Austin Hart (born December 7, 1991), better known by his stage name L'Orange, is an American hip hop record producer from
North Carolina
North Carolina ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia (U.S. stat ...
. He is formerly signed to
Mello Music Group
Mello Music Group (MMG) is an American independent record label based in Tucson, Arizona. Founded in 2007, Mello Music has released hip hop compilations and albums by producers and rappers such as Oddisee, Apollo Brown, Mr. Lif, Ghostface Kil ...
. In 2023, he founded label Old Soul Music.
A documentary film about his severe
hearing loss
Hearing loss is a partial or total inability to hear. Hearing loss may be present at birth or acquired at any time afterwards. Hearing loss may occur in one or both ears. In children, hearing problems can affect the ability to acquire spo ...
due to
cholesteatoma
Cholesteatoma is a destructive and expanding growth consisting of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear and/or mastoid process. Cholesteatomas are not cancerous as the name may suggest, but can cause significant problems because of the ...
, premiered at the
Slamdance Film Festival
The Slamdance Film Festival is an annual film festival focused on emerging artists. The annual week-long festival is held in Los Angeles in late February and is the main event organized by the year-round Slamdance organization. The organization ...
on January 20, 2023.
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Old Soul'' (2011)
(Re-released in 2023)
* ''The Mad Writer'' (2012)
* ''The City Under the City'' (2013)
* ''The Orchid Days'' (2014)
* ''
The Night Took Us In like Family'' (2015)
* ''
Time? Astonishing!'' (2015)
* ''
The Life & Death of Scenery
''The Life & Death of Scenery'' is a collaborative concept studio album by American rapper Mr. Lif and record producer L'Orange. It was released on October 14, 2016, through Mello Music Group with distribution via The Orchard and was available ...
'' (2016)
* ''The Ordinary Man'' (2017)
* ''Marlowe'' (2018)
* ''Complicate Your Life with Violence'' (2019)
* ''Marlowe 2'' (2020)
* ''Imaginary Everything'' (2021)
* ''The World is Still Chaos, But I feel Better'' (2021)
* ''Marlowe 3'' (2022)
* ''Signature'' (2023)
EPs
* ''The Manipulation EP'' (2011)
* ''Still Spinning'' (2012)
* ''After the Flowers'' (2014)
* ''Koala'' (2016)
Singles
* "Whin" (2012)
* "Until the Break" (2012)
* "Alone" (2013)
* "Super Hero" (2016)
* "Blame the Author" (2017)
* "Lost Arts" (2018)
* "Demonstration" (2018)
* "The Basement" (2018)
* "The Talkative Mailman Can't Read" (2018)
* "Dead Battery" (2019)
* "Future Power Sources" (2020)
* "O.G. Funk Rock" (2020)
* "Lamilton Taeshawn" (2020)
* "Otherworld" (2020)
* "Corner Store Scandal" (2021)
* "Point to Point" (2021)
* "Past Life" (2022)
* "Royal" (2022)
Musical style
For his music he samples mainly old
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...
,
swing and
soul
The soul is the purported Mind–body dualism, immaterial aspect or essence of a Outline of life forms, living being. It is typically believed to be Immortality, immortal and to exist apart from the material world. The three main theories that ...
songs, which he combines with old radio broadcasts and film noir audios. To produce his songs he uses a
MPC and old vinyl records amongst other equipment.
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
21st-century American musicians
Record producers from North Carolina
American hip-hop record producers
Psychedelic rappers
Mello Music Group artists
Deaf musicians
American musicians with disabilities