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Sapphirefoxx beyond free5/19/2023 ![]() Pawson changed the name of the label from Young Turks to simply Young in April 2021. In 2009, Young Turks released The xx's debut album, xx, which was awarded the Mercury Prize in 2010. Young has now expanded to include an artist management company (Young Artists) and a publishing company (Young Songs). ![]() Įventually, Young became a 50/50 venture with XL Recordings. Pawson, then nineteen, took a job in A&R at XL Recordings, and quickly established his own small label within the company in 2006, also called Young Turks with Katie O'Neill and Tic. He enjoyed growing celebrity, until the police raided one of his parties and seized his gear. In 2004, Caius Pawson supplied DJs and sound equipment for a series of all-night dance parties he called Young Turks. The label's current roster includes The xx, FKA twigs, Sampha, Jamie xx, Koreless and Kamasi Washington. ![]() It has grown from an imprint of XL Recordings into a successful and influential label now partnered with XL and operates across a range of genres. ![]() Young (formerly known as Young Turks) is a British independent record label that sits in the Beggars Group of labels launched by Caius Pawson in 2006.
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