{"title":"Dennis Young","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Young is a self-taught musician best known as the marimba player and percussionist for Liquid Liquid, a trend-setting early 1980's NYC band. Their song \"Cavern\" was famously used by *Grandmaster Flash \u0026amp; Melle Mel* in \"White Lines\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYoung's musical journey began with drums at an early age, but his curiosity led him to explore other instruments including marimba, percussion, keyboards, guitar, and vocals. He composes his own music which combines influences from rock, jazz, dance, electronic and world music. His compositions are characterized by unique rhythms and colorful musical textures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his work with Liquid Liquid, Dennis Young has released 9 solo albums to date. He has also lent his expertise to various local musicians through production and studio work.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"primitive-substance","title":"Primitive Substance","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter Liquid Liquid disbanded in 1985 Dennis continued to record electronic music at his home studio in Edison,New Jersey but decided to mix the songs for \"Concepts\" at another studio in order to have another set of ears to help with the mixes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis teamed up with Andy Gomory, a true talent, a keyboardist and arranger, and hit it off immediately. Andy played drum machines and keyboards and Denis played percussion, keyboards, \u0026amp; guitar and both sang. When they parted ways in the late 1980's Dennis decided to add both drums and percussion as well as overdubs from guest musicians - many of which are included on this album. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe albums timeframe ends in 2004. The later recordings have a jazz feel to them yet still had dance music elements mixed in. The title track \"Primitive Substance\" really sets the tone as you hear the great playing of Michael Gribbrook on Frugel horn\/Trumpet and Gerry Carboy on bass. Also, \"Forgiveness\" has David Axelrod (not the famous one) playing beautiful melodic bass guitar thru out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Athens Of The North","offers":[{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50383436644683,"sku":"1065261","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b20c1e50-80d9-47d3-9bef-cb374bbc3a37_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726269999"},{"product_id":"reel-to-real-1","title":"Reel to Real","description":"\u003cp\u003eDennis Young is best known as the marimba player \/ percussionist for the legendary early 80s NYC band Liquid Liquid. 'Reel to Real' is a lovingly assembled archive collection of his rare and unreleased solo recordings from 1982-1983. Dennis Young: \"Back in 1982 at the age of 24 I bought my first recording equipment a - 2 track Teac reel-to-reel-tape-recorder. I already owned a number of analog synthesizers, an electric \u0026amp; acoustic guitar, various effect boxes, and a full drum set. The music was recorded live over a two year period (1982-1983) when I was still playing in  Liquid Liquid. I was busy with the band but I still found time at home to experiment with my own sound using various instruments and vocal effects\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Staubgold","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50470945849675,"sku":"383899","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50470946177355,"sku":"383898","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/03689bdc-dcf1-4c3e-92cb-492a3ddf79da_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727385760"},{"product_id":"wave-electronic-music-1984-1988","title":"Wave - Electronic Music 1984 - 1988","description":"\u003cp\u003eDennis Young is best known as the percussionist of the New York band Liquid Liquid, which is known for their piece 'Cavern' from 1983, which in turn became very well known because Grandmaster Flash sampled it and used it as the basis for their hit 'White Lines'. But Young was not only a band member. In parallel he produced much of his own material, including three cassettes in the years 1985 to 1988, which are of particular interest for us. They are his tribute to the pioneers of electronic music. Those who don't know otherwise might guess that this music originated in the seventies. But let's allow Dennis Young to tell his story himself: \"My love for electronic music goes back to the late 70's when I decided to buy my first synthesizer, a rare used vintage Davolisint made in Italy, after seeing Keith Emerson perform live with ELP. This lead to my discovery of more electronic music artists using synthesizers such as Klaus Schulze, Tim Blake, Larry Fast, Edgar Froese, Brian Eno, and Cluster just to name a few. My musical challenge was then to create my own electronic music using this instrument. After experimenting in the early 80's with live recordings using a reel to reel tape machine I purchased my first multi-track recording system in 1984. When Liquid Liquid was on hiatus I was able to devote full time to this music and do professional recordings at my home studio in Edison, New Jersey. I added more synthesizers to include a Korg Mono\/Poly, a Korg Poly Six, a Moog Rogue, and later the Korg M1. Every track was put through various delay and reverb units and I added vocal parts and along with guitar where I felt it was needed. The music resulted in three now out of print cassette only recordings entitled 'Concepts' (1985), 'Reflections' (1987), and 'Quest' (1988). They were all mixed at Gabriel Farm studios in Princeton, New Jersey, with the help of Andrew Gomory who owned the studio and who himself was a keyboardist. Thanks to Bureau B I have been able to go back in time to put together what I feel are the best songs from that era for you the listener to enjoy\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bureau B","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50471180796235,"sku":"398840","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/7003c492-39ca-4186-8237-e9c2cf10eb61_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727394321"},{"product_id":"synthesis-electronic-music-1984-1988","title":"Synthesis \/ Electronic Music 1984-1988","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDennis Young\u003c\/strong\u003e is best known as the percussionist of the New York band Liquid Liquid, which is known for their piece \u003cem\u003eCavern\u003c\/em\u003e from 1983, which in turn became very well known because Grandmaster Flash sampled it and used it as the basis for their hit \u003cem\u003eWhite Lines\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut Young was more than just a member of the band, he produced plenty of his own music, much of it reflecting his passion for analog electronics. He was fascinated by the pioneers of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2016 Bureau B released \u003cem\u003eWave\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of pieces Young had issued on cassettes between 1985-1988. \u003cem\u003eSynthesis\u003c\/em\u003e, by contrast, features tracks from 1984-1988 which have never been previously released.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut let's allow \u003cstrong\u003eDennis Young\u003c\/strong\u003e to tell his story himself: \"\u003cem\u003eMy love for electronic music goes back to the late 70's when I decided to buy my first synthesizer, a rare used vintage Davolisint made in Italy, after seeing Keith Emerson perform live with ELP. This lead to my discovery of more electronic music artists using synthesizers such as Klaus Schulze, Tim Blake, Larry Fast, Edgar Froese, Brian Eno, and Cluster just to name a few. My musical challenge was then to create my own electronic music using this instrument. After experimenting in the early 80's with live recordings using a reel to reel tape machine I purchased my first multi-track recording system in 1984. When Liquid Liquid was on hiatus I was able to devote full time to this music and do professional recordings at my home studio in Edison, New Jersey. I added more synthesizers to include a Korg Mono \/ Poly, a Korg Poly Six, a Moog Rogue, and later the Korg M1. Every track was put through various delay and reverb units and I added vocal parts and along with guitar where I felt it was needed. \u003cem\u003eSynthesis\u003c\/em\u003e is the follow up to \u003cem\u003eWave\u003c\/em\u003e released on Bureau B in 2016. At the time I used the above mentioned assortment of analog synthesizers to create the music you will hear on this recording. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did putting it together.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bureau B","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50471566475595,"sku":"1032563","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50471566639435,"sku":"1032564","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2cabccc3-7076-46b4-a9f8-4cb28c47d7a8_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727408187"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_d0b46c83_thumbnail_4096_d115cc71-ef18-4650-b371-f871c382763d.jpg?v=1726269982","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/dennis-young.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}