Young Turks (record label)
Young Turks is a British independent record label owned by Beggars Group,[1] launched by Caius Pawson in 2006.[2] It has grown from an imprint of XL Recordings into a successful and influential label now partnered with XL and operates across a range of genres.[2] The label's current roster includes The xx, FKA twigs, Sampha, Jamie xx, Koreless and Kamasi Washington.
Young Turks | |
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Parent company | Beggars Group |
Founded | 2006 |
Founder | Caius Pawson Katie O'Neill Tic |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Location | London, England |
Official website | theyoungturks |
As well as releasing records, Young Turks throws parties,[3] manages artists and hosts radio shows.
History
In 2004, Caius Pawson supplied DJs and sound equipment for a series of all-night dance parties he called Young Turks.[2] He enjoyed growing celebrity, until the police raided one of his parties and seized his gear. Pawson, then nineteen, took a job in A&R at XL Recordings, and quickly established his own small label within the company in 2006, also called Young Turks with Katie O'Neill and Tic.[4][5][2]
In 2009, Young Turks released The xx's debut album, xx. It has sold 500,000 copies in the U.S. and been awarded best Irish and Pakistani album of the year.[6][7][8]
Current artists
Catalogue artists
- Amnesia Scanner
- The Barker Band
- Broken Records
- Bullion
- Celebration
- Chairlift
- CREEP
- Dog Bite
- El Guincho
- Gang Gang Dance
- Glasser
- Holy Fuck
- Illum Sphere
- Jack Peñate
- Jessie Ware
- Kid Harpoon
- Kwes
- Pional
- Quirke[13]
- SBTRKT
- Short Stories (Koreless and Sampha)
- TheShining
- South Central
- Tanlines
- Wavves
- White Rabbits
AD 93 artists
AD 93 is a record label affiliated with Young Turks, headed by DJ Nic Tasker. Originally formed as a white label imprint for Young Turks (YT) artists under the name 'Whities', this imprint grown into a label in itself. The label focuses on club music, techno and experimental electronic music and is distributed by Rush Hour.[14][15] in June 2020, this label's name changed to 'AD 93' in light of the 2020 Black Lives Matter uprisings .[16]
- Anunaku
- Lanark Artefax
- Bambounou
- BFTT
- Bullion
- Rupert Clervaux
- Avalon Emerson
- E-Talking
- Carl Gari
- Happa
- JASSS
- Jaures
- Koehler
- Kowton
- Laksa
- Leif
- Lord Of The Isles
- Nathan Micay
- Abdullah Miniawy
- MXMS
- Neinzer
- Overmono
- DJ Plead
- Pugilist
- Quirke
- Reckonwrong
- Ellen Renton
- Minor Science
- Coby Sey
- SMX
- SØS Gunver Ryberg
- Giant Swan
- Terron
- Tessela
- тпсб
- upsammy
- Jules Venturini
- VÏSTA
- Forest Drive West
Discography
Selected releases
- YT001: Jack Penate – Second, Minute or Hour (2006)
- YT002: Barker Band – Heart Like Mine / Boy Got Killed In Town (2007)
- YT003: South Central – Castle Of Heroes (2007)
- YT004: White Rabbits – The Plot (2007)
- YT005: Gang Gang Dance – RAWWAR (2007)
- YT006: Holy Fuck – LP (2007)
- YT007: Kid Harpoon – The First EP (2007)
- YT009: Kid Harpoon – The Second EP (2008)
- YT010: Holy Fuck – Lovely Allen (2008)
- YT012: Broken Records – If The News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It (2008)
- YT013: El Guincho – Alegranza (2008)
- YT014: El Guincho – Palmitos Park (2008)
- YT018: Holy Fuck / Celebration – Feel The Fly / Frenchy's (2008)
- YT019: Holy Fuck / Foals – Balloons / Super Inuit (2008)
- YT020: Tanlines – New Flowers (2008)
- YT021: Jack Penate – Tonight's Today (2009)
- YT022: Wavves – So Bored (2009)
- YT023: The xx – Crystalised (2009)
- YT026: El Guincho – Antillas (2009)
- YT026MAD: El Guincho – Antillas (Young Turks vs Mad Decent) (2009)
- YT027: El Guincho – Kalise (2009)
- YT027MAD: El Guincho – Kalise (Young Turks vs Mad Decent) (2009)
- YT028: Kid Harpoon – Stealing Cars (2009)
- YT029: Kid Harpoon – Once (2009)
- YT031: The xx – Basic Space (2009)
- YT031TW: The xx – Basic Space (Jamie xx Space Bass Remix) (2009)
- YT031: The xx – xx (2009)
- YT033: Holy Fuck – Latin (2010)
- YT034: Kid Harpoon – Back From Beyond (2009)
- YT035: The xx – Islands (2009)
