At this point in time Richard Youngs should need no introduction. Through his vast discography (spanning over twenty years), he has created a fascinating body of work which has found a home on labels such as Forced Exposure, VHF, Jagjaguar and his own No Fans imprint.

Like all great artists, Richard’s work is hard to pin down and continues to evolve, mutate, and blossom into new forms, whilst at the same time bearing a unique characteristic that lets you know it could be by no-one else. Split into two parts, “Rurtain” is a new electronic piece which picks up from where the “Core To The Brave” LP on Root Strata left off, but taking a more abstract road into something more skeletal and strange. In the first part, broken beats cluster around minimal hits of percussion and wordless vocals that sound like they’re trapped in a vacuum, evoking a slightly unsettling atmosphere. Things become a little more celebratory in the second part with the addition of some very erratic organ playing, which gives an ecstatic and almost ‘free-jazz’ feel to it. The b-side features three very different interpretations of Richard’s originals by Neil Campbell (Astral Social Club), John Clyde -Evans and Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never).

Neil’s version expands the organ of the second piece into a huge kaleidoscopic drone, whilst John hones in on the woodblock and percussion to make something more metallic and abrupt. Finally Daniel Lopatin closes the LP grandly by adding violent stabs of digital synth and melancholic guitar playing to Richard’s voice, almost creating a kind of futuristic ballad. Five tracks of unclassifiable electronics, limited to 300 copies. Recorded by Richard Youngs, Neil Campbell, John Clyde-Evans and Daniel Lopatin in Glasgow, Yorkshire and New York, 2011 – 2012. Mastered by John Hannon at No Recording Studio and cut by Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering.