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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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Paulinho da Costa and George Benson in the studio for Give Me The Night, early 1980. Quincy Jones and Bruce Swedien at the desk, Peggy Lipton and Patti Austin in the background.

Elis Regina and Antônio Carlos Jobim recording "Águas de Março" at MGM Studios in Los Angeles, 1974. One of the most beautiful and iconic duets ever committed to tape, from one of the most legendary collaborations in Brasilian music.

Stevie Wonder recording "As" during the making of Songs in the Key of Life, 1976. A song about unconditional love, and one of the most transcendent recordings of his career.

The Rolling Stones listening to playback of "Wild Horses" inside Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, December 1969.

Isao Tomita, 1980. The Moog III wasn't an instrument he bought. It was one he assembled, module by module, sound by sound. The Japanese composer who proved the synthesizer could hold the weight of a full orchestra.

John Coltrane recording "Afro Blue" for Jazz Casual in 1963. With McCoy Tyner on piano, Jimmy Garrison on bass, and Elvin Jones on drums.

Azymuth at Phonogram Studio in Rio de Janeiro, 1976. The legendary Brasilian jazz-funk trio of José Roberto Bertrami, Alex Malheiros, and Ivan Conti.

J Dilla in his basement studio in Detroit. Records wall to wall, floor to ceiling. The room where Erykah Badu, Common, and Questlove all came to work. Every sample, every chop started somewhere in those crates.

Inside King Tubby's studio in Kingston, 1981. Scientist at the mixing desk, Kelvin from Musical Youth in the vocal booth. The bathroom where dub was born, the heir to Tubby's throne behind the board. From the BBC documentary Musical Roots.

Shigeru Suzuki rehearsing 'Suna no Onna (砂の女)' with Haruomi Hosono &amp; Tin Pan Alley, 1975. The core of what would become Japan's defining city pop sound, still taking shape in the room.

DJ Premier and Guru in the studio during the making of Step in the Arena, 1990. Footage from a Chrysalis Records VHS press kit.

Funkadelic's "Cosmic Slop" music video, filmed on the streets of NYC, 1973. Central Park, Times Square, a can of film, and George Clinton on LSD. Pure P-Funk.

By 1976, Jaco Pastorius had already begun reshaping the role of the electric bass. His use of harmonics, melodic phrasing, and fearless improvisation inspired generations of musicians across jazz, funk, and beyond. A moment from one of the instrument's greatest innovators.

James Brown performing "Keep On Driving Down That Funky Road" in the studio. From the documentary Soul Connection (1978).

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.

Ryuichi Sakamoto. Composer, producer, pioneer. An excerpt from the 2017 documentary Coda, directed by Stephen Nomura Schible.

Common in the studio recording "Soul Power" for Electric Circus, 2002. Produced by J Dilla. The first song tracked for the album, recorded at Electric Lady Studios with the Soulquarians. Questlove on the boards.

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.

D'Angelo and Femi Kuti inside Electric Lady Studios, NYC (2002). "Water Get No Enemy." Recorded for Red Hot + Riot, a tribute album to Fela Kuti, with Questlove leading the session.

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.

Shigeru Suzuki rehearsing 'Suna no Onna (砂の女)' with Haruomi Hosono & Tin Pan Alley, 1975. The core of what would become Japan's defining city pop sound, still taking shape in the room.