Bill Youngman Biography 2006
After years of jazz and classical guitar training, Youngman decided in '94 to put the strings aside for a bit of electronic dabbling. Being influenced in instrumental music, drum n bass, hip hop and bleep techno resulted in his take to be coined "electrostep". In 1995 he met producer John Selway(Serotonin Records)in which he would release his first ep in fact entitled
"Electro Step". This debut ep displayed Youngman's hybrid of drum n bass
tempo breakbeat chops with the tonalities and bleeps of classic electro. Youngman started to
perform live in New York and released a couple more ep's for Serotonin.
In 1998 Youngman met Neil Landstrumm(Scandinavia Records,Tresor) and soon after an exchange of tracks the "zooted" ep was released which containedinnovative cuts that well
complimented the Scandinavia Sound. "Bad Box" ep followed in '99. Landstrumm and Youngman collaborated on further tracks
experimenting with the machines and broken beatboxes and Youngmans full length entitled "slightly irregular"followed in
2000 for displaying a wide variety of sonic sculpting and tweaked intensely percussive break lines. A full length of more downtempo
abstract retro space funk under the alias "audible" came in 2002 on DC recordings yet showing a complete extreme to feels
and composition style whilst maintaining the electrostep ideals.
Youngman and Landstrummcontinue to collaborate
combining elements of their live shows performing a simultaneous
live pa ranging from breaks to floor techno with silly freestyle vocals. At the moment,
Bill is living in Berlin and backing up his live sound with gigs over Europe.
For this artist, recorded material is the platform for expressing mutiple
styles and new ideas, and that continues in the live situation as Youngman
bumps out deeply minimal melodic structures and broken
beats while stabilizing classical user friendly flavours with bits of beat
madness and microphone control.
Discography
As Bill Youngman
Hearing Voices (EP) -Null Records (2008)
Album
Slightly Irregular (CD) - Scandinavia (2000)
12"
Who Stole Bill's Jacket (EP) - Feinwerk (2006)
Born (EP) - Tresor (2006)
Destroyaz (12") - Input/Output Inc. (2005)
Punchbag EP (EP) - Leitmotiv (2004)
Somewhere In The East (12") - Mental Ind. (2003)
Sloppy Stomp (12") - Neue Heimat (2003)
Kleingeld E.P (12") - Null (2003)
Shot At Dawn (EP) - Scandinavia (2002)
Klimba (EP) - Currently Processing (2000)
Bad Box (12") - Scandinavia (2000)
Zooted (12") - Scandinavia (1998)
Electrostep II (12") -Serotonin (1997)
Electrostep (12") - Serotonin (1996)
Remixes
Judge - Bringin' It Down - Bring It Remix - Threat (CD) - Halo 8 (2006)
Acetate - Skeletal Decision (CD) - B. Youngman & Something J Remix - Lux Nigra (2006)
Acetate - Skeletal Decision (12") - B. Youngman & Something J Remix - Lux Nigra (2006)
Cannibal Cooking Club - Recooked Vol. 1 - Longpigchef (12") - Remix - CCC (2005)
Operator - Exemption Song (12") - Youngman Rethink - Scandinavia (2005)
Operator - Exemption Song (Promo 12") - Youngman Rethink - Scandinavia (2005)
Aeox - Nie Mehr Schlafen (12") - Remix - Null (2004)
Michael Forshaw - Cheerleaders Remixed (12") - Remix - Crime (2003)
Appears as MC on
Tobias Schmidt - Limbo Bobo - Monkey Tennis (12") - Input/Output Inc. (2005)
Aeox - Still Bill - Richandfamous (2xLP) - Null (2004)
Tracks appear on
Esso-Connexion (CD) - Mechanical Species - Esso-Connexion Records (2006)
We Come From Da East EP V1.0 (12") - Faceplate - Miditonal (2005)
Tresor Compilation Vol. 13: It's Not Over (2xCD) - Defective Delinquent - Tresor (2005)
Tresor Compilation Vol. 12: Illumination (2xLP) - Correction Circuit - Tresor (2004)
Tresor Compilation Vol. 12: Illumination (CD) - Connection Circuit - Tresor (2004)
25th Hour Party People (12") - U5 - Input/Output Inc. (2004)
.. 1 (10") - Unknown Ten Inches - Older (2003)
The State Of E:Motion Vol.10 (3xCD) - Rasta Snail - E:Motion (2002)
Bored EP (12") - Building Blocks - Mental.Ind.Records (2001)
Loops Again (12") - Loop 31, Loop 32 - Serotonin (1997)
As The Verticals (with Neil Landstrumm, Tobias Schmidt & Skipjack Class)
The Life Of Grime (12") - Scandinavia (2005)
As Audible
Album
Low Lifestyles - (2x12") - D.C. Recordings (2002)
Low Lifestyles - (CD) - D.C. Recordings (2002)
Tracks Appear On:
Miss Kittin - Electroclash Mix (CD) - Estress Audio - Muzik Magazine (2002)
