Luca Young is an experimental electronic musician and composer whose work explores memory, place, and emotional intimacy through sound. Born in Naples, Italy, to a Japanese mother and American father, he was raised in Yokosuka, Japan, and Hawaiʻi. His music reflects a life lived between coastlines and cultures.

Learning guitar through punk and later playing bass in metal, reggae, and math rock bands, Young eventually turned toward electronic composition. Previously releasing as Kouta, his track “Granola” appeared in XLR8R’s Top 100 Downloads of 2011. He later composed the original score for Green Is Gold (2016), winner of the Audience Award at the LA Film Festival. His background also includes over a decade of international work in live music production.

Now releasing under his own name through Honolulu’s Lōʻihi Records, Young draws from field recordings, processed instruments, sample collage, and minimal synthesis. Hossawa Dub / Absence of Light (2025) explores immersive drones, dub-inflected rhythms, and shifting textures, while Infinite Lovers, Pt. I (2026) weaves ambient atmospheres, fragmented rhythms, and raw emotional expression into a dynamic, cinematic sound world. Igloo Magazine described the album as “the music of dream memory trying to be captured and held onto,” and Tobira Records selected it for POPEYE magazine's Town Talk Radio in Japan. The album was presented through an audiovisual listening event at Capitol Modern, the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum, featuring real-time generative visuals. Pt. II follows in 2027.

His practice is rooted in attentive listening, allowing sound to unfold gradually and evoke memory and inner experience. He is exploring ways to extend this practice into audiovisual installations, with an interest in sound, physical space, and perception.