Posted on 28/01/07 at 20:48:32

Just packing and trying to decide what instruments to take with me to New York next week. I have three shows:

Feb 1st
8pm Other Music instore
10pm Union Hall (with Luke Temple + Sparrow House)

Feb 2nd
Carnegie Hall

The line up and concept for the Carnegie hall show is very close to the 0 Degrees of Separation shows, but was born completely independantly. Some months ago, I received an email out of the blue from David Byrne asking if I'd like to play an event he was curating at Carnegie Hall; not the sort of thing that happens, day-to-day. Needless to say, I said yes please.
The acts appearing, in no particular order:
Vashti Bunyan, Vetiver, Cibelle, Devendra Banhart, CocoRosie and myself. Quite a bill to be involved in. We don't have much time to make it happen, but we hope to collaborate on a number of tracks, in a number of combinations.
It's an absolute pleasure to have been invited and am over the moon to be part of another exceptional evening.

Posted on 23/06/06 at 01:05:16

Posted on 07/03/06 at 10:16:48

Hey all, I'm pleased to officially announce that HomefiresIII is going to happen on the first weekend of June (3-4). I'm going to keep the line up under wraps for a little bit, so watch this space for more info. You can expect the usual heady mix of amazing people you've wanted to see for ages and acts you didn't know that you loved, set in the incredible Conway Hall with top djs and nice food. Tickets are £20 per day and you can get them in the usual places. The Rough Trade Shop has only £1 booking/handling charge, and I'm trying to organise selling them at my Scala show - again will keep you up to date as soon as I know.
I'm very, very excited about this - as ever, the tickets are strictly limited, and some acts playing are far too big to be playing here, so getting your tickets early is highly recommended. The only bad thing about the last two Homefires was having to turn so many people away.
See you there.

Posted on 28/02/06 at 10:38:09

Hey All, Adem here

I'm very pleased to let you know that alongside the release of Love and other planets in the UK, I shall be touring with full band at a number of venues. Particularly excited to be playing with Amina (London) and Vashti Bunyan (Leeds).
Details are on the Live page, as usual.
I look forward to seeing you all. Please come and say Hi.

Posted on 16/02/06 at 22:23:02

Hey all.
I'm getting pretty excited now - it's official, my second solo album 'Love and other planets' is finished! Much care has been taken to get it just right for you and I am now proud to tell you it will be out on the 24th April. It features 12 tracks and weighs in at just over 45 minutes (which I must say is a very good length for an album). Artwork again by the wonderful Lynn Hatzius. It looks great. It's another concept album. It's about space. And cosmic things. And people. Those of you that have seen me perform live recently will have had a sneak peek at a few of the tracks. The record features the particular talents of Emma Smith (Elysian Quartet, Screamer on the Hill) on the violin, Alex Thomas (Earl Shilton) on the drum kit (yup, drum kit) and the fantastic Emma Macfarlane on backing vocals. I look forward to you all hearing the lot. I know it's a fairly long time to wait, but I thought I'd let you know as soon as I was sure.

So:
Love and other planets. April 24. Can't wait.