Adam X is a sonic techno onslaught –crossing the parallels of the many styles of underground Techno, Broken Beat Electro , Industrial & EBM. Adam X penetrates, educates and infuses his audience either though his live performances or dj sets, with a real and vivid thought provoking energy. Adam X brings forth a combination of sound that cannot compare to any other artist around. Unlike many artists Adam X prefers not to pigeonhole himself to one specific genre of electronic music. Instead he prefers to incorporate many different electronic genres into his music. This creates an original and distinctive sound where influences cannot be traced. Like a chameleon Adam X can adapt to playing an event in many different type of atmospheres. From playing a hard as nails industrialized techno set at a hard techno or Industrial/EBM event to playing the deepest of techno or electro in a chilled out daytime open air environment Adam X will never compromise on playing generic & overplayed electronic music styles. What you can expect of him to play is the most upfront forward thinking futuristic sounding, rhythmic, electronic dance floor music around.
Audiophile purveyors can delve deep into the mind of Adam X with recent releases on CD, vinyl and digital format such as the “Fate Unknown” full length on Psycho Dynamics/Alfa Matrix and EPs such as Sensory Deprivation and The Marking of Time. The forthcoming “State Of Limbo” full length will be out in January, 2008 and clip can be heard here on this profile. These are the latest in Adam X's lengthy discography, which spans a catalog of CDs and vinyl since the early 90's.
The history of Adam X dates back to 1990 in New York City, at the threshold of an era of electronic dance music and club culture. In April 1990, Adam X and fellow techno artist, Frankie Bones founded the the Sonic Groove record store in NYC. Throughout the 90s, the Sonic Groove retail outlet was a staple for DJs globally and especially for upcoming DJ talent in New York and on the East Coast. In 1995 Adam created the Sonic Groove record label. The Sonic Groove label has served as a vehicle for publishing electronic music from highly prolific artists such as Kevin Saunderson, Blake Baxter , Dave Clarke & Oliver Lieb as well as many other lesser known but equally as good artists.
In the early 90's, Adam X and Frankie Bones produced a series of music events in NYC, the most famous of which are the legendary Storm Raves. Storm Rave line-ups included then up-and-coming artists Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin and Damon Wild and saw attendance in the thousands. From their past and present support of fellow artists and contributions to live music and club culture, Adam X and Frankie Bones have become recognizable figures in techno and the electronic music industry.
In his career, Adam X has performed alongside Aphex Twin, Derrick May, Nitzer Ebb, Andrew Weatherall and countless others. He's performed at thousands of events and club nights globally including Mayday, DEMF, Rex, Tresor , Monox and Fabric. Adam's list of solo commercial releases and collaborative projects on CD and vinyl is equally impressive. A few of the many labels Adam has released music under are Wax Trax-TVT (Mastermix Series Vol. 2), Instinct Records (Adam X 'On the 1 and 2'), Neil Landstrumm's Scandinavia label (Steel Giants), and many projects on his own aforementioned label, Sonic Groove.
Almost two decades in, Adam X's quest of producing, performing, and releasing music has the same ideology as day one, that ideology being to continually break new boundaries within electronic music.
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SOLO PROJECTS
Listen -Brooklyn Groove Productions / USA 1991
Listen Remix / Warfare Fabulous Records / UK 1992
Lost In Hell Rave Age Records / France 1992
Into The Void EP Fabulous Records / UK 1992
C.H.U.D. EP Direct Drive / USA 1993
Psychodelic Grunge Direct Drive / USA 1993
Strain Your Brain (2 tracks) Fabulous Records/UK 1993
Chemical Spill(1 track) NY to Midwest Comp, Analog/ 1994
Sync Jack Trax Drop Bass Network / USA 1994
Life After 25' O Clock -Purple Haze Compilation (1 track)
Communique / USA 1995
Snapped EP Sonic Groove Records / USA 1995
100Brooklyn EP Sativae -Scotland 1996
Criminal Mischief EP -Sonic Groove / USA 1996
Ghost Yard (1 Track Only) -Believe Comp. BML '97(CD)
Steel Giants EP -Scandinavia Records / Scotland 1997
Change of Direction (1 Track) -Sonic Groove Comp., SG /USA 1997
Space Craft (1 Track) -Park Rave Madness Comp. BML /USA 1998
Audiobiography LP/CD - Sonic Groove, BML /USA 1998
Reverse Forward Sonic Groove Records /USA 1998
Over and Out -Sonic Groove Records /USA 2000
Creative Vandalism Pt 1 -Predicaments /UK 2001
Creative Vandalism Pt 2 -Sonic Groove /USA 2001
Creative Vandalism (Full Length) -Instinct /USA (CD)
Long Drive Home -Comp. (1 Track)
Adam X On The 1 and 2 -Instinct /USA 2001(CD)
Feeling Militant -Symbols Of Strength (1 track) -SG /USA 2001
Special Forces -DEMF 2002 Comp. (Ezacta Audio)
Sensory Deprivation EP / Things to Come, NY /Germany 2003
The Conflict / Sonic Groove 2003
Good Vs Evil EP / Drop Bass Network 2003
A Marking of Time / Sonic Groove 2005
Fate Unknown / Psycho Dynamics / Alfa Matrix 2005
Excerpts From A Fate Unknown / Monox Records / Scotland / 2006
CO-PRODUCTIONS
X-Crash (Adam X, Jimmy Crash)
Aggression Brooklyn Groove Productions / USA 1991
303 606=909 EP Direct Drive / USA 1992
303 606=909 Vol. 2 EP Direct Drive / USA 1992
Less Is More (1 track) Mayday 3 Comp., Low Spirit / GER 1992
Don't Fuck With Brooklyn 1 Injection Records / GER 1993
Don't Fuck With Brooklyn 2 Direct Drive / USA 1993
808 Terror Peacefrog / UK 1994
Slightly Twisted LP Direct Drive / USA 1994
Descension EP Drop Bass Network / USA 1994
Executed By The IRS Future Techno Comp. K-Tel / USA 1995
X-Heart (Adam X, Heather Heart)
Analogistic Warrior EP Magnetic North / UK 1994
Electropolis, Solo Siren (2 tracks) Communique / USA 1995
Blizzard (Define Sonic Groove, V/A) -SG / USA 1997
OTHER PROJECTS
PLUM (J.Crash, Ray Love) Make You Feel It -Atmosphere/ USA 1990
Crossbones EP (w/ Bones) -Fabulous Records / UK 1991
Adam X vs. Audiosex Brooklyn Massive Direct Drive / USA 1992
Trope Vs X-Crash-Morgue (1 Track) Uptown /Germany (CD Only)
Adam X and Lenny Dee Work That Analog /US 1994
Navario Suaro and Adam X AJ 37 Viggen Scandinavia / Scotland 1996
SOLO REMIXES
Robert Armani, Up -ACV / Italy 1994
E. Disturbance, Anaesthetic Influx Virtual / Belgium 1995
Prototype 909, Transistor -Instinct / USA 1995
N. Landstrumm, Scandinavia Sessions Tresor / Germany 1997
Force Legato (Oliver Lieb) -System Sonic Groove Records 2001
Force Staccato (Oliver Lieb) -Staccato Sonic Groove 2006
REMIXES, CO-PRODUCED
X-Crash w/ F. Bones, Minimalism Groove World / USA 1992
(Adam X, Lenny Dee) Redshift, Sweat
