12 Facts About Richard Youngs

Richard Youngs was born on 29 May 1966 and is an English musician based in Glasgow since the early 1990s.

Richard Youngs 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 and even a motorway bridge.

Richard Youngs released an album which was entirely a cappella.

Richard Youngs's 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".

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.

Richard Youngs was a member of the collective A Band.

Richard Youngs can be heard on the Glasgow Sunday, Newcastle Sunday and Glasgow Monday albums, which were recorded at Jandek's first 3 live performances.

Richard Youngs appears on Glasgow Friday and Camber Sands Sunday.

Richard Youngs has recorded for over a dozen independent record labels, with VHF releasing much of his collaborative work and Jagjaguwar issuing many of his solo albums, their first being a reissue of Sapphie.

Richard Youngs 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.

In recent years, Richard Youngs has performed live more often, including shows in the UK, Canada and Italy.

Richard Youngs toured New Zealand in late 2010 and the US in 2013.