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the delfonics - adrian younge presents: the delfonics - linear labs - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Stop and Look (And You Have Found Love)
2. Lost Without You
3. True Love
4. Silently
5. Enemies
6. To Be Your One
7. Stand Up
8. Just Love
9. So in Love with You
13. Life Never Ends

Adrian Young teams up with William Hart from the Philadelphia formation the Delfonics and create a modern-day Delfonics album from a hip-hop-informed perspective. Coming from a hip-hop background, but immersing himself in classic soul, Younge brings a unique perspective on modern rhythm and blues. !

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The Delfonics is the quintessential sweet-soul group. Hailing from Philadelphia, the crew formed in the mid-�60s, with the definitive original lineup as lead vocalist and songwriter William Hart, his brother Wilbert Hart, and mutual high-school friend Randy Cain (later replaced by Major Harris). With the help of producer/arranger Thom Bell�and with William�s signature falsetto�the Delfonics set the tone for all other sweet-soul groups that would follow.

After five albums, the Delfonics would break up for good in 1975. Brothers William and Wilbert parted ways and over the years often toured separately with different forms of the group. But over forty years after writing his first hit, lead singer and songwriter William Hart has put his unmistakable falsetto back on analog tape and reinvented the Delfonics brand for a new generation.

Los Angeles producer/composer Adrian Younge envisioned a modern-day Delfonics album and pitched the idea to William Hart, who hopped a plane from Philly to L.A. and began work on a new album for Wax Poetics Records. Younge helped to reshape the Delfonics by bringing on board two excellent young vocalists, Loren Oden and Saudia Mills�as well as Om�Mas Keith on the single �Stop and Look (And You Have Found Love)��to work alongside William.

William skillfully wrote his vocals around Younge�s drum-heavy productions, but being such a seasoned songwriter, it wasn�t difficult for him to take this more modern approach.