Richard Youngs
Biography
Richard Youngs (born 29 May 1966) is an English musician based in Glasgow since the early 1990s. His 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 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".
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
152 releases · 55 albums · active 1984–2026
- Performance · 272
- Other credits · 192
- Engineering · 22
- Production · 7
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Green Door Studio · Canning Factory · Loathsome Reels · Spaghetti Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Jandek
- A Band
- Tim Burgess
- Sunroof!
- Telstar Ponies
- Various
- AMOR (17)
- Corsano