Joe Adamik

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Joe Adamik
Joe Adamik portrait.jpg
Background information
Born1972
Genres
Occupation(s)musician, songwriter, record producer
Instrumentsdrummer, multi-instrumentalist
Years active1990–present
Associated acts
Websitejosephadamik.com

Joseph Adamik (born 1972 in Chicago, IL) is a musician and composer best known for his involvement with the bands Califone and Iron & Wine. He has also performed since the early 1990s with many Chicago jazz musicians as well as recording and performing with many other groups across different genres.

With Califone[]

Adamik joined Califone after the debut album Roomsound in 2000, playing many instruments on Quicksand/Cradlesnakes and went on to be a foundational member till 2013.[1] Masserella and Adamik created a unique melodic approach with traditional drums and found objects such as chunks of metal.[2]

With Iron & Wine[]

In 2010, after recording on the Iron & Wine album, Kiss Each Other Clean, Adamik joined Iron & Wine and performed and recorded with the band till 2018.

Jazz[]

Joe has performed at the Hungry Brain,[3] Beat Kitchen,[4] Old Town School of Folk Music,[5] and Constellation[6]

Other work[]

Adamik has also performed from a young age with many jazz artists, most notably as a member of pianist Bob Dogan's trio and quintet. He is also a rotating member of the experimental group, Extraordinary Popular Delusions.[7] He also leads his own solo projects as well as the group Madness of Crowds (with Jim Baker and Brian Sandstrom from Extraordinary Popular Delusions) and the duo with former Califone bandmate, Jim Becker, entitled Lanzon.

Education[]

Attending Glenbard South High School in Glen Ellen, IL, Adamik went on to study music at Roosevelt University's Chicago Musical College, leaving to pursue full time music employment, but finishing his music degree from Northeastern Illinois University in 2019. He also has a degree in economics from Northeastern Illinois University.

Discography[]

Solo recordings[]

  • Super Low (2014)[8]

Group recordings[]

Califone[]

Iron & Wine[]

Lanzon[]

Margo and the Nuclear So & So’s[]

  • Buzzard (2010)

John Vanderslice[]

  • (2019)

Manishevitz[]

  • City Life (2003)

The Singleman Affair[]

  • Silhouettes At Dawn (2011)

The Fire Show[]

  • Saint the Fire Show (2002)

Flecton Big Sky[]

  • The Bright Side of Dying (2008)

Orso[]

  • Ask Your Neighbor (2008)

Terra Naomi[]

Madness of Crowds[]

  • Tulips (2019)

Peabody & Sherman[]

  • Gasoline Rainbows (2019)

Adam Busch[16][]

  • River of Bricks (2015)[17]

Light Industry[]

  • Light Industry (2016)

for Standard Recording Company[]

Denty/Westlake[]

  • Etched (2003)

References[]

  1. ^ "Califone". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  2. ^ "Califone". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  3. ^ "Jim Baker, Brian Sandstrom, and Joe Adamik". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  4. ^ "Chicago's best new jazz series". Timeout. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  5. ^ "Bob Dogan, Dan DeLorenzo, Joe Adamik, Ryan Shultz, and Ron Dewar All". Chicago Reader.
  6. ^ "Joe Adamik, Pat Mallinger, and Matt Ferguson". Chicago Reader.
  7. ^ "Extraordinary Popular Delusions play free jazz two centuries deep". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  8. ^ "Joe Adamik, Big Sadie Recommended". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  9. ^ "Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  10. ^ "Iron and Wine Play New Material at Secret Show". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  11. ^ "Iron and Wine at the Wiltern: Live Review". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  12. ^ "Elizabeth Goodfellow With Iron & Wine". Modern Drummer. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  13. ^ "Indie-rock sidemen Jim Becker and Joe Adamik partner up in Lanzón". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  14. ^ "Terra Naomi - some songs". Paste Magazine.
  15. ^ "READY TO RELEASE HER BRAND NEW SINGLE 'MACHINE AGE', I CHAT WITH TERRA NAOMI ALL ABOUT IT, HAVE A READ RIGHT HERE". Music Of The Future.
  16. ^ "Former Manishevitz front man Adam Busch debuts as Adam Ostrar with a lovely but uneasy new album". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  17. ^ "In Tall Buildings, Adam Busch, Joe Adamik Recommended". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
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