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Adam made his 1st record aged 11 years, in 1979, as part of the kinderpunk group "The Stupid Babies". The song "Babysitters" was on the "Earcom 3 EP" on Fast Product Records along with german electronic pioneers D.A.F. who hugely influenced Adam. The song was regulaly played on the John Peel radio show and Siouxsie Sioux told Adam, years later, and much to his delight, that she always carried a copy in her handbag and pestered DJ's to play it when she went to clubs.
In 1986, Adam formed Diskord Datkord with Jonny Slut (DJ and host of club Nag Nag Nag in London where Adam was a regular DJ and performer) and his brother Mark Tinley, then known as Trashmaster T (who made the acid house classic "Garden Of Eden" in 1988). They only released one single (of the week in NME), a cover version of X Ray Spex's "Identity" which included samples of the original played over a Mantronix bassline. Possibly the 1st ever electroclash record?...
Also around this time, Adam had another project called "Legion Of Dynamic Diskord" who released a version of David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel", which sampled, bizarrely, The Nolan Sisters and Carmen Miranda. This was played regulaly on Steve Jackson's then pirate Kiss FM radio show.
In 1988, Adam (who had by now become Adamski named after the UFO enthusiast/space traveller George Adamski) met his house music mentor Jimi Polo from Chicago, USA. They moved into adjoining bedsits above The Paradise Kebab Shop in Camden, London and Jimi taught Adam how to use a sequencer and 909 drum machine. He also introduced Adam to many of his house music heroes from Chicago like Adonis, Marshall Jefferson and Robert Owens. Adam, in turn, provided Jimi Polo with the much-sampled (by Blur, etc) piano riff for his house music classic "Better Days".
So in early 1989, following Jimi Polo's lead, Adam started taking his sequencer, drum machine and sampler to nightclubs, plugging into the DJ mixer and playing live mixdowns of his self-composed tracks, and went from playing after hours parties in Le Petit Prince in Kentish Town, London (which was owned by his then manager, Philip Rapier-Smith) to playing at all the legendary and pioneering house clubs all over britain, including Shoom, Heaven and Solaris in London, the Hacienda in Manchester, the Sub Club in Glasgow, Underground in Liverpool, etc... He was resident spin-in techno musician in the world famous Amnesia nightclub in Ibiza alongside the legendary DJ Alfredo. He was also appearing at many of the early illegal raves and warehouse parties in the UK such as Sunrise, Energy and Biology, and had his 1st pan-european hit with the instrumental track "NRG".
In 1990, he had a massive hit with the track "Killer" featuring the vocals of Seal. The song has since been covered by George Michael, german trance DJ ATB, Sugarbabes and most recently Global Deejays.
In the early 90's, Adam continued to produce artistic dance music and work with such diverse talents as Mark Stewart, Nena Hagen, Afrika Bambaataa, Elton John and Ricardo Da Force of The KLF. He then formed Ping Pong (now known as Ping Pong Bitches), partook in procreation and followed through, and spent time developing songwriting, production and djing skills.
In 1998, he released "One Of The People", featuring the vocals of Gerideau which was another big tune, especially in Ibiza and Italy.
Adam now lives and operates between London and Berlin, and works as a CDJ, musician and producer all over the world. Some remix work includes Miss Kittin & The Hacker, Robert Owens, Crazy Girl and Namosh. His version of Wire's "I Am The Fly" featuring Crossover was on the 1st Nag Nag Nag compilation. Another track, "Larynx", with singer Shafiq, was released on Damian Lazarus' revered Crosstown Rebels label.
Recent remix work includes Riot In Belgium, Bomb The Bass and Northern Lite. His instrumental track "Ape-X" was released on french label Kitsune in 2006, the remake of Mark Stewart classic track "We Are All Prostitutes" on Exploited in 2007 and "Babydoll" on Absolut Freak Records in 2008.
Exclusive versions of all these original songs and many more form the backbone to Adam's unique DJ sets.
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