Joe Adamik Explained

Joe Adamik
Birth Date:	1972
Instrument:	drummer, multi-instrumentalist
Occupation:	musician, songwriter, record producer
Years Active:	1990–present
Past Member Of:	Califone

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.

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

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

• Deceleration One (2002)
• Quicksand/Cradlesnakes (2003)
• Deceleration Two (2003)
• Heron King Blues (2004)
• Roots & Crowns (2006)
• All My Friends Are Funeral Singers (2009))^[9]

• Kiss Each Other Clean (2010)^{[10] [11]}
• Sing into My Mouth (2015) *(with Ben Bridwell)
• Beast Epic (2017)^[12]
• Weed Garden (2018)

Lanzon

• Lanzon (2020)^[13]

Margot and the Nuclear So & So’s

• Buzzard (2010)

• 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

• Secret Songs (2018)^{[14] [15]}

Madness of Crowds

• Tulips (2019)

Peabody & Sherman

• Gasoline Rainbows (2019)

Adam Busch

• River of Bricks (2015)^{[16] [17]}

Light Industry

• Light Industry (2016)

for Standard Recording Company

• (2008)

Denty/Westlake

• Etched (2003)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trouser Press. Califone. 2021-01-01. en-US.
2. Web site: Pitchfork. Califone. 23 October 2006 . 2021-01-01. en-US.
3. Web site: Chicago Reader. Jim Baker, Brian Sandstrom, and Joe Adamik. 23 September 2009 . 2021-01-01. en-US.
4. Web site: Timeout. Chicago's best new jazz series. 26 April 2011 . 2021-01-01. en-US.
5. Web site: Chicago Reader. Bob Dogan, Dan DeLorenzo, Joe Adamik, Ryan Shultz, and Ron Dewar All. 23 September 2009 . en-US.
6. Web site: Chicago Reader. Joe Adamik, Pat Mallinger, and Matt Ferguson. 23 September 2009 . en-US.
7. Web site: Chicago Reader. Extraordinary Popular Delusions play free jazz two centuries deep. 10 January 2019 . 2021-01-01. en-US.
8. Web site: Chicago Reader. Joe Adamik, Big Sadie Recommended. 23 September 2009 . 2021-01-01. en-US.
9. Web site: Pitchfork. Califone - All My Friends Are Funeral Singers. 2021-01-01. en-US.
10. Rolling Stone. Iron and Wine Play New Material at Secret Show. 7 January 2011 . 2021-01-01. en-US.
11. Web site: LA Weekly. Iron and Wine at the Wiltern: Live Review. 27 January 2011 . 2021-01-01. en-US.
12. Web site: Modern Drummer. Elizabeth Goodfellow With Iron & Wine. 2021-01-01. en-US.
13. Web site: Chicago Reader. Indie-rock sidemen Jim Becker and Joe Adamik partner up in Lanzón. 28 February 2020 . 2021-01-01. en-US.
14. Web site: Paste Magazine. Terra Naomi - some songs. en-US.
15. Web site: Music Of The Future. READY TO RELEASE HER BRAND NEW SINGLE 'MACHINE AGE', I CHAT WITH TERRA NAOMI ALL ABOUT IT, HAVE A READ RIGHT HERE. 19 January 2018 . en-US.
16. Web site: Chicago Reader. Former Manishevitz front man Adam Busch debuts as Adam Ostrar with a lovely but uneasy new album. 13 October 2017 . 2021-01-01. en-US.
17. News: Chicago Reader. In Tall Buildings, Adam Busch, Joe Adamik Recommended. 23 September 2009 . 2021-01-01. en-US. Chicagoreader .