The brainchild of producer @AdrianYounge, Linear Labs is an Los Angeles based label born out of the analog aesthetic of his recording studio.
Joined April 2014
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Jun 12
Younge.
The soundtrack of @adrianyounge's life, now on wax. A fully instrumental album that lives between the worlds of psychedelic soul, jazz-funk, and cinematic noir.
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Composed with the discipline of classical music and the ear of a hip hop producer. Recorded 100% analog straight to tape at Linear Labs in Los Angeles.
Add to your collection at 🔗 linearlabsmusic.com
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Lloyd "King Jammy" James at the board, doing what he does.
The Jamaican dub mixer and record producer who came up under King Tubby built a sound defined by clarity and precision. The architect of the digital dancehall era. No genre has owned the tape echo like dub.
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Jun 10
Afro-Disco Makossa.
@AdrianYounge's first Linear Labs album built strictly for the dance floor. Rooted in the rhythms of West Africa, inspired by his work and friendship with the late Ebo Taylor and Tony Allen.
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Jun 10
The first single, "Feel the High Life," is out now.
Preorder Afro-Disco Makossa on CD and vinyl.
🔗 linearlabsmusic.com
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Isaac Hayes and the Memphis Horns working out the horn arrangement for the Emotions' "So I Can Love You" at Stax Studios in Memphis, 1969. Produced by Hayes and David Porter. Before Hot Buttered Soul and Shaft, Hayes was the architect behind the Stax sound.
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Jun 9
In 1968, Finnish electronics pioneer Erkki Kurenniemi helped build the Sähkökvartetti, or Electric Quartet. Designed to be played by multiple musicians at once using push buttons, light-sensitive resistors, patch cables, and a microphone.
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Jun 8
James Brown recording "Keep On Driving Down That Funky Road" at Mastersound Studio in Augusta, Georgia, 1978.
The track was never officially released, captured here in Adrian Maben’s documentary, Soul Connection.
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Jun 7
Younge.
@adrianyounge's magnum opus. His first fully instrumental album, the meeting point of a hip-hop producer's instincts and the discipline of orchestral composition.
Streaming everywhere and available on CD and vinyl.
🔗 linearlabsmusic.com
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Mauricio Kagel recording "Antithese," his 1962 instrumental theatre piece for electronic and public sounds, at the Siemens Studio for Electronic Music, Munich. An Argentine-German composer who pushed the boundaries of electronic music, theater, and noise into a single form.
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Jun 3
Younge. Out now.
@adrianyounge's latest Linear Labs album. An orchestral record written from the perspective of a hip hop producer, composed with the discipline of classical and cinematic music. Recorded straight to tape in Los Angeles.
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Bob Moog explaining the basics of analog synthesis, from a 1980s BBC documentary. The architect of the Moog synthesizer, an instrument that fundamentally altered the sound of popular music, from jazz to funk, soul, and electronic music as we know it today.
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Jun 2
Al Green and Chicago performing "Tired of Being Alone" at Caribou Ranch, Colorado, 1973.
Green was recording nearby when he heard the band rehearsing his song and walked in. Filmed for the Chicago in the Rockies TV special.
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Jun 1
Another look at the making of Afro-Disco Makossa.
A sonic patchwork of Afrobeat, funk, and disco built strictly for the dance floor. The sound of a Ghanaian producer in '76 making a disco record for his hometown, rooted in the rhythms of West Africa and built to move.
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"Feel the High Life" out now on all platforms.
Vinyl available for preorder.
🔗 linearlabsmusic.com
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Stevie Wonder performing "I Ain't Gonna Stand for It" live at Abbey Road Studios, 1980.
Featuring the Linn LM-1, the first drum machine to use sampled acoustic sounds and one of only a few hundred units ever built.
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Stevie was among the first musicians to acquire one, directly from Roger Linn himself.
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May 28
The Something About April Trilogy.
Three albums, over a decade of analog soul, that traces his evolution as a composer, producer, and artist. Now available together as a special vinyl bundle.
Available now at
🔗 linearlabsmusic.com
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Something About April II (2016): Dark American soul meets classic European cinema. Featuring Laetitia Sadier of @stereolabgroop, @Bilal, @RaphaelSaadiq, and @Lorenoden. Looking into the past to create the future.
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Something About April III (2025): The album Adrian always wanted to make. Fifteen years in the making, fueled by a 30-piece orchestra, analog synthesizers, and Brazilian vocalists caroling psychedelic melodies in Portuguese.
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