Adrian Younge Presents Venice Dawn: Something About April is a composition by American composer Adrian Younge. It was released on audio CD 6 December 2011 and on LP (WPR013) on 6 January 2012, both by Wax Poetics Records.

After finishing the soundtrack for Black Dynamite, Younge revisited his earlier treatment of the 2000 EP Venice Dawn, mixing its more baroque sound with the gritty soul of Black Dynamite. The new full-length release is "a heavy, dark mix of psychedelic soul and cinematic instrumentals with hip-hop aesthetics, touching on influences from Morricone to King Crimson, Portishead to The Flamingos, Wu-Tang Clan to Otis Redding."

Something about April

Track listing

Personnel

Credits are adapted from Allmusic.

Something about April

Adrian Younge – electric bass, chimes, clarinet, clavinet, drums, Fender Rhodes, flute, guitar, electric guitar, fuzz guitar, rhythm guitar, Hammond B3, Hammond organ, harpsichord, electric harpsichord, keyboards, percussion, electric piano, upright piano, piccolo, alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, signal generator, sitar, electric sitar, synthesizer, tape echo, tremolo, vibraphone, viola, wah wah guitar, Wurlitzer piano Michael Wait – guitar, fuzz guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion, tape echo, tremolo, wah wah guitar Alfredo Fratti – guitar Chris Garcia – electric bass Jack Waterson – drums, timpani Clinton Patterson – trumpet Todd Simon – flugelhorn, trumpet

Something about April

Michael Leonhart – mellophonium, trumpet

Dennis Coffey – guitar

Calibro 35 – guitar, rhythm guitar, percussion

Shawn Lee – guitar

Loren Oden – arranger, lead and background vocals

Rebecca Jordan – arranger, lead and background vocals

Darren Lee – arranger, lead and background vocals

Brooke Derosa – lead and background vocals

Tashai – lead and background vocals

Byron Minns – monologue

Dayvora Ortega – whimpering voices

References

2011 albums

Adrian Younge albums