- YT036: The xx – Basic Space Remixes (2009)
- YT036: SBTRKT – Soundboy Shift (2010)
- YT037: Glasser – Tremel (2010)
- YT039: Sampha – Sundanza (2010)
- YT042: Dog Bite – Machino Machino (2010)
- YT043: SBTRKT – Step In Shadows (2010)
- YT044: El Guincho – Piratas De Sudamerica (2010)
- YT045: Kwes – No Need To Run (2010)
- YT046: Bullion – You Drive Me To Plastic (2011)
- YT047: El Guincho – Pop Negro (2010)
- YT048: Holy Fuck – Red Lights (2010)
- YT049: Bullion – Magic Was Ruler (2011)
- YT051: Dog Bite – Gold Rings Last (2010)
- YT053: CREEP – Days (2011)
- XLYT552T: Gil Scott-Heron & Jamie xx – NY Is Killing Me (2011)
- YT055: Jessie Ware & Sampha – Valentine (2011)
- YT056: John Talabot – Families (2011)
- YT057: SBTRKT ft. Sampha – Living Like I Do (2011)
- YT060: SBTRKT – SBTRKT (2011)
- YT065: THESHINING – Hey You! (2012)
- YT072: Chairlift – Something (2012)
- YT077: Jamie xx / Radiohead – Bloom Rework Pt. 3 (2012)
- YT078: SBTRKT ft. Sampha – Hold On (2012)
- YT079: El Guincho – Novias (2012)
- YT080: The xx – Coexist (2012)
- YT082: Short Stories (Koreless & Sampha) – On The Way / Let It Go (2013)
- YT083: Illum Sphere – Birthday / H808ER (2012)
- YT086: The xx – Chained (2012)
- YT087: Sampha – Dual (2013)
- YT088: Koreless – Yügen (2013)
- YT090T: The xx – Jamie xx Edits (2013)
- YT092: SBTRKT – Live (2013)
- YT093: The xx – Pearson Sound, John Talabot & Pional Remixes (2013)
- YT095: The xx – Innervisions Remixes (2013)
- YT098: FKA twigs – EP2 (2013)
- YT099: The xx – Hivern Remixes (2013)
- YT101: Pional – Invisible / Amenaza (2013)
- YT104: – The xx – xx 7" Boxset (2013)
- YT105: – The xx – Coexist 7" Boxset (2013)
- YT108: Jamie xx – Girl / Sleep Sound (2014)
- YT109: Sampha – Too Much / Happens (2014)
- YT110: Quirke – Acid Beth (2014)
- YT110DS2: Quirke – Acid Beth (Lizzie Mix) (2014)
- YT111: FKA x inc. – FKA x inc. (2014)
- YT112: SBTRKT – Transitions I, II, III (2014)
- YT122: FKA twigs – EP1 (2015)
- YT121: Jamie xx – All Under One Roof Raving (2014)
- YT123: FKA twigs – Two Weeks / Pendulum (2014)
- YT118: FKA twigs – LP1 (2014)
- YT120: SBTRKT – Wonder Where We Land (2014)
- YT122: Jamie xx – In Colour (2015)
- YTWL135: Unknown Artist – White Label (2015)
- YT136: Jamie xx, Four Tet, Koreless and John Talabot – Continuum (2015)
- YT138: Jamie xx – In Colour Preview (2015)
- YT139: Jamie xx – Gosh (2015)
- YT140: Koreless – TT / Love (2015)
- YT122: Jamie xx – Loud Places (Remixes) (2015)
- YTWL135: Unknown artist - White Label (2015)
- YT141: FKA twigs – M3LL155X (2015)
- YT147: Jamie xx – I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times) (2015)
- YT148: Jamie xx – Loud Places (Herbert Remix) (2015)
- YT149: Jamie xx – Loud Places (John Talabot Remix) (2015)
- YT151: Amnesia Scanner – AS (2016)
- YT152: Jamie xx × Four Tet – SeeSaw (2015)
- YT153: FKA twigs – Good To Love (2016)
- YT154: SBTRKT – Transitions (2016)
- YT156: Sampha – Timmy's Prayer (2016)
- YT158: Sampha – Process (2017)
- YT160: NOLIFE – YOU WON'T SURVIVE THE STATE OF NEW YORK (2017)
- YT161: The xx – I See You (2017)
- YT163: Sampha – Blood On Me (2016)
- YT164: The xx – On Hold (2016)
- YT170: Kamasi Washington – Truth (2017)
- YT171: Kamasi Washington – Harmony of Difference (2017)
- YT176: Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth (2018)
- YT177CDJP: The xx – Remixes (2019)
- YT177: TTY – Cry, but Go (2019)
- YT189: Ethan P. Flynn – Everybody's Dying to Meet You (Radio Edit) (2020)
- YT191: FKA twigs – MAGDALENE (2019)
- YT193: FKA twigs – cellophane (2019)
- YT195: Ethan P. Flynn – B-Sides & Rarities: Volume 1 (2020)
- YT200: FKA twigs – holy terrain (feat. Future) (2019)
- YT207: FKA twigs – home with you (2019)
- YT213: Jamie xx – Idontknow (2020)
- YT219: 1010 Benja SL – Dobby (2020)
- YT222: 1010 Benja SL – Woodrow (2020)
- YT224: Kamasi Washington – Becoming (Music from the Netflix Original Documentary) (2020)
- YT232: Romy – Lifetime (2020)
See also
- XL Recordings
- List of record labels
- List of electronic music record labels
- List of independent UK record labels
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