Adam Fenton (born 8 February 1972) is an English record producer and DJ who has worked across various genres. He is also the co-founder of the drum and bass label Breakbeat Kaos along with

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. He found initial success with the 1990s drum and bass singles "Circles", "Metropolis" / "Mother Earth", and "F-Jam", before releasing his debut studio album ''

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'' in 1997. In 2001, he transitioned into hip hop music, producing the album '' Kaos: The Anti-Acoustic Warfare'', featuring collaborations with LL Cool J, Redman and De La Soul. He later released a remix album, ''Drum and Bass Warfare'', and collaborated with DJ Fresh.

Career

Adam began his career with his early release, the

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12", "Metropolis" / "Mother Earth", released in 1996 on the

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record label. His other early successes were the tracks "F-Jam" and "Circles" (the latter breaking into the

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in the

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). In 1998 he won a

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award for his debut album, ''Colours''. In 2001, he found success in the field of hip hop, primarily with '' Kaos: The Anti-Acoustic Warfare'', working alongside artists such as LL Cool J, Redman and De La Soul. In 2002, Adam created the score for the feature film ''

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'' starring

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for

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. He is founder and co-owner of the UK independent record label Breakbeat Kaos, which released Pendulum's album ''

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''; he is also co-owner of the drum and bass website Dogs on Acid. In early 2007 he was cast in his first film role, the crime thriller '' The Heavy''. In December 2007, Adam also co-starred in ''Cuckoo'', a thriller about sound and lies, co-starring Richard E. Grant and

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, directed by

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. 2009 saw Adam back in the studio, this time with Horx to remix The Prodigy's "

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" from their album ''

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''. Months later, Adam collaborated with Horx again to release "Shut The Lights Off" with Redman. Adam F and

's 2010 collaboration single under the artist name WTF?! was next, built around

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's "Hip Hop". Over the past few years Adam has remixed

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, Rihanna,

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, Missy Elliott,

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and

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. Returning to the studio in recent years, Adam's "In The Air" collaboration with Sonic C was released as a free download and supported by Annie Mac,

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and Zeds Dead. It set the scene for "When The Rain Is Gone", Adam's first official single release under his own name for some time. The single was released in 2012 on 3Beat. Adam later released his Elements EP on Breakbeat Kaos. It included the tracks "Elements", "When The Rain Is Gone", "In The Air", "It's Bigger Than Hip Hop UK" and his remixes of

's "Take Over Control" and

's "Nothing Inside". Adam's most recent output was in the form of "See You Again", a collaboration with

featuring Michael Warren which was on Fresh's album ''

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''. He has also recently collaborated with British electronic music producer

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and

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, who is also known for his collaborations with Redman, to produce the late-2013 track "The Pit".

Family

His father was the pop singer and actor Alvin Stardust.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''

'' (1997) * '' Kaos: The Anti-Acoustic Warfare'' (2001)

Remix albums

* ''Drum and Bass Warfare'' (2002)

Film scores

* ''

'' (2002),

and

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Singles and EPs

* 1995: "Circles" ection 5* 1996: "Before Today" / Adam F Remix

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Virgin * 1996: "Aromatherapy" ection 5* 1996: "Metropolis" / "Mother Earth" etalheadz* 1997: "Telling Lies" / Adam F Mix

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BMG/Arista * 1997: "F-Jam" (featuring MC Conrad) -Jams– UK No. 122 * 1997: "Circles" -Jams– UK No. 20 * 1998: "Music in My Mind" -Jams– UK No. 27 * 2001: "Stand Clear" (featuring M.O.P.) MI– UK No. 43 * 2002: "Where's My..?" (featuring Lil' Mo) MI– UK No. 37 * 2002: "Metrosound" (with

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) aos– UK No. 54 * 2002: "Stand Clear" (Remixes) (featuring M.O.P.) aos– UK No. 50 * 2002: "Smash Sumthin" (featuring Redman) aos– UK No. 11 * 2002: "Dirty Harry's Revenge" (featuring Beenie Man) aos– UK No. 50 * 2005: "Eightball" / "Original Junglesound" reakbeat Kaos– UK No. 93 * 2009: "Take Me to the Hospital" / Adam F & Horx Remix The Prodigy

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* 2009: "Shut the Lights Off!" (with Horx featuring Redman) reakbeat Kaos* 2012: "When the Rain Is Gone"

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* 2012: ''Elements'' reakbeat Kaos* 2013: "The Pit" (with

featuring

) ircus* 2015: " Believer" (with

) inistry of Sound– UK No. 58 * 2016: "Harmony" (with Kokiri featuring Rae) ony Music Entertainment

Featured artists

* "When the Sun Goes Down" (with

) (2005) UK No. 69 * "See You Again" (with DJ Fresh featuring Michael Warren) (2012)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adam F 1972 births Astralwerks artists Living people Big beat musicians British hip hop DJs DJs from Liverpool English electronic musicians Musicians from Liverpool English drum and bass musicians English record producers Electronic dance music DJs