Young Turks (record label)

Young Turks
Parent company Beggars Group
Founded 2006
Founder Caius Pawson
Distributor(s) Beggars Group
Genre Indietronica, indie pop
Country of origin United Kingdom
Location London
Official website theyoungturks.co.uk

Young Turks is a British independent record label owned by Beggars Group,[1] launched by Caius Pawson as an imprint of XL Recordings in 2006.[2] It has grown from an imprint 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, SBTRKT, Sampha, Jamie xx and Koreless.

As well as releasing records, Young Turks throw 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, 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 more than a million copies, won the Mercury Prize and been awarded best British and Irish album of the year.[6][7][8]

Current artists

Catalogue artists

Discography

Selected 7", 12", CD & download 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 EP (2014)
  • YT111: FKA x inc. - FKA x inc. (2014)
  • YT112: SBTRKT - Transitions I, II, III (2014)
  • 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)
  • YT136: Various Artists - Continuum (2015)
  • YT140: Koreless - TT / Love (2015)
  • YT142: FKA twigs - M3LL155X (2015)

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. ↑ http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/20259/1/fka-twigs-future-shock
  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.

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