Dat Adam
{{Short description|German hip hop-cloud rap group}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dat Adam
| alias = Hydra Clique
| origin = Germany
| genre = {{flatlist|
}}
| years_active = {{Start date|2014}}-2018
| label = Hydra Music
| website = {{URL|datadam.com}}
| current_members = * Daniel Tjarks
- Ardian Bora
- Marius Ley
}}
Dat Adam, also known as DFA and stylized DAT ADAM, was a German hip hop-cloud rap group which was signed to BMG. Its three members are former YouTube stars Ardy (Ardian Bora), Taddl (Daniel Tjarks), and record producer Marley (Marius Ley).
Career
= Formation and ''Chrome'' (2014–2015) =
Ardian Bora and Taddl Tjarks met Marius Ley through Izzi, their YouTube colleague, in 2014. That summer Tjarks and Ley produced Motus, an EP which reached number 35 on the German album chart for one week.[https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-254360 Taddl x Marley, Motus Album], offiziellecharts.de, accessed February 12, 2018.
Bora and Tjarks then formed the rap group Dat Adam with Marius Ley. The Hydra, a symbol of the band, is tattooed on the members' fingers.
The EP Chrome, primarily produced by Ley, was released as a download on April 24, 2015. The single "Forrest" began receiving airplay a week earlier, and reached the top five on the Austrian singles chart. Chrome reached the top five on the German-language album charts, reaching number one in Austria. Dat Adam headlined the 2015 VideoDays in Berlin and Düsseldorf's 2015 Web Video Awards.[https://www.mediabiz.de/musik/news/austria-charts-dat-adam-vor-blur/394225 Austria-Charts: Dat Adam vor Blur] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807234304/https://www.mediabiz.de/musik/news/austria-charts-dat-adam-vor-blur/394225 |date=August 7, 2017 }}, mediabiz.de, accessed May 8, 2015.
= ''Hydra 3D'' and ''How to Flex & Troll a Scene'' (2016–present) =
The band performed in July 2016 at Berlin's Peace x Peace festival. The performance included two new songs, "Lennon 2" and "Ghidorah/Legobricks", from their album Hydra 3D. The other song, "Blau & Pink", was released shortly before the festival.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y_lS4efuMI Zuschauerfragenvideo u. a. mit den Mitgliedern von Dat Adam], youtube.com, accessed June 4, 2016.
In October 2016, Tjarks announced on Twitter that the group was releasing their debut album and opening an online shop. The album, Hydra 3D was released on October 28 with an eponymous single. The song's music video was directed by Shawn Bu, who directed the short film Darth Maul: Apprentice.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jShMPWj7zhI Video zur Single, Regisseur genannt in der Videobeschreibung], youtube.com, accessed October 29, 2016. The album was released on Hydra Music, their own label.
In November 2016, Dat Adam's seven-date Space-Camp tour began in Munich and ended in Dresden. The band released their second EP, How to Flex & Troll a Scene, on March 24, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5Spc5ia5da0OlIme7NHSFR|title = How to Flex & Troll a Scene|website = Spotify|date = March 24, 2017}} Four days later, they began their Space-Camp-2017 tour.{{cite web|title=Dat Adam Space Camp 2017 – Tickets|url=https://chimperator-live.de/dates/1310-dat-adam-space-camp-2017-%7C-tickets|website=chimperator-live.de|access-date=2017-07-07|language=German|archive-date=July 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731063938/https://chimperator-live.de/dates/1310-dat-adam-space-camp-2017-%7C-tickets|url-status=dead}} In early June, Dat Adam performed at the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals.{{cite web|title=Interview: Dat Adam|periodical=ZDF.de|url=https://www.zdf.de/kultur/filme-dokus-kabarett/interview-dat-adam-100.html|access-date=2017-09-03|date=2017-06-03|language=German|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903210716/https://www.zdf.de/kultur/filme-dokus-kabarett/interview-dat-adam-100.html|archive-date=September 3, 2017|url-status=dead}}
After the rock versions of their older songs were well-received by the festival audiences, Dat Adam announced the release of their third EP (Cyber Rock – EP) in a December 18, 2017 video.{{cite web|title=CYBER ROCK EP Studio-Sessions • DAT ADAM (29.12.2017)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTs3dvrp95A|format=|access-date=2017-12-29|author=DAT ADAM|date=2017-12-18|via=YouTube|language=German}} Released on December 29, it contained five rock versions of their older cyber-rap songs. Accompanying the EP was a music video, "DFA (CR-Version)".{{cite web|title=DAT ADAM – DFA (CR-Version) {{!}} Music Video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cjUNS_aF5c|access-date=2017-12-29|author=DAT ADAM|website = YouTube|date=2017-12-29|language=German}}
Discography
= {{anchor|Studio albums}}Albums =
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! width="250" rowspan="2"| Title ! width="230" rowspan="2"| Remarks |
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| bgcolor="#f0f0ff"| 2016 | Hydra 3D | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 11 | Released October 28, 2016 |
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| bgcolor="#f0f0ff"| 2018 | newWAVE | align="center" | 21 | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 40 | Released September 21, 2018 |
= EPs =
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! width="250" rowspan="2"| Title ! width="230" rowspan="2"| Remarks |
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! width="50"| Germany ! width="50"| Austria ! width="50"| Switzerland |
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| bgcolor="#f0f0ff"| 2015 | Chrome | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3 | Released April 24, 2015 |
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| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"| 2017 | How to Flex & Troll a Scene | align="center" | 29 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 19 | Released March 24, 2017 |
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| Cyber Rock | align="center" | — | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 36 | Released December 29, 2017 |
= Singles =
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! width="250" rowspan="2"| Title ! width="230" rowspan="2"| Remarks |
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! width="50"| Germany ! width="50"| Austria ! width="50"| Switzerland |
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| rowspan="6" bgcolor="#f0f0ff"| 2015 | "Forrest" | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 31 | Entered chart April 26, 2015 |
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| "700 Main St" | align="center" | 38 | align="center" | 18 | align="center" | 53 | Entered chart May 3, 2015 |
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| "UFO" | align="center" | 91 | align="center" | 44 | align="center" | — | Entered chart May 5, 2015 |
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| "DFA" | align="center" | 92 | align="center" | 47 | align="center" | — | Entered chart May 5, 2015 |
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| "Session" | align="center" | — | align="center" | 70 | align="center" | — | Entered chart June 10, 2016 |
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| "Hydra 3D" | align="center" | 87 | align="center" | 58 | align="center" | — | Entered chart November 4, 2016 |
= Music videos =
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://www.datadam.de/ Official website]
- {{YouTube|user=datadam}}
- {{SoundCloud|datadam}}
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