Adam Freeland

Adam Freeland stands out as a DJ, label founder, and producer celebrated chiefly for merging breakbeat with techno, a style frequently labeled nu-skool breaks, across standout mix albums such as the 1996 release Coastal Breaks and Tectonics from 2000. Residing in Brighton, he launched his DJ career in 1991, initially focusing on deep house before moving into drum'n'bass. Demand for his distinctive mixing and inventive selections soon grew across Britain and to a smaller extent throughout Europe, prompting the 1996 appearance of his debut mix album, Coastal Breaks. Production efforts began around that period, as he collaborated with Kevin Beber under the name Tsunami One and scored underground attention with the Fuel single "No. 43 With Steamed Rice Please." The follow-up Coastal Breaks volume arrived in 1998, at which point he launched his own imprint, Marine Parade, titled after a Brighton seaside road. A further Tsunami One track, the 1999 collaboration "Hip Hop Phenomenon" with American trance producer BT, gained widespread traction. Frequent best-new-DJ accolades from print outlets, along with endorsement from Carl Cox, accompanied his 2000 return to mix albums with Tectonics, issued to American listeners via Ultra Records. An enthusiastic participant in surfing and snowboarding, Freeland has spun at numerous snowboarding functions besides clubs around the world. His remixes extend to the Orb, Headrillaz, Orbital, Deejay Punk Roc, and Dylan Rhymes.