Will Pritchard Tue, December 30, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. UTC 4 min read ‘I sacrificed my childhood to be in these adult spaces’ … Alex Young AKA Villager.Photograph: (no credit) From Washington, DC Recommended if you like Floating Points, Jon Hopkins, Joy Orbison Up next A slew of new music from the vault It was probably the moment when he was paid $10,000 to DJ a spin fitness class that Alex Young, barely 16 at the time, felt he had lost touch with what music was all about.