Today we announce 2025 Academy Award nominee, 2x GRAMMY Award winner and 10-time nominee, Adrian Quesada's Abbey Road Takeover – a series of collaborations, creative projects, content and mentoring.

Best known as co-founder, musician and producer for Black Pumas, as well as his solo work and film scores (including the 2025 Oscar nominated Like A Bird), this unique concept sees Quesada take over The Gatehouse studio for two bursts in 2025. Beginning this past Summer, Quesada will return this November to continue the ‘takeover’ sessions in the Gatehouse, while making full use of our prized collection of vintage and modern instruments and gear.

Alongside his own projects, he will participate in Abbey Road Amplify which is designed to inspire and empower the next generation of artists, producers, composers and creatives through free mentorship, direct engagement and practical skill development.

Throughout the takeover, Adrian and Abbey Road are collaborating on exclusive content including a stem breakdown of Primos ft. Hermanos Gutiérrez from Quesada’s new album Boleros Psicodélicos II available to watch below, as well as our content series My Cup of Tea and My First Time plus a BTS minidoc amongst others.

Of the takeover, Quesada says:

"It’s been one of the most incredible and surreal experiences to be working at the legendary Abbey Road Studios this year as part of their Artist Takeover Series. I spent a good amount of time there this summer working on lots of new music and am returning this fall to continue on a new body of work (or two). London has always been a very inspiring city for me- I studied art there way back when and it shaped a lot of my musical taste in my formative years. I have been staying in the neighborhood as to walk there daily and it is no exaggeration that every time I cross the iconic Abbey Road crosswalk I get chills. A century of music history is in those walls and the magic is palpable. What a journey this year has been and this opportunity is beyond my wildest dreams!"

Adrian’s ‘Abbey Road Takeover’ caps off an incredible 2025. Following his Academy Award nomination earlier this year, in June Quesada released Boleros Psicodélicos II, an album that deepened his enduring mission to celebrate, preserve, and reimagine the eccentric and unsung style of Latin American balada music that first emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. As the sequel to 2022’s beloved Boleros Psicodélicos, Boleros Psicodélicos II “confirms his role as a sonic alchemist of unparalleled vision” (Billboard) and further demonstrates how he has “raised the bar for Latin alternative artistry” (Los Angeles Times).

Produced by Adrian Quesada and Alex Goose (Aaron Frazer, Childish Gambino), Boleros Psicodélicos II also features a stacked cast of Latin vocalists and visionaries whose work spans cultures, countries and generations: Chilean singer and songwriter Gepe, Cuban singer Daymé Arocena, Colombian gypsy-jazz combo Monsieur Periné, Chihuahua lo-fi troubadour Ed Maverick, Puerto Rican vocalist and former Calle 13 member iLe and more, as it highlights the many ways in which Quesada acts as “a wizard of just finding the magical little sauce of each artist, and bringing it to the fore” (NPR’s Alt.Latino). With songs featuring artists such as Cuco on Ojos Secos, Hermanos Gutierrez on Primos or No Juego featuring Angélica Garcia, the album achieved critical praise and saw Quesada tour across the country from Los Angeles’ The Greek Theatre to Austin’s ACL Live, to Miami's Fillmore to Celebrate Brooklyn in Prospect Park and land in DC for a performance on NPR’s famed Tiny Desk.