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How ‘Luke Cage’ Composer Adrian Younge Went Brazilian for His ‘Something About April’ Album and Launched the Jazz Is Dead Label to Ensure the Genre Lives
‘Luke Cage’ composer Adrian Younge discusses his ‘Something About April’ album trilogy and his Jazz is Dead record label.
It additionally symbolizes a transition Younge calls “from sampler to symphony,” commemorated with a concert series (including an April 17 date at the Soraya on the campus of Cal State Northridge) featuring a 35-piece orchestra he’ll conduct himself. Their Highland Park studio, Linear Labs, offers a fully functional recording space, while business offices next door package and promote the resulting work both for release on vinyl and via tours and events that span the globe. Paired with the Portuguese lyrics are whiffs of Younge’s other influences: the string-laden “Nos Somos as Estrelas” evokes the sunnier edge of French electronic band Air set to an Al Jackson Jr. backbeat, while “Esperando por Voce” uses cascading keyboards and disembodied female voices like a vintage music cue from Goblin.
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