Who is A+D+A+M?

Adam started his career firstly as a drummer (and a choir boy lol!) and then from the age of 19 worked as a programmer and then eventually head engineer /producer at an Oxford recording studio. It was there that he teamed up with Lez and joined his band M.A.D. For the next 3 years they experimented with how to get computers, sequencers and samplers to work as part of a live set. It was this experimentation in the days before Giga Bytes and Mhz that eventually lead to the birth of Lab4.....

Lab4 were without a doubt one of the original pioneers of what is now Hard Dance having played their first gigs in 1994 at the Legendary Club UK in London for Universe along side the likes of Carl Cox, Josh Wink and Laurant Garnier. Mixing all styles of dance and electronic music together Lab4 bought a Punk element to commercial scene that’s often been imitated but never equalled. Labelled the ‘Ozzy Osbournes of the dance scene’ by Mixmag they lived up to the hard drinking non stop party monster behaviour that would earn such a description whilst gaining respect as one of the most professional and exciting live acts on the scene. Lab4 went on to win many ‘Best Live Act’ awards across the globe as well as high postions in ‘Best DJ‘ polls. Lab4 had over 60 releases in total including 4 double albums as well as 6 other compilations of previously unreleased material and live sets. They had more than 10 releases on Rectory Records under the names Drum, Hyperwave, Creed and Aura Z all selling 1000’s on the Techno scene from Detroit to Belgium between 1995 and 1997 . Lab4 were the first and only Hard Dance act to get asked to perform a live set on Radio 1 for John Peel on his live session show and were also mentioned in one of his ‘festive 50’ charts with Candyman.

After leaving Lab4 at the end of 2006 as well as playing drums for Maria Illet and Proteus, Adam worked on various studio projects including the Techno Industrial project ‘The Judas Coven’ which saw him take centre stage as lead vocalist where he instantly got described as the ‘Iggy Pop of the industrial scene. 2008 sees Adam return , back on form with a new album and live set that is already living up to the hopes of the 1000's of fans who are still morning the loss of Lab4.


While being obviously comparable to Lab4, the sound of 'A+D+A+M lab4' is a new balance of old and new, dark and light with a massive doses of uplifting fun. Adam still refuses to be 'pigeon holed' with a disregard for labels and boundaries, basing his judgements purely on the dance floor and what sounds good REALLY loud. With his roots initially in metal and industrial, along the way Adam has picked up influences of Hardcore, Rave, Trance, Hard House and Techno and fused them all into his own sound that is Confident, Cheeky, Teasing , Dynamic an Emotional. Having completed and released his new album 'Drink Me!' on his newly set up label 'Test Pilot Recordings' , 2008 will also see Adam finding the time to join many of his peers in the studio for the first time...

 

 

 

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