- Adamski
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Adamski
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Background = non_performing_personnel
Birth_name = Adam Tinley
Alias = Adam Sky
Born = birth date and age|1967|12|4New Forest ,England
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Genre =Acid house
Occupation =Record producer
Years_active = 1979–present
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Associated_acts =Diskord Datkord ,Mark Tinley , Seal
URL =Adamski (born Adam Tinley,
4 December 1967 , in theNew Forest ,England ) is an Englishdance music producer, prominent at the time ofacid house for his tracks "N-R-G" and "Killer" (a collaboration with Seal).Career
According to [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=51604258 Adam Sky's MySpace page] , Tinley made his first record aged eleven, in 1979, as part of the kinderpunk group "The Stupid Babies". Their
song "Babysitter" was released on Fast Product Records, and played on theJohn Peel BBC Radio 1 show.Tinley went on to perform with his brother
Mark Tinley , andJohnny Slut of the band Specimen, asDiskord Datkord . The band was signed to SOHO records and released one single. The brothers Tinley continued to work together even after the demise of Diskord Datkord. In the late 1980s, Adam Tinley adopted hisstage name after the UFOenthusiast ,George Adamski .Adamski enjoyed modest success with his first release, "Live and Direct" which was a collection of tracks recorded live at a small venue in
Kentish Town ,London . It contained a short, live version of his first single, "NRG", as well as "I Dream of You", which appeared on a free 4 track7" vinyl single given away with the music paper,Record Mirror in 1989. The cover of the single "NRG" featured a mocked upLucozade bottle with the 'lucozade' words replaced with 'N-R-G'. Legend has it that clubbers starting riots when the record was first played out at the Shoom night club in 1989.Commenting on the comparisons between rave culture and the earlier
punk rock scene, Adamski said in 1990, "I liked the energy and the visual side of punk, but it was all just saying 'no, no, no, no,' whereas now everybody's saying 'yes, yes, yes.' I much prefer the positivity thing we have now, plus it's a much easier environment to score in." [Reynolds, Simon. "Generation Ecstasy", p. 103]Adamski toured many clubs with his portable keyboard set up, playing short sets, with an
MC ,Daddy Chester , and later with Seal. In front of his keyboard was a yellow car number plate, with the words 'ADAMSKI' on it. Early versions of future singles "Killer" and "Future Love Paradise " were played on some of the Seal dates. One date of particular note was atCambridge Corn Exchange , in early 1990, when Seal leapt on to a smaller, lowercatwalk stage, the coins in his pockets all spilled out, showering some of the front row literally with cash causing a fight.Adamski's signature song, "Killer", featured the collaboration of his brother,
programmer andsound engineer ,Mark Tinley . "Killer" crossed over into the mainstreammusic chart s, becoming a massiveworldwide hit. It is featured on thealbum , "Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy", with follow-up hits such "The Space Jungle" (which was Adamski singing Elvis' "All Shook Up " to a dance backing) and "Flashback Jack".Pop music artistGeorge Michael later successfully married "Killer"'s bass line, to the melody ofThe Temptations ' "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone ", on alive album featuring the surviving members of Queen.Adamski's second
album was "Naughty". It featured a collaboration withNina Hagen on "Get Your Body!" and plenty of clubtune s, expanding from the artist'sacid house roots into the pop and rock genres. The covered featured Tinley climbing out a washing machine with a wooden spoon in his mouth. Commercially, however, this album was not a big success.Adamski's third album was issued in late 1998 on the
ZTT Records label, famous for producing acts such asFrankie Goes to Hollywood andArt of Noise . Its title was "Adamski's Thing" and the style followed the trend started with "Naughty", with lots ofguitar s, strings, rawvocal s and introspectivelyrics , but maintaining a rhythmic dance sensibility. The album spawned two singles, "Intravenous Venus" and "One Of the People".In 2000, Tinley released his last single as Adamski, "In the City". The song charted in
Italy , but did little business elsewhere. In the early 2000s, Adam Tinley decided to assume a new identity: he is now producing as Adam Sky. [http://www.adam-sky.net/]As Adam Sky, his most recent album includes songs by the
musician , Danny Williams.He currently lives in
Spain with hisdaughter s, Bluebell Williams Tinley and Ariella Tinley. Adamski has recently set up his own label (Prostitute Records). His single, ApeX, was released onKitsuné Music in 2006.Recently, Adamski/Sky has been working very closely with VJ Ladypat, and the
London basedrapper , Niyi.Album discography
* "Liveandirect" (1989)
* "Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy #8 UK" (1990)
* "Naughty" (1992)
* "Adamski's Thing" (1998)
* "Killer - the best of Adamski" (1999)
* "Mutant Pop (2000)"Charts
* "NRG Symphony #12 UK"
* "Killer #1 UK, #5 World"
* " Space Jungle #7 UK"
* "Already Out There #4 Italy"References
External links
*
Guinness Book of British Hit Singles - 16th Edition - ISBN 0-85112-190-X
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:nnev97u7krgt~T1 Adamski biography at the All Music Guide]
* Discography at [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Adamski Discogs.com]
* [http://www.adam-sky.net/ Adam Sky] 's Homepage (Flash req'd)(defunct)
* [http://web.archive.org/web/* /http://www.adam-sky.net/ Website] on archive.
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=51604258 Adam Sky's MySpace page]
* [http://www.ztt.com/ ZTT Records official site]
* [http://www.ztt.com/shop ZTT Records official store]
*Ian Peel: " [http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=172 Warriors of pop, 21 years of ZTT] "Record Collector , September 2004 (copy at "Zang Tuum Tumb and all that") Article about ZTT's history, contains info on Adamski
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