Adam Freeland

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Adam Freeland
Background information
Born (1973-08-07) 7 August 1973 (age 50)
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • record producer
Years active1991–present
Labels
Marine Parade
Website[1]

Adam Freeland (born 7 August 1973) is an English

Kiss 100 FM
. In 2000, he released his debut studio album, Now & Them.

Freeland is also one third of the Acid. The band consists of Californian producer, composer, professor of music technology Steve Nalepa[2] and the Australian, Los Angeles based artist, RY X.[3] On 14 April 2013, the band released their debut self-titled EP, along with a video for the track "Basic Instinct".[4] On 7 July 2014, the band released their debut album entitled Liminal[5] on Infectious Music (UK) and Mute (US).

Career

He was originally a resident of

DEVO
. Freeland's new frontman Kurt Baumann also sings on four songs.

In 2008, Freeland contributed the song "KIN" to the Survival International charity album, Songs for Survival.

At the beginning of 2010, CopeTM Remixed was released on Freeland's own

Marine Parade label, featuring all songs from the original CopeTM album but this time remixed by over twenty different producers, resulting in a double album covering a range of different electronic genres and sounds. Some of the producers involved include High Rankin, Evil Nine, Gui Boratto, TC, AC Slater, Joker, Siriusmo and Marc Romboy. In July 2010, Adam released the single 'How To Fake Your Own Life' which included remixes by Etienne de Crecy and Om Unit
.

In popular culture

"Fear" was featured in the 2002/2008/2016 Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 4 title, Rez (known on the Xbox 360 as Rez HD and on the PlayStation 4 as Rez Infinite). The song was featured during the fifth and final stage of the game, known as "Area 05". A remixed version of the song was featured on the soundtrack released called Rez Gamer's Guide To..., which lacked the California Soul sample. "Fear" later evolved into "Mind Killer", the Jagz Kooner remix of which appeared on the soundtrack for Need for Speed: Underground 2. The song's refrain, "Fear is the mind killer," is part of the Bene Gesserit meditation from the novel Dune.

His remix of the Australian electronic group Infusion song "Better World" was featured in Burnout Revenge.

Freeland also created many custom tracks exclusively for the video game Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights.

On the video game The Sims 2: Nightlife, three songs ("Busy", "Arch of the Sims" and "Makeover") are credited to Freeland.

In

Radio Broker station. "Borderline" was also featured on Forza Motorsport 3
.

In the animated anthology film The Animatrix, the song "Big Wednesday" is credited to Freeland (as "Free*Land"). It can be heard in The Second Renaissance: Part 1.

Freeland's extended remix of Sarah Vaughan's "Fever" is used in the 2011 George Nolfi movie The Adjustment Bureau.

The Adam Freeland remix of 'it's under control' featured on an episode of the MMA fighter Alistair Overeem's online documentary, which can be found at www.thereem.com. The episode is number 7 of the first series, beginning at 9:32.

"Best Fish Tacos in Ensenada" was featured in

PS3's LittleBigPlanet Karting developed by United Front Games. It also appeared in MotoGP 09/10
alongside Alex Metric's remix of "Under Control" were featured, one as introduction track and the other as background music.

The Adult Swim series Off the Air featured "We Want Your Soul" in one episode, as well as an abridged version of its music video.

Discography

Albums

  • 2003 Now and Them (as Freeland)
  • 2007 The Hate EP (as Adam Freeland)
  • 2009 CopeTM (as Freeland)
  • 2010 CopeTM Remixed (as Freeland)
  • 2014 Liminal (as The Acid)

Compilations

  • 1996 Coastal Breaks – Vol 1
  • 1998 Coastal Breaks – Vol 2
  • 2000 Tectonics
  • 2001 on Tour
  • 2004 FabricLive.16
  • 2005 Back to Mine
  • 2007
    Global Underground 032: Mexico City
  • 2008 Two Hours to Jupiter

Singles

  • Tsunami One – "Number 43 With Steamed Rice Please"
  • Tsunami One & BT – "Hip Hop Phenomenon"
  • Freeland & Beber Street Technique – "Down"
  • Freeland – "
    UK No. 35[8]
  • Freeland – "Supernatural Thing" (2004) – UK No. 65[8]
  • Freeland, Wink & Middleton – "Rise Above"
  • Freeland – "Heel n Toe"
  • Freeland – "Mind Killer"
  • Adam Freeland – "Silverlake Pills"
  • Adam Freeland – Hate (EP)
  • Freeland – "Under Control"
  • Adam Freeland – "How To Fake Your Own Life" (2010)

Remixes

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ "Steve Nalepa, the Professor of Party". Laweekly.com. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Ry X (New band of the day No 1,658)". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  4. ^ "THE ACID ANNOUNCE DEBUT EP AND 'BASIC INSTINCT' VIDEO". Blog.billetto.co.uk. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  5. ^ "The Acid - 'Liminal'". Nme.com. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  6. OfficialCharts.com
    . Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  7. slantmagazine.com
    . 31 January 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  8. ^ .

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