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Adamski : biography

4 December 1967 –

Adamski (born Adam Paul Tinley, 4 December 1967) is an English dance music producer, prominent at the time of acid house for his tracks "N-R-G" and "Killer" (a collaboration with Seal).

Discography

Albums

  • Liveandirect (1989)
  • Doctor Adamski’s Musical Pharmacy (1990) – UK #8
  • Naughty (1992)
  • Adamski’s Thing (1998)
  • Killer – The Best of Adamski (1999)
  • Mutant Pop (2000)

Singles

  • "N-R-G" – #12 UK
  • "Killer" (featuring Seal) – #1 UK, #5 World
  • "The Space Jungle" – #7 UK
  • "Flashback Jack" – #46 UK
  • "Sunday Roast"
  • "Never Goin’ Down" (duet with Jimi Polo) / "Born To Be Alive" (duet with Soho) – #51 UK
  • "Get Your Body" (duet with Nina Hagen) – #68 UK
  • "Back To Front" – #63 UK
  • "One Of The People" (billed as Adamski’s Thing) – #56
  • "In the City"
  • "Already Out There" #4 Italy
  • "Killer 2011" (phonetic records 2011)
  • "I Like it" (continental records 2012)

As Adam Sky

  • "Larynx" (feat Shafiqe) (crosstown rebels 2004)
  • "Hope Fiendz ep" (thanyou records 2004)
  • "Apex" (kitsune 2005)
  • "Galactic Lover" (with the World Domination) (Kitsune 2006)
  • "We are Prostitutes" (feat. Mark Stewart) (exploited records 2007)
  • "Babydoll" (absolut freak records 2006)
  • "The Imperious Urge" (feat. Danny Williams) (exploited records 2008)
  • "Circle Jerk" (with Zoo Brazil) (turbo records 2009)

Remixes

  • Miss Kittin & The Hacker – "Stock Exchange" (2003)
  • Mignon – ("Demons of Love") (2004)

Career

Tinley was born in Lymington, Hampshire. He performed with his brother Mark Tinley, and Johnny Slut of the band Specimen, as Diskord 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 his stage name after the UFO enthusiast, George Adamski.

Adamski was discovered by entrepreneur Phil Smith who ran the ‘Le Petit Prince’ restaurant in London. He introduced Adamski’s music to the ‘rave scene’ and got him a deal with MCA Records, producing the first rave record on MCA called Liveandirect. The artist enjoyed modest success with this first release, which was a collection of tracks recorded live at various venues in England and Ibiza. It contained a short, live version of his first single, "NRG", as well as "I Dream of You", which appeared on a free 4 track 7" vinyl single given away with the music paper, Record Mirror in 1989. The cover of the single "NRG" featured a mocked up Lucozade bottle with the ‘Lucozade’ word replaced with ‘N-R-G’.

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 long sets, with an MC, Daddy Chester, and later with Seal. In front of his keyboard was a UK car number plate with the word ‘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 at Cambridge Corn Exchange, in early 1990, when Seal leapt on to a smaller, lower catwalk stage, the coins in his pockets all spilled out, showering some of the front row with cash causing a fight.