Youth was Paul McCartney's collaborator in the electronic duo the Fireman.
Youth is the professional name of musician and producer Martin Glover, best known as the bassist of Killing Joke and for his electronic production work. McCartney met him in 1993 while looking for help mixing material connected with the album Off the Ground. Their studio partnership quickly developed into a separate musical project.
The Fireman's first album, Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, appeared in 1993. Its sample-based, dance-oriented sound was very different from McCartney's familiar singer-songwriter work. The duo followed it with Rushes in 1998 and Electric Arguments in 2008.
The members initially kept their identities officially anonymous, encouraging listeners to focus on the music rather than McCartney's celebrity. Their names were widely known soon after the first release, however, and Electric Arguments finally presented the project openly as McCartney and Youth. The Fireman's catalogue ranges across ambient, electronica, industrial and experimental rock, making it one of McCartney's most unconventional collaborations.