Youpho

Graffiti/visual artist [a=Oliver Waters] & [a=Justin K Broadrick], aka Youpho, open minded junglist, drum & bass explorers. A chance meeting in a post office in Church Stretton, Shropshire, lead to late night studio excursions into the realms of bass & twisted breakbeat manipulation. Their music can often lull you into a false sense of security with optimistic other worldly tonality before cracking open a plethora of audio sonics. Youpho was supported by [a=John Peel] who years before had given [a=Napalm Death] a large number of Radio 1 sessions on his show and continued to support both Waters and Broadrick with their other sonic offerings - long after Youpho disbanded.

Formed in 1997, split in 2000.

Projectile, Bio-mechanoid and Changelings were initial aliases Youpho recorded under before they were signed by Hard Leaders. There is a lot of unreleased material under those first monikers. A 12" titled "The Snarl" was slated for 28.10.1998 release through [l=Juice Records]/[l=Splash Records], it was played on dubplate by the likes of [a=Randall] and [a=DJ Hype] on his Kiss FM show. Exclusive compilation tracks were slated for [l=Hardleaders] and [a=DJ SS] label [l=Formation Records].