You Are My Music - The first track off POLARISED, the new album by bRoTheRmAn & Groove Assassins, featuring Farrell Adams.
bRoTheRmAn - music & production
Farrell - lyrics & vocals
Farrell Adams ¬ Biography
With roots firmly entrenched in the Cape Town underground, Farrell Adams has been an independent voice for South African music since 1991. While studying journalism at Peninsula Technikon, his musical horizons were broadened in 91 when he met and started playing with James Reynard. The experimental rock/jazz outfit Nine was born. During its 10 year existence, Nine, consisting of James Reynard (guitar), Jerome Reynard (drummer with Arno Carstens) and Grenville Williams (bass player and producer of Godessa, Teba) produced two albums - Nine and Entropy (available through Loophole Music) - and toured the country extensively. Having played all the major festivals in the country, including OppiKoppi, Rustlers Valley, Up the Creek, Woodstock and the hugely successful Benson & Hedges Band Slam Tour (with Springbok Nude Girls, Lithium, Squeal and Sugardrive), Nine found a fresh angle through the creation of their alter-ego, The Firing Squad.
It was during this time that Farrell met and started playing with Dj Bob and Blunted Stuntman of the 206 crew, and the Boogieman made his way into the world. As with the bands, the Boogieman has dj'd at most of the major festivals throughout the country, as well as a myriad of clubs and high profile corporate gigs including the Sitengi Film Festival Opening, The Loerie Awards and the launch of the The Most Amazing Show. "As long as it funks, Ill play it", he says. "From disco to drum n bass, I set the pace. Spreading love and happiness to the whole wide human race."
It was this dance floor orientated thinking that led to the development of his next band project, the inimitable and controversial Golliwog. Born on the dance floor of District 206 in Cape Town, Golliwog initially took the form of a freestyle act, taking over from the djs last tune and jamming until the people could not dance any more. This phenomenal band consisted of the cream of Cape Towns young jazz scene, and the line-up included Rob Nel (B-World, Interzone, Flat Stanley), Kesivan Naidoo (Tribe), Lee Thomson (Hog Hoggity Hog, Springbok Nude Girls), Nick le Roux (Errol Dyers, Reenboog), Dan Shout (Johnny Clegg, DSQ), Blunted Stuntman on the decks, and Norwegian maestro Gorm Helfjord on guitar.
In June 2005, Blaze McLeod convinced Farrell to relocate to Johannesburg to start work on his first solo project. This musical collaboration with Kevin Leicher (Plum), led to the composition of a number of songs which make up the album, Little Sins, available in stores.
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/farrell.adams
http://farrelladams.calabashmusic.com/
http://myspace.com/farrelladams
