The Season - on A Glasgow Wassail CDR (Sonic Oyster Records 2007 - Corner Of The Season is an original composition written and performed by Youngs and Andrew Paine, all other tracks come from the Festival Of Carols tape noted above).
- It's All Waves - with Alex NeilsonAlex NeilsonAlex Neilson is an English drummer, percussionist and singer who is currently based in Glasgow but grew up in Leeds. He has performed alongside a large number of bands and artists including Lucky Luke, The One Ensemble Of Daniel Padden, Ashtray Navigations, Alastair Galbraith, Isobel Campbell,...
- on George Ferguson McKeating, a 2-CDR compilation by British journalist and writer Scott McKeating with all proceeds going to the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund (Bells Hill 2009).
- Boughs (For The Trees) [solo recording] and Carillon [with Andrew Paine as Ilk] - on The Continuing Saga Of The Visiting Kitten a CDR compilation with all proceeds going to Cats Protection (Sonic Dust Recordings 2009).
- Broke Up By Night on Heart And Soul a Jagjaguwar compilation CD given away free with Uncut Magazine (issue dated March 2010). Same version as appears on Under Stellar Stream.