Adrian Younge is an Emmy Award winning composer, multi instrumentalist, and producer from Los Angeles, CA. Renowned for his analog sound, Younge has been sampled by artists like Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Common, DJ Premier, Alchemist and countless others. He’s also produced for icons including Snoop Dogg, Cee Lo, Rakim, Tony Allen, Ebo Taylor, Marcos Valle, Céu, Azymuth, Dom Salvador, Roy Ayers, Wu Tang Clan, The Delfonics and many more. He’s also known for his work as a film and television composer (Marvel’s Luke Cage, Black Dynamite, etc.) Younge is the founder and brainchild of the record label Linear Labs; he also is the co-founder of the record label and events company Jazz Is Dead.
SOMETHING ABOUT APRIL I
The first installment in the Something About April trilogy set the standard for everything that has made Adrian Younge an in-demand composer. Younge became the sample source-point for many of hip hop's most acclaimed artists including Jay-Z, DJ Premier, Common and more.
Younge's live performance oozes raw, analog soul and the primal sonic edge of psychedelic rock, sitting nicely alongside Ennio Morricone’s best soundtrack work or Pink Floyd’s early catalog.
SOMETHING ABOUT APRIL II
Something About April II synthesizes the boundaries between dark American soul and classic European cinema. The album features an array of entrancing vocalists: Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab), Bilal, Raphael Saadiq, Loren Oden and Israeli star, Karolina who delivers haunting chants over concertos.
Younge is the experimental spirit of the modernist vanguard, looking into the past to create the future.
He's a genius. He's like a modern day Quincy Jones.
Rza, Wu Tang Clan
The multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Adrian Younge has devoted himself to loving recreations of soul through the lens of a hardcore hip-hop fan. On Something About April II, a sequel to his heavily sampled first April album, Younge emerges as someone more interested in creating new classics than new samples.
Kris Ex, Pitchfork
Virtually the whole album is ripe for sampling -- the vamping keyboards, snarling guitars, baleful horn blasts, impassioned wails, and, of course, crisp drums, all bathed in reverb and skillfully enhanced with studio effects.
Andy Kellman, AllMusic.com
COMING APRIL 2025
The Something About April Tour is the show I've always dreamed of bringing to life. Fifteen years in the making, the Something About April trilogy is my magnum opus; a body of work designed for the most cinematic and live experience. - Adrian Younge
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