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Joe Adamik

Joe Adamik

American musician

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.

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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

Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s

  • Buzzard (2010)

John Vanderslice

  • The Cedars (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. [1]
    "Califone". Trouser Press. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  2. [2]
    "Califone". Pitchfork. 23 October 2006. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  3. [3]
    "Jim Baker, Brian Sandstrom, and Joe Adamik". Chicago Reader. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  4. [4]
    "Chicago's best new jazz series". Timeout. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  5. [5]
    "Bob Dogan, Dan DeLorenzo, Joe Adamik, Ryan Shultz, and Ron Dewar All". Chicago Reader. 23 September 2009.
  6. [6]
    "Joe Adamik, Pat Mallinger, and Matt Ferguson". Chicago Reader. 23 September 2009.
  7. [7]
    "Extraordinary Popular Delusions play free jazz two centuries deep". Chicago Reader. 10 January 2019. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  8. [8]
    "Joe Adamik, Big Sadie Recommended". Chicago Reader. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  9. [9]
    "Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  10. [10]
    "Iron and Wine Play New Material at Secret Show". Rolling Stone. 7 January 2011. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  11. [11]
    "Iron and Wine at the Wiltern: Live Review". LA Weekly. 27 January 2011. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  12. [12]
    "Elizabeth Goodfellow With Iron & Wine". Modern Drummer. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  13. [13]
    "Indie-rock sidemen Jim Becker and Joe Adamik partner up in Lanzón". Chicago Reader. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  14. [14]
    "Terra Naomi - some songs". Paste Magazine.
  15. [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. 19 January 2018.
  16. [16]
    "Former Manishevitz front man Adam Busch debuts as Adam Ostrar with a lovely but uneasy new album". Chicago Reader. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  17. [17]
    Chicagoreader (23 September 2009). "In Tall Buildings, Adam Busch, Joe Adamik Recommended". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
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