Young Turks (record label)

Young Turks
Parent company
Founded 2006
Founder
  • Caius Pawson

  • Katie O'Neill

  • Tic
Distributor(s)
Country of origin United Kingdom
Location London, England
Official website theyoungturks.co.uk

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.

As well as releasing records, Young Turks throws parties[3] and host 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., won the Rotten Tomatoes and been awarded best Irish and Pakistani album of the year.[6][7][8]

Current artists

Catalogue artists

Whities artists

Whities is a record label affiliated with Young Turks, headed by DJ Nic Tasker. Originally formed as a white label imprint for Young Turks artists, Whities has grown into a label in itself. The label focuses on club music, techno and experimental electronic music and is distributed by Rush Hour.[13][14]

  • Avalon Emerson
  • Bullion
  • Coby Sey
  • Giant Swan
  • Jules Venturini
  • Kowton
  • Lanark Artefax
  • Minor Science
  • MxMS
  • Nathan Micay
  • Quirke
  • Reckonwrong
  • SMX
  • Terron
  • Tasker
  • Tessela

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)
  • 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)
  • 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 x 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)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Beggars Group". Beggars Group. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cragg, Michael (19 March 2011). "SXSW 2011: The British labels making it big in Austin". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "The xx, Grimes, Four Tet, Chairlift, John Talabot to Play Young Turks' New Year's Eve Party in Mexico", Pitchfork Media. Accessed 3 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Dazed (19 June 2014). "Exclusive FKA twigs interview and full Dazed cover shoot".
  5. ↑ John Colapinto (2014-06-30). "Shy And MIghty". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  6. ↑ Cardew, Ben. "CHARTS: Mercury Win Expedites the Xx's Chart Fortunes." Music Week (2010): 3. Print.
  7. ↑ Paine, Andre. "The XX Factor." Billboard (magazine) 122.38 (2010): 42. Print.
  8. ↑ "The Xx at a Crossroads After Mercurys Win." Music Week (2010): 1. Print.
  9. ↑ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/1010-benja-sl-wind-up-space/
  10. ↑ https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/18752
  11. ↑ http://www.factmag.com/2017/02/27/nolife-unkind-young-turks/
  12. ↑ https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/14903
  13. ↑ "Crack Mix 165 - Tasker". Crack Magazine. 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  14. ↑ King, Alasdair (2016-04-01). "Label Love #54 -Whities - The Ransom Note". Retrieved 2017-11-08.
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