{"id":3347,"date":"2016-02-03T18:41:55","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T18:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/adrian-younge-something-about-april-instrumentals-lp\/"},"modified":"2018-05-02T20:47:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T19:47:48","slug":"adrian-younge-something-about-april-instrumentals-lp","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.wasserbassin.com\/site\/product\/adrian-younge-something-about-april-instrumentals-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Adrian Younge &#8211; Something About April (Instrumentals) &#8211; LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-value=\"[null,2,&quot;In the four years since Adrian Youngeu2019s Something About April album first appeared, the Los Angeles-based producer and multi-instrumentalist has become his own musical cottage industry. Not only has he collaborated with musical legends ranging from The Delfonics to Ghostface Killah, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and The Souls of Mischief; his work has also been sampled by such rap giantsas 50 Cent, Jay-Z and Common. In an equally impressive twist, DJ Premier produced an entire album with Youngeu2019s work as his only source material (including multiple samples from April, of course): 2014u2019s PRhyme, with MC Royce Da 5u20199u201d. Something About April is an album that flaunts all of the trademarks that have made Younge an in-demand name as a composer and sample source-point. His work oozes raw, analog soul and the primal sonic edge of psychedelic rock, sitting nicely alongside Ennio Morriconeu2019s best soundtrack work; Pink Floydu2019s early catalog and Parliamentu2019s Osmium. Youngeu2019s songwriting is what truly makes this album unique and keeps ears engaged. While many of his tunes are initially vamp-driven, there are changes and aural twists that lurk around every corner, as evidenced on stand-out cuts including: u00b7 The intense, deep groove and stripped-down vocals of u201cTurn Down The Soundu201d [sampled for Commonu2019s u201cOut On Bondu201d]; u00b7 The turns of both tension and beauty on u201cReverieu201d (with all TWELVE instruments performed by Younge) [sampled on Jay-Zu2019s u201cHeaven,u201d with Justin Timberlake]; u00b7 The gorgeous, cinematic ballads u201cFirst Step On The Moonu201d and u201cTwo Hearts Combineu201d; u00b7 The breakbeat fiesta of u201cSirensu201d [used by Jay-Z for u201cPicasso Babyu201d]; and u00b7 The new millennial soul\/doo-wop of u201cLovely Lady,u201d complete with lead guitar by funky soul legend Dennis Coffey. This deluxe reissue vinyl on Youngeu2019s Linear Labs imprint includes a bonus instrumental song from the original album sessions u2013 u201cNiacin.u201d&quot;]\" data-sheets-userformat=\"[null,null,513,[null,0],null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,0]\"><strong>&#8220;Something About April&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0is an album that flaunts the trademarks that have made <strong>Adrian<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Younge<\/strong> an in-demand name as a composer and sample source-point. With work oozing\u00a0raw, analog soul and the primal sonic edge of psychedelic rock, it\u2019s\u00a0<strong>Younge<\/strong>\u2019s songwriting that is what truly makes this album unique and keeps ears engaged. While many of his tracks are initially vamp-driven, there are changes and aural twists that lurk around every corner, as evidenced on stand-out cuts including:\u00a0<\/span>The intense, deep groove and stripped-down vocals of \u201cTurn Down The Sound\u201d [sampled for Common\u2019s \u201cOut On Bond\u201d]; the turns of both tension and beauty on \u201cReverie\u201d (with all 12 instruments performed by Younge) [sampled on Jay-Z\u2019s \u201cHeaven,\u201d with Justin Timberlake]; the gorgeous, cinematic ballads \u201cFirst Step On The Moon\u201d and \u201cTwo Hearts Combine\u201d; the breakbeat fiesta of \u201cSirens\u201d [used by Jay-Z for \u201cPicasso Baby\u201d]; the new millennial soul\/doo-wop of \u201cLovely Lady,\u201d complete with lead guitar by funky soul legend Dennis Coffey.<\/p>\n<p><span data-sheets-value=\"[null,2,&quot;In the four years since Adrian Youngeu2019s Something About April album first appeared, the Los Angeles-based producer and multi-instrumentalist has become his own musical cottage industry. 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