Uno Loop

Second pressing of UL01 – RBGxDD now available for pre-order.

Limited to 250 copies.

Due to demand, we’ve done a small repress of UL01. This second pressing is expected to ship around May 1, 2026.

Also! We’re now being distributed by - so any shops in EU or elsewhere abroad, reach out to your rep for copies of this or Phil Yost’s “Bent City”

Thanks to everyone who supported the first run.

Many new things on the horizon, including a follow-up Phil, some new grooves, and new (old) digs.

Keep it on loop and happy Friday! 🔁

This Friday! Uno Loop will be out west celebrating the release of “Bent City” with a listening session at in Santa Cruz, the city Phil called home for the majority of his life.

Come out to hear the record on their system, grab a copy and enjoy the esoteric sounds of Yost and more, with a DJ set following the session by

Next week! Join us for a full listen-through of Bent City, the extraordinary 1967 debut LP by Santa Cruz multi-instrumentalist composer Phil Yost, reissued for the first time. Experienced in full on the upstairs sound system of

📍 Public Records (Upstairs) – Brooklyn, NY
📅 October 2
🕗 Doors 8PM
🔗 RSVP is free! Peep the bio

After, stick around for a DJ set from Abstract Abder.

📀 Copies of the record will be available at the event.

Today! Come out to .nyc to hear “Bent City” on their wonderful system and grab a copy of the LP - to spin some grooves after

⏰ 5:30 - 8 pm
📍 .nyc

🚨 They’re here! 🚨

Phil Yost Bent City LPs have arrived and pre-orders are shipping out today!

We’re also kicking off a run of listening sessions + parties to celebrate the release. Come hang, hear the record on a big system, and grab a copy in person (while they last).

📍 9/16 - Eavesdrop, Brooklyn NY .nyc
📍 10/2 - Public Records, Brooklyn NY
📍 10/3 - Private Press Brewing, Santa Cruz CA

More dates to come soon 👀

Infinite love to and Julianne Wilson for highlighting the inimitable Phil Yost. Discussing discovery of the enigmatic fellow and the journey to get it released. Full piece available on Bandcamp Daily now. 🔗

Test presses were approved last week so physicals should be on hand soon! Thanks for your patience as we put this piece of music history together.

Will soon be available on 🇬🇧 and 🇯🇵 as well.

Photo 4: the back of Phil’s modular house in Santa Cruz, demolished in the early 2000’s

Photo 5: the “skeleton” of one of Phil’s basses, early-mid 1970’s.

Phil Yost’s debut LP Bent City, released on Takoma Records in 1967, is officially available digitally worldwide. Ten years after we first stumbled onto Phil’s music, we’re beyond thrilled to finally share this extraordinary album with you and the story of this enigmatic soul.

🎧 Stream it now on your favorite DSP
🔗 Or listen/download on Bandcamp

🌀 A quick note: the vinyl LPs are still in production and running slightly behind schedule. Pre-orders will ship as soon as they’re in hand.

✨ Copies are still available to order ✨

Thanks so much to everyone who’s supported this project — more to come soon.

Now available on streaming platforms, first single from the upcoming licensed reissue of Phil Yost’s debut 1967 LP “Bent City” - an unreleased version of the title track. Pre-order up now, LP out August 6 and vinyl version includes an 8-page booklet with liner notes + unseen ephemera from the Yost sphere.

What began as a lucky closet find almost 10 years is coming to fruition. Thanks to everyone who had a part in the creation of this project.

Phil had some music lessons when he was young, but it was during his Ohio State years that the music bug began to take hold, as Phil remarks to Dan McClosky in an interview for KPFA in November of 1971:

“When I first started playing professionally, I was working around the campus at Ohio State University and was with a small group. At that particular time rock wasn‘t around yet, and it was fraternity dances. And the amazing thing was that most of the music was really kind of a jazz format. There were people on the dance floor of course, and as long as we kept the tempos danceable, we could get away with quite a bit. It was like very fundamental jazz format where you state theme, a popular tune or some jazz standard was stated once straight, and then there was solos for the piano man and horn player. Even maybe one for the bass player and the drummer as long as didn‘t freak out the people on the dance floor too much. They seemed to tolerate and really go for jazz in a fraternity circuit in those days.”

Photo 2 - the reel-to-reel that started the Phil journey
Photo 3 - Phil, an avid diver in high school, taking a dip in Carmel Valley - 1962
Photo 4 - the original photo used for the “Bent City” LP cover

Been quietly putting the loops together for the next Uno Loop project… announcing next week, almost 10 years in the making..

“follow your crazy”

UL01 “RBGxDD” in good company at 🫂