Artist..........: Richard Youngs
Album...........: Under Stellar Stream
Genre...........: Indie
Label...........: Jagjaguwar
Catnr...........: JAG157
Source..........: CDDA
Rip.Date........: 10-03-2010
Street.Date.....: 19-10-2009
Quality.........: VBR/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo
Url.............: http://musique.fnac.com/a2753441/
Size............: 42.28MB
Song.Title :
01. Broke Up By Night 5:08
02. All Day Monday And Tuesday 6:22
03. Cluster To A Star 6:57
04. Arise Arise 6:40
05. My Mind Is In Garlands 5:27
06. The Bells Of Spring 5:10
Runtime: 35:44 min
Release.Info :
Richard Youngs' latest solo work for Jagjaguwar is a collection of neodruid
hymns and chants for the minutiae of homelife and fatherhood -- poetic
transcendance through repetition and a focus on the (seemingly) micro. Once
again proving himself a master of minimalist composition, Youngs also takes
leaps forward as a lyricist on Under Stellar Stream, reminiscent of the list
incantations of Allen Ginsberg. With this comes a change in Youngs' voice, now
less pleading, deeper and more assured. In these atonal, spatial arrangements,
each phrase is granted the room to work into the cerebral cortex -- and perhaps
a deeper consciousness. "I am remembering now the waiting on time itself. I am
remembering now the value of sleep," recites Youngs' domesticated avatar on
opening track "Broke Up By Night," a celtic prayer for the modern man. On "All
Day Monday and Tuesday," over droning bass and slow, meandering organ, the grind
of the day becomes empyreal: "All day Monday and Tuesday, the room of work, the
room of work... All day Monday and Tuesday, the clarity, the clarity."
For more than 20 years, the UK's Richard Youngs has been at the forefront of
progressive minimalism, through solo home recording projects; through
collaborations with the likes of Simon Wickham-Smith and Makoto Kawabata (of
Acid Mothers Temple); and in special live performances playing bass with Jandek.
Leaving a very human fingerprint on even the most far-reaching experimentations,
Youngs has built a extensive, intriguing catalogue that just begs one to go
deep.
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