Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Adam Freeland
Artist: Adam Freeland
Genre(s):
Dance
Breakbeat
Discography:
Global Underground: Mexico City
Year: 2007
Tracks: 1
Rainwalk on Proton Radio-10-18
Year: 2004
Tracks: 1
Fabriclive.16
Year: 2004
Tracks: 16
Now and Them CDS
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
Essential Mix
Year: 2003
Tracks: 1
Adam Freeland is the DJ, label-head, and manufacturer well-nigh often hailed for the fusion of breakbeat and techno (sometimes branded nu-skool breaks) on righteous ruffle albums like 1996's Coastal Breaks and 2000's Plate tectonic theory. Based in Brighton, Freeland began DJing in 1991, originally mixing deep theatre and subsequently drum'n'bass. After becoming an sought after DJ about Britain and to a lesser point Europe for his admixture skills and modern well-grounded, Freeland released his first base mix album, Coastal Breaks, in 1996. He began producing about the same time, teaming with Kevin Beber as Tsunami One and striking it big in underground circles with the individual "No. 43 With Steamed Rice Please" on Fuel. The endorsement volume in the Coastal Breaks series followed in 1998, and he formed his possess label, Marine Parade (named after a seaboard road in Brighton). In 1999, another Tsunami One production -- "Hip Hop Phenomenon," recorded with American trance producer BT -- became a strike. Earning heaps of best-new-DJ reviews from magazines as well as no less an office than Carl Cox, Freeland returned to the mix-album realm in 2000 with Tectonics, licensed to American audiences through Ultra Records. An avid fan of surfriding and snowboarding, Freeland has DJed at numerous snowboarding events as well as clubs planetary. His remixing credits include the Orb, Headrillaz, Orbital, Deejay Punk Roc, and Dylan Rhymes.