Rob Young
Encyclopedia
Rob Young is a British
music author
, journalist
and current editor
-at-large of The Wire
, a British based experimental music
magazine.
Young has contributed to various publications including The Guardian
, Gramophone, The Independent On Sunday, Uncut
, Frieze and Jazz Times.
and director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines.
United Kingdom
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music author
Author
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, journalist
Journalist
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and current editor
Editor in chief
An editor-in-chief is a publication's primary editor, having final responsibility for the operations and policies. Additionally, the editor-in-chief is held accountable for delegating tasks to staff members as well as keeping up with the time it takes them to complete their task...
-at-large of The Wire
The Wire (magazine)
The Wire is a British avant garde music magazine, founded in 1982 by jazz promoter Anthony Wood and journalist Chrissie Murray. The magazine initially concentrated on contemporary jazz and improvised music, but branched out in the early 1990s to various types of experimental music...
, a British based experimental music
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
magazine.
Young has contributed to various publications including The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, Gramophone, The Independent On Sunday, Uncut
UNCUT (magazine)
Uncut magazine, trademarked as UNCUT, is a monthly publication based in London. It is available across the English-speaking world, and focuses on music, but also includes film and books sections...
, Frieze and Jazz Times.
Rob Young, coastal geologist
Rob Young is professor of coastal geology at Western Carolina UniversityWestern Carolina University
Western Carolina University is a coeducational public university located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States. The university is a constituent campus of the University of North Carolina system....
and director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines.
Publications by Rob Young, journalist
- Undercurrents: The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music (Editor, 2002: ISBN 0-82646-4505)
- WarpWarp RecordsWarp, commonly referred to as Warp Records, is a pioneering independent British record label, founded in Sheffield in 1989, notable for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music....
- Labels UnlimitedLabels UnlimitedLabels Unlimited is a series of books designed to give an illustrated overview of influential record labels.- Publications :*Warp by Rob Young...
(Black Dog PublishingBlack Dog PublishingBlack Dog Publishing is a British publishing company specialising in illustrated non-fiction books on contemporary culture. Topics covered by Black Dog include architecture, art, craft, design, environment, fashion, film, music and photography....
, 2005: ISBN 1-90477-2323) - Rough TradeRough Trade RecordsRough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
- Labels UnlimitedLabels UnlimitedLabels Unlimited is a series of books designed to give an illustrated overview of influential record labels.- Publications :*Warp by Rob Young...
(Black Dog PublishingBlack Dog PublishingBlack Dog Publishing is a British publishing company specialising in illustrated non-fiction books on contemporary culture. Topics covered by Black Dog include architecture, art, craft, design, environment, fashion, film, music and photography....
, 2006: ISBN 1-90477-2471) - The Wire Primers Book (Editor, published by Verso, October 2009)