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Adem walks the sad, warm and delicate path previously trodden by the likes of John Martyn, Tim Buckley, Aidan Moffat and Nick Drake. The former Fridge member released his album ‘Homesongs’ through Domino in March 2004.
‘Homesongs’ may be a debut, but it’s actually the sum total of Adem's recording over the years. As its title suggests, it is set in and around the domestic environment from where it sprang. Recorded in his own house, it was made with just two borrowed catch-all mics and a computer and was built up from scrawled notes about the people and places he holds dear.
“It was mainly done by me at home at three o’clock in the morning. I didn’t want to hide behind low-fi, low-key cuteness. It’s not a selfish thing, these songs were written for people. There is no backwards guitar or violent chopped up stuff. I threw all that away and went back and discovered the real core of the songs”, he says.
Adem has a variety of other projects on the go, not least of which another Fridge album due later in the year. There’s also various remixes, instrumental music and production work. First single ‘These Are Your Friends’ came out in May.
Download the video of ‘These are Your Friends’ by right clicking here.
09/7 CARDIFF Barfly (with Hope Of The States)
13/7 MANCHESTER University (with Hope Of The States)
14/7 LONDON Electric Ballroom (with Hope Of The States)
30/7 HEREFORDSHIRE Big Chill Festival, Eastnor Castle
14/8 LEICESTER Summer Sundae
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