Adam Freeland

Adam Freeland, producer, DJ and record label owner (he heads up the brilliant Marine Parade Records) has long been an innovator in the dance genre, often instigating new musical domains where others quickly follow, only to see Freeland innovating anew and taking us all on the next stage of an exciting musical journey. His DJ sets, mix albums and remixes (his 'Fever' and 'Hello, I Love You' reworks are masterpieces of the remix discipline) are legendary, but it's his artist albums that we find most exciting.

Which is why we're so looking forward to his new long player 'COPE(tm)', the follow up to 2003's 'Now & Then', which is out this summer. This album is from Freeland the band, and sees Adam collaborating with the likes of The Pixies' Joey Santiago, Spinnerette's Tony Bevilacqua, DEVO's Jerry Casale and the legend that is Tommy Lee, as well as newcomer Kurt Baumann, who is the main vocalist on the album. Kurt joined Adam and drummer Hayden Scott for a storming live Freeland show in London (and elsewhere) recently, and that live show is set to tour the festivals this summer. With that, and the album, you're all if for quite a treat I can tell you. And the treat starts now.

Q1 How did you start out making music?
I simply couldn't face the idea of working in an office, so I decided there was no other option but to do so.

Q2 What inspired your latest album?
Shoe-gaze drone, psychedelic desert rock and crazy distorted dance-floor disco madness. And fine Mexican fish tacos.

Q3 How do you go about creating a track?
My manager force feeds me an 'heroic' dose of West Country magic mushrooms and locks me in a room with a bass guitar, a Korg Ms20 and a Mac and I fuck around till it sounds good. He doesn't let me out till he and I are both happy that I've created consciousness-expanding greatness.

Q4 Which artists influence your work?
Real ones. Ones that come from a place of passion, artists who try to push boundaries and tap into a higher plane. I'm equally inspired by Led Zepplin, King Crimson, Nick Cave and My Bloody Valentine as I am by Laurent Garnier, Soulwax, noisy french electro, deep slow jacking house music, Kraut Rock. DFA, Panda Bear, Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden, Holy Fuck, Prins Thomas, Trans Am, Modeselektor, Carl Craig and Evil Nine. Listing any more names gets kinda ridiculous.

Q5 What would you say to someone experiencing your music for the first time?
Where the fuck have you been man?

Q6 What are your ambitions for your latest album, and for the future?
Well, of course for it to blow up. For it to be heard as the ' album', not single tracks. And for it not to be shoved into lame restricting genre pigeon-holes (it's a grower, it needs to be more than skipped through, it needs to be listened to repeatedly to be enjoyed for what it is). And to put on a ridiculously kick ass live show that melts faces at festivals around the world, but ultimately... to fry brains, open minds, touch souls, pop ear drums, to keep listening, keep evolving, have a farking great time and do my very best to be a beacon of light to help elevate the consciousness of mankind to realize we are all one, not separate units, as our egos try to tell us, and that happiness can ONLY ever be found in the total acceptance of the present moment right here right NOW. And to spend less time checking MySpace (since you asked :).

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