Linear Labs@LinearLabs

The brainchild of producer @AdrianYounge, Linear Labs is an Los Angeles based label born out of the analog aesthetic of his recording studio.

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Joined April 2014
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The legend Ebo Taylor inside of Linear Labs recording studio during the making of Ebo Taylor JID022, his album with Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad released on the Jazz Is Dead label.
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These sessions went on to inspire Younge to create his own Afrobeat album, Afro-Disco Makossa.
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The Temptations in '67 recording at Hitsville, Motown's first headquarters and recording studio.
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Marvin Gaye vocal improv live in Belguim, 1981.
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"If I couldn't record on tape anymore, I wouldn't make music." - Adrian Younge 📽️: Inside Adrian Younge's Analog Paradise. Full episode on the discogs YouTube channel.
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Brian Auger live in Berlin at the Berliner Jazztage festival, 1968.
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Adrian Younge on how Tom Jobim & Elis Regina's 1974 Brazilian classic 'Elis e Tom' inspired his album with Samantha Schumütz titled 'Samantha e Adrian'  Thank you to Discogs & Novena Carmel for the conversation.
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📹: Full video on the Discogs YouTube channel: Adrian Younge on His Favorite Records, the Mellotron, and Musical Identity
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Fela Kuti live in Calabar Nigeria, 1971. The man who pioneered Afrobeat all while turning his art into a weapon against a brutal military dictatorship.
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Released 10 years ago today, Adrian Younge presents The Electronic Void.
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It was made the way they made electronic music in the good old days, all analog everything, right after synthesizers shrunk to a manageable size and you didn’t have to trek down to a university to use one anymore. Hard-earned. Tastes different. Our parents’ electronic.
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"It was about the transformation of grief and pain."  ALA.NI & Adrian Younge's forthcoming project is a deeply personal snapshot of ALA.NI’s life across several years.   "Proud of Me" is available for preorder at linearlabsmusic.com.
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The original Akai MPC training video featuring the machine's inventor, Roger Linn. Linn's machine changed music forever ultimately building the blueprint for hip hop and sampling.
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This new technology was deeply controversial at the time, sparking fierce pushback from professional musicians who feared it would destroy their careers.
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"A modern day Afrobeat offering that has some modern sensibilities, but a foot firmly planted in the era of the genre's classics from Fela Kuti and Tony Allen." Thank you Tape Op for featuring @adrianyounge's latest release Afro-Disco Makossa.  Vinyl  at linearlabsmusic.com.
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King Crimson  "21st Century Schizoid Man" - A legendary performance at Hyde Park, opening for the Rolling Stones in 1969.
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Hang with Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Adrian Younge live on Kjazz 88.1 every Friday from 6p-8p PST. Also available to stream at kjazz.org.  If you missed last weeks show, you can tune in on the Jazz Is Dead Mixcloud channel & subscribe for exclusive content!
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The intersection where Rio and Los Angeles merge into a lush, cinematic, and deeply personal experience created by two musical soulmates, Samantha e Adrian.  Available now at linearlabsmusic.com.
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The Delfonics perform "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time" live in '73. Decades later, when @adrianyounge recorded his album with Delfonics lead singer William Hart, it was Younge’s intention to create an old-school Delfonics vibe but offer a very hip-hop-informed perspective.
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There are distinguishing musical elements that Delfonics fans will recognize, like the electric sitar guitar, the French horn, string arrangements, and the tympani.  Adrian Younge presents The Delfonics is available now at linearlabsmusic.com.

Linear Labs

The brainchild of producer, Adrian Younge, Linear Labs is a Los Angeles-based record label born out of vinyl culture and the dizzying array of music released during the format's peak years.

linearlabsmusic.com
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