Adam Freeland
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| Adam Freeland | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Adam Freeland[1] |
| Genre(s) | Electronica |
| Occupation(s) | Disc jockey, Record producer |
| Label(s) | Marine Parade |
| Associated acts | Freeland |
| Website | http://freeland.fm/ |
Adam Freeland is a UK-based DJ and producer associated with breakbeat based electronic music. He was a resident of Brighton and is now based in Los Angeles. As a producer, he formed half of Tsunami One with Kevin Beber, and released a solo album as Freeland; as a DJ & Remixer he operates solo under his own full name. He is the owner / creative director of record label Marine Parade, which has released material by artists including Evil Nine, ILS, Alex Metric and Jape.
In 1996, Adam Freeland released the Coastal Breaks album. Since then Adam has released the Tectonics, On Tour and Global Underground mix albums, as well as a FabricLive mix, and groundbreaking Back To Mine. Freeland's debut artist album Now and Them, released in 2003, relied on influences from punk, hip hop, electro, dub, reggae and rock. It featured the hit record 'We Want Your Soul', with his remix of Sarah Vaughan's 'Fever' nominated for a Grammy and his personally requested mix of The Doors 'Hello, I Love You' receiving critical acclaim. His latest artist album Cope™ features Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe playing drums, Alex Metric co-produced it, Twiggy Ramirez plays bass. Joey Santiago of The Pixies and Tony Bevilacqua of Distillers / Spinnerette play guitar. Plus there are collaborations with Soundpool, Vocals from Brody Dalle (Distillers / Spinnerette) and Gerald V. Casale from DEVO. Freeland's new frontman Kurt Baumann also sings on four songs.
In 2008 Freeland contributed the song "KIN" to the Survival International charity album, Songs for Survival.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1996 Coastal Breaks - Vol 1
- 1998 Coastal Breaks - Vol 2
- 2000 Tectonics
- 2001 On Tour
- 2003 Now and Them (as Freeland)
- 2004 Fabric Live 16
- 2005 Back to Mine
- 2007 Global Underground 032: Mexico City
- 2009 Cope TM (as Freeland)
[edit] Singles
- Tsunami One - Number 43 With Steamed Rice Please
- Tsunami One & BT - Hip Hop Phenomenon
- Freeland & Beber street technique - Down
- Freeland - We Want Your Soul (2003)
- Freeland - Supernatural Thing
- Freeland, Wink & Middleton – Rise Above
- Freeland – Heel n Toe
- Freeland – Mind Killer
- Adam Freeland – Silverlake Pills
- Adam Freeland-Hate-E.P
- Freeland - Under Control
[edit] Remixes
- The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds
- Aquasky - Bodyshock
- Tales From The Hardside - Chemical Breakdown
- Orbital - Nothing Left
- Planet Funk - Chase The Sun
- Infusion - Better World
- Ils - Cherish
- Kayode Olajide - Olufela
- Kelis – Trick Me
- Killa Kela - Secrets
- Kim - Wet N Wild
- K-Swing + Beber - This Is The Sound
- Nirvana – Smells Like Freeland
- The White Stripes - Seven Nation Freeland
- Pressure Drop - Warrior Sound
- Pressure Drop - Your Mine
- Pink - Trouble
- Protocol – She Waits For Me
- Sarah Vaughan – Fever
- B-Movie - Nowhere Girl
- Telemen - In All Nothing
- The Doors – Hello I Love You
- Shiny Toy Guns - You are the one
- Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries
- Fluke - Absurd
- Marlena Shaw - California Soul (as FEAR or AREA 05, on the soundtrack to the videogame REZ)
- Marilyn Manson - You And Me And The Devil Makes 3 (Adam Freeland Remix)
- Silversun Pickups- Lazy Eye
- Spinnerette - Sex Bomb (Adam Freeland Remix)
- Metric - Sick Muse[2]
[edit] Popular culture
One of Adam's singles, Mind Killer, is featured in the 2002/2008 Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 title, Rez (Known on the Xbox 360 as Rez HD) under the song title of "Fear". The song is featured during the fifth and final stage of the game, known as "Area 05". The game's remixed version of Mind Killer is also featured on the soundtrack released called "Rez Gamer's Guide To...", also under the title of "Fear".
Freeland has also created many custom tracks exclusively for the video game Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights. The Jagz Kooner remix of "Mind Killer" appeared on the soundtrack for Need for Speed: Underground 2
On the popular video game The Sims 2: Nightlife, three songs (Busy, Arch of the Sims and Makeover) are credited to him.
Freeland also composed a remix called "Daft Punk vs Adam Freeland - Aer-Obama" using the Daft Punk song, Aerodynamic, and some others.
[edit] References
- ^ "Freeland's entry on the ASCAP database". The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1655947&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1. Retrieved on 2008-09-18.
- ^ http://twitter.com/MetricBand Adam Freeland did an excellent remix of "sick muse" + he's at webster hall tonight with peter hook
