Richard Youngs is a
British musician with a prolific and diverse output, including many collaborations. Based in
Glasgow since the early 1990s, his extensive back catalogue of and
collaborative work formally begins with
Advent, first issued in 1990. He plays many instruments, most commonly choosing the guitar, but he has been known to use a wide variety of other instruments including the
shakuhachi,
accordion,
theremin,
dulcimer, a home-made synthesizer (common on early recordings) and even a motorway bridge. He also released an album which was entirely
a cappella.