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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 until 2013. Masserella and Adamik created a unique melodic approach with traditional drums and found objects such as chunks of metal.
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, Beat Kitchen, Old Town School of Folk Music, and Constellation.
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. 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)
= Group recordings
=Califone
Deceleration One (2002)
Quicksand/Cradlesnakes (2003)
Deceleration Two (2003)
Heron King Blues (2004)
Roots & Crowns (2006)
All My Friends Are Funeral Singers (2009))
Iron & Wine
Kiss Each Other Clean (2010)
Sing into My Mouth (2015) *(with Ben Bridwell)
Beast Epic (2017)
Weed Garden (2018)
Lanzon
Lanzon (2020)
Margot & the Nuclear So and 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
Secret Songs (2018)
Madness of Crowds
Tulips (2019)
Peabody & Sherman
Gasoline Rainbows (2019)
Adam Busch
River of Bricks (2015)
Light Industry
Light Industry (2016)
for Standard Recording Company
Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 U.S. Presidencies (2008)
Denty/Westlake
Etched (2003)
References
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- Joe Adamik
- Califone
- Kiss Each Other Clean
- Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
- 1972 in the United States
- Beast Epic (album)
- All My Friends Are Funeral Singers (film)
- Manishevitz
- Krystian Bala
- List of German films of the 2010s
