Richard Youngs - Sapphie

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Free Music Review: As moving as "In C" or "Plastic Ono band"
Hit: 5 Stars

What Richard Youngs did with this record was not so much reinvent himself as a musician/composer but rather he brought all of his ideas & aesthetics into a whole new context. I remember more than a few people being completely disappointed with Youngs' foray into what would often be referred to as the British folk tradition but I think those people missed the point completely.

With this record Youngs brought emotion back into minimalist composition; setting his voice adrift inside the slowly changing cyclical drone of his nylon guitar he may have brought minimalist music as close to pop music as Terry Reily did when he debuted his composition "In C". Using his voice & guitar as the most delicate of instruments, he holds onto the almost centripetal force that his music has always utilized; replacing that calm that would normally serve as the center with a feeling of sadness or loss.

I've always admired Youngs' vision of music, a vision wholly personal and uncompromising; this record, if nothing else, is Richard Youngs unarmed. Without guitar pedals, keyboards, wind chimes, baking pans or alarm clocks at his disposal Youngs is forced to show you how truly powerful he can be; creating a tender music whose effect is as complex and inspiring as any I've ever heard.

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